SPARC microprocessor architecture

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RISC architecture SPARC version instruction set architecture

The SPARC microprocessor architecture is a RISC-based instruction set architecture widely used in high-performance and enterprise servers, originally created to power scalable, multi-processor systems.

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Surface form Occurrences
SPARC 8
SPARC V9 2
SPARC V7 2

Statements (68)

Predicate Object
instanceOf RISC architecture ⓘ
SPARC version ⓘ
SPARC version ⓘ
SPARC version ⓘ
instruction set architecture ⓘ
applicationDomain embedded processors ⓘ
server processors ⓘ
space-grade processors ⓘ
workstation processors ⓘ
architectureStyle load-store architecture ⓘ
bitWidth 32-bit ⓘ
32-bit ⓘ
32-bit ⓘ
64-bit ⓘ
64-bit ⓘ
category RISC instruction set architecture ⓘ
designer Sun Microsystems ⓘ
feature 64-bit integer registers ⓘ
64-bit virtual address space ⓘ
annulled branch delay slot ⓘ
modular implementation specification ⓘ
privileged and user modes ⓘ
register window mechanism to reduce procedure call overhead ⓘ
scalable multiprocessing support ⓘ
separate integer and floating-point register sets ⓘ
trap-based system calls ⓘ
well-defined supervisor mode ⓘ
firstAppeared 1987 ⓘ
fullName Microprocessor without Interlocked Pipeline Stages ⓘ
surface form: Scalable Processor Architecture
governedBy SPARC International ⓘ
influenced SPARC microprocessor architecture self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: LEON processor family
influencedBy Berkeley RISC projects ⓘ
surface form: Berkeley RISC

RISC I ⓘ
RISC II ⓘ
licenseModel open architecture specification ⓘ
purpose enterprise servers ⓘ
high-performance computing ⓘ
workstations ⓘ
registerFile 32 general-purpose registers per window ⓘ
standardizedBy SPARC International ⓘ
supports IEEE 754 floating‑point arithmetic standard ⓘ
surface form: IEEE 754 floating-point

atomic memory operations ⓘ
big-endian mode ⓘ
cache coherence protocols (implementation-dependent) ⓘ
delayed branches ⓘ
hardware multiply and divide (in later versions) ⓘ
little-endian mode ⓘ
multiprocessing ⓘ
multithreading ⓘ
register windows ⓘ
virtual memory ⓘ
typicalImplementation out-of-order execution (in high-end cores) ⓘ
superscalar pipelines ⓘ
usedBy Fujitsu Limited ⓘ
surface form: Fujitsu

SPARC microprocessor architecture self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Gaisler Research (LEON cores)

Oracle Corporation ⓘ
Sun Microsystems ⓘ
Texas Instruments ⓘ
surface form: Texas Instruments (embedded SPARC)
usedIn Fujitsu SPARC servers ⓘ
Oracle SPARC servers ⓘ
Sun Enterprise servers ⓘ
SPARCstation ⓘ
surface form: Sun SPARCstation workstations

Sun-4 workstation ⓘ
surface form: Sun-4 systems

embedded systems ⓘ
space-qualified processors ⓘ
variant SPARC microprocessor architecture self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: SPARC V7

SPARC microprocessor architecture self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: SPARC V8

SPARC microprocessor architecture self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: SPARC V9

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SUNW → associatedWithArchitecture → SPARC microprocessor architecture ⓘ
this entity surface form: SPARC
SPARCstation → basedOn → SPARC microprocessor architecture ⓘ
this entity surface form: SPARC architecture
Motorola 88000 family → competedWith → SPARC microprocessor architecture ⓘ
subject surface form: Motorola 88000
this entity surface form: SPARC architecture
Sun Microsystems → developerOf → SPARC microprocessor architecture ⓘ
SPARCstation → hardwareArchitecture → SPARC microprocessor architecture ⓘ
this entity surface form: SPARC V7
SPARCstation → hardwareArchitecture → SPARC microprocessor architecture ⓘ
this entity surface form: SPARC V8
UltraSPARC servers → implementsInstructionSet → SPARC microprocessor architecture ⓘ
this entity surface form: SPARC V9
SPARC microprocessor architecture → influenced → SPARC microprocessor architecture self-linksurface differs ⓘ
subject surface form: SPARC
this entity surface form: LEON processor family
RISC-V → inspiredBy → SPARC microprocessor architecture ⓘ
this entity surface form: SPARC
Sun Microsystems → knownFor → SPARC microprocessor architecture ⓘ
this entity surface form: SPARC architecture
GDB → supportsArchitecture → SPARC microprocessor architecture ⓘ
this entity surface form: SPARC
HotSpot JVM → supportsArchitecture → SPARC microprocessor architecture ⓘ
this entity surface form: SPARC
LLVM → supportsArchitecture → SPARC microprocessor architecture ⓘ
this entity surface form: SPARC
Solaris operating system → supportsArchitecture → SPARC microprocessor architecture ⓘ
subject surface form: Solaris
this entity surface form: SPARC
GNU GRUB → supportsPlatform → SPARC microprocessor architecture ⓘ
this entity surface form: SPARC
Gentoo Linux → supportsPlatform → SPARC microprocessor architecture ⓘ
this entity surface form: SPARC
SPARC microprocessor architecture → usedBy → SPARC microprocessor architecture self-linksurface differs ⓘ
subject surface form: SPARC
this entity surface form: Gaisler Research (LEON cores)
SPARC microprocessor architecture → variant → SPARC microprocessor architecture self-linksurface differs ⓘ
subject surface form: SPARC
this entity surface form: SPARC V7
SPARC microprocessor architecture → variant → SPARC microprocessor architecture self-linksurface differs ⓘ
subject surface form: SPARC
this entity surface form: SPARC V8
SPARC microprocessor architecture → variant → SPARC microprocessor architecture self-linksurface differs ⓘ
subject surface form: SPARC
this entity surface form: SPARC V9