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The UltraSPARC is a microprocessor developed by Sun Microsystems and fabricated by Texas Instruments, introduced in mid-1995. It is the first microprocessor from Sun to implement the 64-bit SPARC V9 instruction set architecture (ISA). Marc Tremblay was a co-microarchitect.

Key facts

CPU.name
UltraSPARC
CPU.image
KL_Sun_UltraSparc.jpg
CPU.image_size
250px
CPU.caption
A 200 MHz UltraSPARC microprocessor
CPU.produced start
1995
CPU.produced end
1997
CPU.slowest
143
CPU.fastest
200
CPU.slow unit
MHz
CPU.fast unit
MHz
CPU.designfirm
Sun Microsystems
CPU.arch
SPARC V9
CPU.predecessor
SuperSPARC II
CPU.successor
UltraSPARC II
CPU.numcores
1

via Wikipedia infobox

Wikidata facts

Subclass of
microprocessor
Followed by
UltraSPARC II
Follows
SuperSPARC
Manufacturer
Texas Instruments
Designed by
Sun Microsystems
Image
KL Sun UltraSparc.jpg
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Commons category
UltraSPARC
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Encyclopedic overview

7 sections
Contents
  • Microarchitecture
  • Functional units
  • Cache
  • Fabrication
  • Package
  • Related processors
  • References

The UltraSPARC is a microprocessor developed by Sun Microsystems and fabricated by Texas Instruments, introduced in mid-1995. It is the first microprocessor from Sun to implement the 64-bit SPARC V9 instruction set architecture (ISA). Marc Tremblay was a co-microarchitect.

== Microarchitecture ==

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