Sun's SPARC technology business discloses next-generation processor

Sept. 19, 1994--Sun Microsystems' SPARC Technology Business today unveiled UltraSPARC, the company's next-generation superscalar RISC (reduced-instruction set computing) microprocessor that will be presented at next month's Microprocessor Forum. Critical to supporting the networking n...

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Published inBusiness Wire p. 1
Main Author Breya, Marge
Format Newsletter
LanguageEnglish
Published New York Business Wire 19.09.1994
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Electronics industry
Pacific
Product introduction
Technology
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Summary:Sept. 19, 1994--Sun Microsystems' SPARC Technology Business today unveiled UltraSPARC, the company's next-generation superscalar RISC (reduced-instruction set computing) microprocessor that will be presented at next month's Microprocessor Forum. Critical to supporting the networking needs of the global enterprise, the 64-bit UltraSPARC is the industry's first processor with on-chip multimedia support for desktop videoconferencing, real-time MPEG-2 decompression, video effects and texture-mapped triangle rendering. The company estimates the multi-member UltraSPARC family's SPECint92 values to range from 200 to 400 with SPECfp92 values from 250 to 500 -- the highest values in the industry. (excerpt)