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| first announced  = 1994
 
| first announced  = 1994
| first launched    = March 5, 1995
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| first launched    = October 2, 1995
 
| arch              = 64-bit high-performance SPARC processors
 
| arch              = 64-bit high-performance SPARC processors
 
| isa              = SPARC V9
 
| isa              = SPARC V9

Revision as of 23:40, 27 November 2017

UltraSPARC
Developer Sun Microsystems
Manufacturer Texas Instruments
Type Microprocessor
Introduction 1994 (announced)
October 2, 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
5.0e-4 mm
, 0.35 µm
350 nm
3.5e-4 mm
, 0.25 µm
250 nm
2.5e-4 mm
, 0.18 µm
180 nm
1.8e-4 mm
, 0.13 µm
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.

designerSun Microsystems +
first announced1994 +
first launchedOctober 2, 1995 +
full page namesun microsystems/ultrasparc +
instance ofintegrated circuit family +
instruction set architectureSPARC V9 +
main designerSun Microsystems +
manufacturerTexas Instruments +
microarchitectureUltraSPARC +
nameUltraSPARC +
process500 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) +
technologyCMOS +
word size64 bit (8 octets, 16 nibbles) +