MicroSPARC

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microSPARC
General information
Launched1992
Discontinued1994
Designed by Sun Microsystems
Performance
Max. CPU clock rate 40 MHz to 125 MHz
Architecture and classification
Instruction set SPARC V8
Physical specifications
Cores
  • 1

The microSPARC (code-named Tsunami) is a discontinued microprocessor implementing the SPARC V8 instruction set architecture (ISA), developed by Sun Microsystems. It is a low-end microprocessor intended for low-end workstations and embedded systems. The microprocessor was developed by Sun, but the floating-point unit (FPU) was licensed from Meiko Scientific. It contains 800,000 transistors. It was used in the SPARCclassic and SPARCstation LX among others.

There are two variants of the microSPARC-II (code-named Swift): the microSPARC-II and microSPARC-IIep. The microSPARC-II is used in the SPARCstation 5. The microSPARC-IIep is a 100 MHz microSPARC-II with an integrated PCI controller for embedded systems. It was developed and fabricated by LSI Logic for Sun, and used in their JavaStation Network Computer.

Name (codename)ModelFrequency (MHz)Arch. versionYearTotal threads [1] Process (μm)Transistors (millions)Die size (mm²)IO PinsPower (W)Voltage (V)L1 Dcache (k)L1 Icache (k)L2 Cache (k)L3 Cache (k)
microSPARC I (Tsunami)TI TMS390S10 / TMX390S104050V819921×1=10.80.8225?2882.5524nonenone
microSPARC II (Swift)Fujitsu MB86904 / Sun STP101260125V819941×1=10.52.323332153.3816nonenone

References

  1. Threads per core × number of cores