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| Â | UltraSPARC Processors |
 | | Sun's Throughput Computing technology ushers in a quantum change in the cost of Network Computing. | | | Design-engineered to make the net work, UltraSPARC processors are THE industry-leading, 3rd generation, 64-bit processor family. | | | Sun Studio 9 New, ASICS, modules, software technologies, and community source licensing. |
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| Â | The UltraSPARC Processor -- Technology White Paper |
| | UltraSPARC-I is the industry's first general-purpose processor that delivers 64-bit compute power combined with the throughput needed for the advanced graphics and real-time video applications (figure 3-4). | | | UltraSPARC systems provide high performance at reasonable clock rates by optimizing the IPC. | | | Consistency can be supported by write-invalidate, write-through, and competitive caching algorithms. |
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http://www.eng.dmu.ac.uk/~pdn/UltraSPARC/ultra_arch_architecture.html
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| Â | Q&A: Sun gambles big on future chip design |
| | All of these throughput computing processors are Sparc-compatible. | | | UltraSparc V, code-named Millennium, was intended to be a stop-gap offering as Sun readied its first throughput computing processors, the first of which -- a network-intensive chip code-named Niagara -- is expected in early 2006. | | | UltraSparc V, or Millennium, started even earlier, because it is a very big, very sophisticated processor design. |
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http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/0412sunyen.html
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| Â | Ace's Hardware |
| | This effectively doubles the number of CPUs in a system while the rest of the system architecture remains unchanged. | | | On release, 1.05GHz and 1.2GHz parts will be available, with faster parts later on a more advanced 0.13µ process, as referenced in the Multi-Core UltraSPARCs Uncovered article. | | | The 2.4 GB/s memory interface remains identical to the UltraSPARC III with the exception that it can now support up to 16 GBytes of memory per processor with chip-kill protection, which would mean a 72-way Sun Fire 15K would be able to support 1152 GBytes of main memory. |
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http://www.aceshardware.com/read.jsp?id=60000273
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| Â | Linux Box |
| | Unlike other distros, Gentoo Linux has an advanced package management system called Portage. | | | It's sole purpose is that you can take a small, network-able distribution of linux that has several useful binaries (ssh, ftp, links, telnet, nslookup, ifconfig, etc) that can be toted around on a couple of floppies | | | GentooLinux - Gentoo Linux is a versatile and fast, completely free Linux distribution for x86, PowerPC, UltraSparc and Alpha systems that's geared towards Linux power users. |
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| Â | Sun talks up another chip - ZDNet UK News |
| | Under a vision variously called chip multithreading or throughput computing, Sun is designing processors that are better able to juggle multiple instruction sequences, called threads. | | | Sun first incorporated of on-chip cache in its UltraSparc IIIi "Jalapeno" processor for midrange computers that debuted in 2003. | | | The UltraSparc IIIi+ will have quadruple the on-chip cache, or 4MB, Yen said. |
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http://news.zdnet.co.uk/hardware/chips/0,39020354,39146156,00.htm
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| Â | Sun revamps servers with UltraSparc, Opteron Tech News on ZDNet |
| | Tolliver said the dual-core processors mark the start of its "throughput computing" era, in which a chip handles multiple software tasks, or "threads," simultaneously. | | | To do that requires not only new hardware design, but also new supplier and sales relationships and new versions of its server software. | | | Such "dual-core" chip technology debuted in the server market in IBM's Power4 in 2001 and is at the heart of the PA-8800 Unix servers introduced by Hewlett-Packard on Monday. |
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| Â | CNN - What does Linux on UltraSPARC mean for Sun? - May 5, 1999 |
| | The loan of the systems is important because UltraSPARC hardware isn't as common as Intel platforms, making it harder for software developers to obtain UltraSPARC systems for development efforts. | | | The other major version of Linux for UltraSPARC is the one being developed by the Debian Project, one of the last major non-commercial developers of a Linux distribution. | | | In addition to the competitive and strategic reasons, there is another reason why Sun is supporting Linux on UltraSPARC, and that is the matter of Sun's philosophy of computers and computing. |
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http://www.cnn.com/TECH/computing/9905/05/ultrasparc.idg
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| Â | Sun says UltraSparc V two chips in one CNET News.com |
