SPARCstation

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computer hardware platform workstation family

SPARCstation is a family of UNIX workstations developed by Sun Microsystems in the late 1980s and 1990s, based on the SPARC RISC architecture and widely used in engineering and academic environments.

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All labels observed (15)

Label	Occurrences
SPARCstation 1	2
SPARCstation 2	2
SPARCstation IPC	2
SPARCstation IPX	2
SPARC workstations	1
SPARCstation canonical	1
SPARCstation 10	1
SPARCstation 20	1
SPARCstation LX	1
SPARCstation Voyager	1
SPARCstation architecture	1
SPARCstation family	1
Sun Microsystems Workstations	1
Sun Microsystems workstations	1
Sun SPARCstation workstations	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	computer hardware platform ⓘ workstation family ⓘ
basedOn	SPARC microprocessor architecture ⓘ surface form: SPARC architecture
category	RISC workstations ⓘ Sun workstations ⓘ UNIX workstations ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
cpuArchitecture	RISC ⓘ
developer	Sun Microsystems ⓘ
formFactor	desktop workstation ⓘ lunchbox workstation ⓘ pizza box workstation ⓘ tower workstation ⓘ
hardwareArchitecture	SPARC microprocessor architecture ⓘ surface form: SPARC V7 SPARC microprocessor architecture ⓘ surface form: SPARC V8
industry	computer workstations ⓘ
launchPeriod	1990s ⓘ late 1980s ⓘ
manufacturer	Sun Microsystems ⓘ
marketedAs	UNIX workstation ⓘ
notableFor	early adoption of SPARC RISC architecture ⓘ network-centric design ⓘ widespread use in universities ⓘ
notableModel	SPARCstation self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: SPARCstation 1 SPARCstation self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: SPARCstation 10 SPARCstation self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: SPARCstation 2 SPARCstation self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: SPARCstation 20 SPARCstation self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: SPARCstation IPC SPARCstation self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: SPARCstation IPX SPARCstation self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: SPARCstation LX SPARCstation self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: SPARCstation Voyager
operatingSystem	Solaris operating system ⓘ surface form: Solaris SunOS ⓘ
platform	Unix ⓘ surface form: UNIX
successor	Ultra workstation line ⓘ
supports	NFS ⓘ TCP/IP networking ⓘ X11 ⓘ surface form: X Window System
targetUser	engineers ⓘ researchers ⓘ system administrators ⓘ university students ⓘ
typicalUse	networked workstation ⓘ
usedIn	academic environments ⓘ engineering ⓘ scientific computing ⓘ software development ⓘ
vendor	Sun Microsystems ⓘ

Referenced by (19)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Sun Microsystems → product → SPARCstation ⓘ

SPARC microprocessor architecture → usedIn → SPARCstation ⓘ

subject surface form: SPARC

this entity surface form: Sun SPARCstation workstations

The Network Is The Computer → relatedTo → SPARCstation ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sun Microsystems workstations