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UltraSPARC - Sun Microsystems
| UltraSPARC | |
| Developer | Sun Microsystems |
| Manufacturer | Texas Instruments |
| Type | Microprocessor |
| Introduction | 1994 (announced) March 5, 1995 (launch) |
| Architecture | 64-bit high-performance SPARC processors |
| ISA | SPARC V9 |
| µarch | UltraSPARC |
| Word size | 64 bit 8 octets
16 nibbles |
| Process | 0.5 µm 500 nm , 0.35 µm5.0e-4 mm 350 nm , 0.25 µm3.5e-4 mm 250 nm , 0.18 µm2.5e-4 mm 180 nm , 0.13 µm1.8e-4 mm 130 nm
1.3e-4 mm |
| Technology | CMOS |
| Succession | |
| ← | → |
| SuperSPARC | SPARC |
UltraSPARC was a family of 64-bit SPARC microprocessors designed by Sun Microsystems as a successor to SuperSPARC. Initial launched in late 1995, the UltraSPARC family was Sun's first series of processors based on the then-new 64-bit SPARC V9 architecture.
Facts about "UltraSPARC - Sun Microsystems"
| designer | Sun Microsystems + |
| first announced | 1994 + |
| first launched | March 5, 1995 + |
| full page name | sun microsystems/ultrasparc + |
| instance of | integrated circuit family + |
| instruction set architecture | SPARC V9 + |
| main designer | Sun Microsystems + |
| manufacturer | Texas Instruments + |
| microarchitecture | UltraSPARC + |
| name | UltraSPARC + |
| process | 500 nm (0.5 μm, 5.0e-4 mm) +, 350 nm (0.35 μm, 3.5e-4 mm) +, 250 nm (0.25 μm, 2.5e-4 mm) +, 180 nm (0.18 μm, 1.8e-4 mm) + and 130 nm (0.13 μm, 1.3e-4 mm) + |
| technology | CMOS + |
| word size | 64 bit (8 octets, 16 nibbles) + |