| | The advantage, though, is that customers' old software will work on the new chips, making upgrades easier. | | | With the newer concept of thread-level parallelism, or symmetrical multithreading, several different computing tasks can work their way through a single pipeline at the same time. | | | The UltraSparc V will be able to switch between two different modes depending on the type of work the computer is doing, said David Yen, general manager of Sun's processor group. |
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http://www.news.com/news/0-1003-200-6775219.html
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| Â | Sun Reveals UltraSPARC IV |
| | The new chips are part of Sun's "Throughput Computing" strategy, which the company acquired from Afara Websystems last year. | | | At the heart of this new strategy is Chip Multithreading (CMT), a design concept that allows the processor to execute tens of threads simultaneously. | | | The fourth-generation chip is made up off two UltraSPARC-III cores (code-named Cheetah) and includes on-chip tags for 8 MBs of off-chip 2-way set-associative Level 2 cache per core. |
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| Â | InfoWorld: Sun adds UltraSparc IV to 4-way, 8-way servers: September 10, 2004: By : HARDWARE : PLATFORMS |
| | The UltraSparc IV+ will mark the end of the road for Sun's conventional UltraSparc designs as it switches to the multicore "throughput computing" chips it is now developing. | | | The throughput computing chips are being designed to execute a large number of operations, or threads, simultaneously. | | | By 2006 -- around the time Sun is expected to come to market with the first generation of its throughput computing processors, code-named Niagara -- the company will also begin shipping systems based on an upcoming generation of Fujitsu Ltd.'s Sparc64 processor, code-named Olympus. |
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http://www.infoworld.com/article/04/09/10/HNsunsparc_1.html
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| Â | Technology News: Hardware: Sun Unveils UltraSPARC IV Processor |
| | Reynolds, who likened the technology to multiple processors on a single chip, said it was easier for Sun to build the multiple cores on one chip than to redesign a more advanced chip. | | | It is part of a larger strategy that will include "a more radical chip multithreading design" by 2006, which may increase throughput of today's UltraSPARC IIIi by as many as 15 times. | | | The Sun UltraSPARC IV has a dual-threaded architecture -- two UltraSPARC III cores -- and features an on-chip memory controller that supports up to 16 GB of DRAM and on-chip tags for 8 MB of off-chip Level 2 cache per core. |
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http://www.technewsworld.com/perl/story/31843.html
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| Â | Sun and TI Release Copper Interconnect-based UltraSPARC(tm) III Processors to Systems Manufacturing |
| | The UltraSPARC III microprocessor comprises 29 million transistors with features including an integrated memory controller and 9.6 Gigabyte-per-second system interprocessor bus for massive scalability; support for a large 8 Megabyte, Error Checking and Correcting (ECC)-protected external cache; and a unique error isolation and correction Uptime Bus for high-system reliability. | | | Since its commercial introduction last fall, the UltraSPARC III processor has attracted rising recognition as a leading edge example of 64-bit processor technology, culminating in its naming as the Best Workstation and Server processor at the 2001 Microprocessor Report Analyst Choice Awards event on January 18, 2001. | | | Sun and TI also confirmed today that after evaluating test chips using silicon on insulator (SOI) substrate technology offered by a number of vendors, they believe bulk silicon offers competitive performance at lower cost than SOI as UltraSPARC products move to smaller process geometries. |
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| Â | SPARC Optimizations With GCC - OSNews.com |
| | would work for all UltraSPARC processors and is the (theoretically) high optimization. | | | Set the instruction set, register set, and instruction scheduling parameters for machine type cpu_type. | | | Since the processor for my Sun Ultra 5 is a V9-based UltraSPARC IIi, I'll use |
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| Â | Sun Revs Up UltraSparc Line |
| | Sun began bragging about the UltraSparc IV at the release of the UltraSparc III as being a split personality processor chip able to switch between different modes of processor demand depending on the type of work the computer is being used for at any given time. | | | Sun's processor strategy comes a time when number one chip making rival Intel is on the verge of adding a new Itanium processor to its line of wildly popular Pentium processors. | | | The chip will include the capacity for instruction-level parallelism and thread-level parallelism, according to earlier reports, which will enable the UltraSparc IV to combine the functions of rival Intel and IBM chips into one single processor that can modify itself between the demand for heavy computing or more simple everyday business functions. |
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http://siliconvalley.internet.com/news/article.php/1371311
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| Â | Feature: OpenBSD's Battle For UltraSparc III Documentation |
