MIPS R4600
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The MIPS R4600 is a 64-bit RISC microprocessor from the MIPS family, widely used in mid-1990s workstations and embedded systems for its balance of performance and cost.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| MIPS R4600 canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5215669 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: MIPS R4600 Context triple: [Indy workstation, cpuFamily, MIPS R4600]
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A.
Risc PC
Risc PC is a modular personal computer introduced by Acorn Computers in the 1990s, known for its RISC-based architecture and expandability.
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B.
Hitachi SH-4
The Hitachi SH-4 is a 32-bit RISC microprocessor known for its use in late-1990s gaming consoles and embedded systems, featuring strong floating-point performance for 3D graphics.
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C.
Acorn RISC Machine
Acorn RISC Machine (ARM) is a family of energy-efficient reduced instruction set computer (RISC) architectures widely used in mobile devices, embedded systems, and increasingly in servers and personal computers.
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D.
Motorola 68851
The Motorola 68851 is an external paged memory management unit (MMU) designed to work with Motorola 68020 processors, providing advanced virtual memory and protection features.
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E.
64-bit NEC VR4300
The 64-bit NEC VR4300 is a MIPS-based microprocessor used as the central processing unit in Nintendo's Nintendo 64 game console.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: MIPS R4600 Target entity description: The MIPS R4600 is a 64-bit RISC microprocessor from the MIPS family, widely used in mid-1990s workstations and embedded systems for its balance of performance and cost.
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A.
Risc PC
Risc PC is a modular personal computer introduced by Acorn Computers in the 1990s, known for its RISC-based architecture and expandability.
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B.
Hitachi SH-4
The Hitachi SH-4 is a 32-bit RISC microprocessor known for its use in late-1990s gaming consoles and embedded systems, featuring strong floating-point performance for 3D graphics.
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C.
Acorn RISC Machine
Acorn RISC Machine (ARM) is a family of energy-efficient reduced instruction set computer (RISC) architectures widely used in mobile devices, embedded systems, and increasingly in servers and personal computers.
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D.
Motorola 68851
The Motorola 68851 is an external paged memory management unit (MMU) designed to work with Motorola 68020 processors, providing advanced virtual memory and protection features.
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E.
64-bit NEC VR4300
The 64-bit NEC VR4300 is a MIPS-based microprocessor used as the central processing unit in Nintendo's Nintendo 64 game console.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
MIPS architecture processor
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microprocessor ⓘ |
| addressSpace | 64-bit virtual address space ⓘ |
| applicationDomain |
embedded systems
ⓘ
workstations ⓘ |
| architecture | MIPS III NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| bitWidth | 64-bit ⓘ |
| branchHandling | branch delay slot ⓘ |
| busInterface | system bus for external memory and devices ⓘ |
| cacheOrganization | write-back cache ⓘ |
| cacheType | separate instruction and data caches ⓘ |
| compatibility | binary compatible with other MIPS III processors ⓘ |
| designer |
MIPS Technologies
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Quantum Effect Devices NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| designGoal |
good performance
ⓘ
low cost ⓘ |
| executionModel | in-order execution ⓘ |
| family | MIPS R4000 family NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| floatingPointCoprocessor | MIPS R4010 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| floatingPointSupport | via external coprocessor ⓘ |
| floatingPointUnit | optional external FPU ⓘ |
| instructionIssue | single-issue ⓘ |
| integerUnit | on-chip integer unit ⓘ |
| introducedInDecade | 1990s ⓘ |
| introducedInPeriod | mid-1990s ⓘ |
| marketPosition |
cost-sensitive designs
ⓘ
mid-range performance ⓘ |
| pipelineStages | 5-stage pipeline ⓘ |
| pipelineType | scalar pipeline ⓘ |
| powerConsumption | low power for its era ⓘ |
| primaryCacheSize |
16 KB data cache
ⓘ
16 KB instruction cache ⓘ |
| processTechnology | CMOS ⓘ |
| successor | MIPS R4700 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| supportsDataTypes |
32-bit integer
ⓘ
64-bit integer ⓘ double-precision floating point ⓘ single-precision floating point ⓘ |
| supportsInstructionSet | MIPS III ISA NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedFor |
embedded control systems
ⓘ
graphics workstations ⓘ network routers ⓘ |
| usedIn |
NEC RISCserver systems
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Silicon Graphics Indigo2 NERFINISHED ⓘ Silicon Graphics Indy NERFINISHED ⓘ embedded networking equipment ⓘ |
| wordSize | 64-bit general-purpose registers ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: MIPS R4600 Description of subject: The MIPS R4600 is a 64-bit RISC microprocessor from the MIPS family, widely used in mid-1990s workstations and embedded systems for its balance of performance and cost.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Indy workstation