| | One of the great bonuses of open source projects is the accessibility of the developers. | | | On their Linux page they go so far as to say, " Linux is consistent with Sun's computing vision of employing open standards and nonproprietary interfaces to develop products and services that address the needs of a variety of environments. | | | Many have been quick to point out that as Linux supports the UltraSparc III architecture, it should be a simple matter for the OpenBSD project to learn what they need looking at this existing code. |
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http://www.kerneltrap.org/node.php?id=568
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| Â | New top-end Sun chip arriving by October CNET News.com |
| | The glitch, which could cause incorrect mathematical calculations, showed up only in lab tests, but Sun determined the problem was significant enough to issue a patch that dampened the chip's performance. | | | And the chips have built-in circuitry to communicate with a computer's main memory--as much as 16GB per chip. | | | Features on the chip enable the chips to communicate with as much as 8MB of high-speed " cache " memory. |
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http://news.com.com/2100-1001-270800.html?legacy=cnet
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| Â | Sun's UltraSparc IV approacheth The Register |
| | Add into this Sun's strengths in handling multithreaded software, and customers have a sweet upgrade indeed. | | | In 2001, Sun's UltraSparc III chip won the Microprocessor Forum's award for best server/workstation chip but much has changed since then. | | | IBM paved the way among large vendors with the first high-end dual core chip - Power 4, and Intel finally got this 64bit thing working with the third generation Itanium processor - Madison. |
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http://www.theregister.com/2003/10/14/suns_ultrasparc_iv_approacheth1
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| Â | OpenBSD/sparc64 |
| | OpenBSD 3.0 was the first official release of OpenBSD/sparc64, and since that release support for many more devices has been added (including devices required for X11R6 support) and bugs exposed by the 64 bit big endian nature of UltraSPARC in many obscure places have been fixed. | | | There are several installation media provided, so that OpenBSD/sparc64 can be installed or upgraded via CD, floppy boot images on Ultra1 and Ultra2, miniroot images for machines without floppies, as well as network and diskless installs. | | | For the latest list of drivers available on this image, take a look at the RAMDISK kernel configuration file. |
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| Â | Ars Technica: Fall 2003 CPU roundup — page 1 |
| | Hopefully, by the time you're done reading you'll have a better sense of what these three designs say about the direction the industry is headed in, and why it's headed that way. | | | This article originally started life as an MPF CPU roundup, but it has evolved into more of an overview of three specific upcoming processors: IBM's POWER5, Sun's UltraSparc IV, and Transmeta's Efficeon. | | | Actually, the article focuses mostly on IBM's POWER5 and Transmeta's Efficeon, but I also cover Sun's UltraSparc IV because it's relevant to the "big picture" that I want to paint with this report. |
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http://arstechnica.com/cpu/003/mpf-2003/mpf-2003-1.html
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| Â | s23-wiki: UltraSPARC |
| | In this wiki nobody has written about UltraSPARC ? |
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http://wiki.s23.org/wiki.pl?UltraSPARC
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| Â | NetBSD/sparc64 |
| | A 64-bit kernel runs 64-bit binaries, and has support for running most 32-bit binaries as well, with the exception of some low level kernel groveling tools. | | | NetBSD/sparc mailing list, covering all SPARC-based NetBSD ports (also functions as list for NetBSD's port to Sun's 32-bit SPARC machines): | | | NetBSD/sparc64 supports many systems, including Sbus-based UltraSPARC systems and PCI-based UltraSPARC systems using UltraSPARC I, II, IIi, and IIe CPU types. |
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| Â | Sun shelves UltraSPARC V in favor of the great unknown The Register |
| | "In light of that, and in order to accelerate the development of next-generation Throughput Computing systems, Sun has decided to discontinue certain UltraSPARC projects (specifically Millennium and Gemini)." | | | Fujitsu makes its own line of SPARC chips and has a rich history with large Unix boxes and mainframes. | | | The Rock processors are meant to meld standard high-end RISC processor features with lower-end multicore designs. |
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/04/09/sun_kills_us5/
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| Â | Sun Revamps its Enterprise Server Lineup |
| | While the new high-end UltraSPARC IV servers will cost some 30 percent more on average than the UltraSPARC III systems available today, users will see an 80 percent or more performance improvement in these new systems, Mark Tolliver, Sun's chief strategy officer and executive vice president, told eWEEK in an interview ahead of Tuesday's announcement. | | | To read more on how Sun and Intel Corp. have incorporated multithreading into their 64-bit architectures, click here. | | | These new server systems are geared at the high-end of the market and support up to 72 processors and 144 threads, he said, adding that these will be the enterprise-level mission-critical systems that offer new features and value for that price. |
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http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,4149,1522960,00.asp
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| Â | CRN Sun Ups Processor For Four-Way |
| | The upgraded V480 is now available priced at $19,995 with two processors and 4 Gbytes of memory. | | | The V480 previously used 900MHz processors, so the upgrade gives the servers a 22 percent boost in performance, Mootrey said. | | | With the upgrade, the entire line of Sun UltraSPARC III servers is now running the 1GHz-plus processors, said Mootrey. |
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http://www.crn.com/sections/BreakingNews/dailyarchives.asp?ArticleID=43704
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| Â | SUN FIRE V880R |
| | Vibrantsun buys - sells new, used sun memory, drives, hardware, ultrasparc processors. | | | Vibrantservers.com reseller of Enterprise Servers, Workgroup Servers and Ultra Sparc Workstations Manufactured by SUN Microsystems; including Sun V880, E6500, E6000, E4500, E4000, E3500, E3000, E250, E450, E220R, E420R, Ultra 5, Ultra 10. |
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| Â | NetBSD: Recent Changes and News |
| | In order to make further improvements to the sparc64 port, we would like to solicit donations for UltraSPARC III and III+ hardware. | | | Being a volunteer project with no government or commercial backing, The NetBSD Foundation depends on the support of its users. | | | If your company or an educational or research institute wants to buy or has a spare system like a Sun Fire V210 dual 1GHz, fully equipped Sun Fire 15000 or similar UltraSPARC III or III+ equipped desktop or server machine, donating it to The NetBSD Foundation to support operating system research would be very welcome. |
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| Â | Sun updates UltraSPARC chip details - Computerworld |
| | Yen hinted that the company's technology might be used for help with edge-computing tasks, such as streaming media or file serving. | | | A separate class of processor used in Sun's midrange hardware, the UltraSPARC IIIi chip, is expected to run at between 1.1 GHz and 1.4 GHz before being phased out for a new chip in this line. | | | The future chips are expected to run at between 1 GHz and 2 GHz. |
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http://www.computerworld.com/hardwaretopics/hardware/story/0,10801,72259,00.html
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| Â | TBG Software Downloading |
| | IRIX6 OpenGL (SGI IRIX 6.5 using hardware OpenGL + CAVE) | | | SOLARIS_64 OpenGL (Sun Solaris 8 (64-bit UltraSPARC) with harware OpenGL) |
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http://www.ks.uiuc.edu/Development/Download/download.cgi?PackageName=VMD
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| Â | Ace's Hardware |
| | For comparison purposes, the 0.13µ UltraSPARC III consists of 29 million transistors and dissipates a maximum of 53W at 1.2 GHz. | | | Using low-k dielectrics is one of many ways of improving process technology performance. | | | A lower-power version is also available at 900 MHz (0.9V), dissipating a maximum of 14W. |
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http://www.aceshardware.com/read.jsp?id=60000245
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| Â | CRN Sun Unveils UltraSPARC IV, Opteron |
| | These features, part of Sun Software Express, include N1 Grid Containers, which runs multiple applications within their own virtual operating environment in a single server in much the same way multiple blade servers within an enclosure run their own applications, Campbell said. | | | Should one of the applications fail, it will not affect the operation of the other applications, he said. | | | The three new midrange UltraSPARC IV servers include the Sun Fire E2900, with up to 12 processors and 96 Gbytes of memory; the E4900, with up to 12 processors and hardware redundancy which increases fault-resistance for more mission-critical applications; and the E6900, with up to 24 processors. |
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http://www.crn.com/sections/BreakingNews/dailyarchives.asp?ArticleID=47843
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| Â | Solaris SPARC Notebooks, Mobile servers, Laptops, USB Flash disk and MP3 player with Solaris Support, Blade Servers, ... |
| | Unprecedented portable computing performance with dual 1.28Ghz 64 bit UltraSPARC IIIi processors, up to 16GB DDRAM, up to 160GB removable HDD storage, dual Gigabit Ethernet, Ultra160 SCSI, XV100/500 or 600 2D/3D graphics, dual head support, in an under 22 lbs briefcase package. | | | Options Include: Dual Head Display, Bootable UltraWide SCSI, 4GB DRAM, 160GB removable internal storage, Dual Ethernet, 1600x1200 resolution, magnesium alloy chassis. | | | Solaris 8 and 9 UltraSPARC IIi 650MHz (888P) |
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http://www.nextcomputing.com/
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| Â | System Boards - Sun Fire V100 |
| | Differences include integrated L2 Cache and SDRAM Memory Control. | | | The memory installation sequence is Slot 3, 2, 1, and 0. | | | The Sun Fire V100 System Board is based on the Netra X1 System Board with updated OBP, LOMLITE2, and LOM EEPROM firmware. |
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http://sunsolve.sun.com/handbook_pub/Devices/System_Board/SYSBD_SunFireV100.html
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| Â | Sun Microsystems - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | Sun has implemented multiple high-end generations of the Sparc architecture, including Sparc-1, SuperSparc, UltraSparc-I, UltraSparc-II, UltraSparc-III, and currently UltraSparc IV. | | | Sun also has a second line of lower cost processors meant for low-end systems which included the MicroSparc-I, MicroSparc-II, UltraSparc-IIi, and UltraSparc-IIIi. | | | SPARCstation 1 onwards), Sun developed its own CPU architecture, |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sun_Microsystems
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| Â | Sun bets future on US IV and Opteron boxes The Register |
| | The UltraSPARC IV chip is a dual core version of the UltraSPARC III chip already shipping in Sun's Unix servers. | | | With the dual cores, the UltraSPARC IV essentially provides close to the twice the performance of its predecessor, while systems based on the chip will cost only 30 percent more. | | | Sun users can upgrade their existing systems on-the-fly, replacing UltraSPARC III boards with the new UltraSPARC IV boards. |
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/02/10/sun_bets_future_on_us
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| Â | Sun ready to Rock without UltraSparc V |
| | UltraSparc V was the planned successor to the UltraSparc IV, a dual-core processor designed for high-end servers. | | | The UltraSparc V was expected to provide a stopgap solution for customers waiting for the improved performance of Rock but who required something more than the UltraSparc IV. | | | Sun will make improvements to the UltraSparc IV over the next few years, and plans to shift engineers from the UltraSparc V project to the Rock and Niagara projects in hopes of speeding up the chips' development, Guttman said. |
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http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/0409sunready.html
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| Â | FFT Links |
| | optimized C FFT for the Pentium and UltraSPARC. | | | FFT Page maintained by Steve Kifowit, focusing primarily on Fortran code. |
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http://www.fftw.org/links.html
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| Â | FreeBSD/sparc64 Project |
| | These systems may work with the esp driver imported from | | | Any system not listed here that does not have an UltraSPARC III or greater processor is expected to work, but may not have been tested. | | | This page contains information about the FreeBSD port to Sun Microsystem's UltraSPARC®; architecture. |
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http://www.freebsd.org/platforms/sparc.html
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| Â | UltraLinux Home Page |
| | The port has been developed over the past few years and is currently very stable. | | | These web pages provide information on getting and using UltraLinux. | | | It supports most workstations including the older 32bit SPARC processors and the newer 64bit UltraSPARC based workstations. |
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| Â | SILO - The Sparc Improved Boot Loader |
| | It can be used for the booting of operating systems from a variety of file systems. | | | SILO, the Sparc Improved boot LOader, is a booting loader program that runs from the PROM of SPARC (32-bit) and UltraSPARC (64-bit) based systems, covered by the terms of the GNU General Public Licence. | | | Last update: Sunday August 17, 2003 pkrul at ultralinux.nl |
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| Â | Debian -- SPARC Port |
| | Don't be deceived by the name; it covers mostly plain SPARC rather than UltraSPARC. | | | UltraLinux -- the definitive source for the kernel port. |
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| Â | Sun Parts - Shop by Part |
| | Sun SBUS Quad FastEthernet 1.0 (SQFE/S) SunFastEthernet (FE/P) UltraSPARC II 336MHz 4MB CPU Module | | | Sun SBUS Gigabit Ethernet 2.0/3.0 (GBE/S) UltraSPARC IIi 300MHz 512KB CPU Module | | | Creator 3D series 3 (FFB2+) 24-Bit Color Frame Buffer |
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http://www.anysystem.com/shop-by-part.html
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| Â | LTSP clients on UltraSparc |
| | Add entries like this in your /etc/dhcpd.conf and restart dhcpd (I don't use rarpd since I tell the ultrasparc stations to use dhcp) | | | For Ultra5 and Ultra10 create the following sym link. | | | Add the following line to /etc/exports and restart NFS |
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http://math.univ-lille1.fr/ltsp-sparc/
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