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THE SUN HARDWARE REFERENCE
compiled by James W. Birdsall
([email protected])
PART I
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OVERVIEW
CPU/CHASSIS
OVERVIEW
========
This primary focus of this document is to cover older Sun-badged
hardware in detail sufficient to be useful to buyers and collectors of
used Sun hardware, much of which comes without documentation. Details on
hardware commonly used with Suns, especially hardware specifically
designed for Suns, are also included where available. The focus is
generally on older equipment, since information on newer equipment is
more readily available, from Sun itself if nowhere else. In particular,
no effort is made to keep up with Sun's introduction of new SPARC
models or Mbus modules.
Note that there is no warranty of any kind on the information in this
document. It has been assembled from a variety of sources of varying
reliability. Efforts have been made to exclude information known to be
incorrect, and to include only information deemed reasonably reliable,
but there is no guarantee on any of it, especially since official Sun
documents occasionally contradict each other.
This document is copyright (c) 1995 by James W. Birdsall. You may
distribute it freely in unmodified form.
THIS DOCUMENT IS A WORK IN PROGRESS. I still have a lot of
information which I have not had time to integrate yet. In addition, if
you have documentation for systems or boards not listed here, speak up!
I would really like to get ahold of an *old* Sun Field Engineer's Handbook.
Henry Bryant of Sun's Atlanta office kindly donated one that covers
Sun-3's, 386i's, and Sun-4's, but I'm still looking for an old one that
covers Sun-2's. Even the opportunity to borrow one would be appreciated.
This document is available via anonymous FTP from ftp.picarefy.com in
/pub/Sun-Hardware-Ref as a .tar.Z, .zip, or individual parts in the
parts directory. It is also available from ftp.netcom.com in
/pub/ru/rubicon/sun.hdwr.ref.
This document is organized into the following sections:
*** PART I ***
OVERVIEW
CPU/CHASSIS
Sun-1, Sun-2, Sun-3, Sun 386i, Sun-4/SPARC
General descriptions of the models, including
processor/fpu/speed, bus, chassis type, OS support, etc.
Processor Data
Info on SuperSPARC, microSPARC, etc. SPARC Register Overview.
*** PART II ***
FAQ
ROM Monitors
How to use the ROM monitor built into every Sun (boot
instructions and other tips).
Using a Terminal as Console
Notes on using a serial terminal instead of a Sun framebuffer
and keyboard.
Memory Display on Startup
How much memory a system has.
Miscellaneous Questions and Answers
Facts in Search of a Home
Miscellaneous Pinouts
SIMM Compatbility Chart
*** PART III ***
BOARDS
crossreference by bus, CPU/motherboard, SPARC modules
Descriptions of boards by type and part number, including
pinouts, jumpers, DIP switch settings, and LEDs.
*** PART IV ***
BOARDS (cont'd)
memory, video, SCSI, non-SCSI disk controllers, tape controllers,
Ethernet, serial/parallel/other commo, floating-point/system
accelerator, backplanes, other
Descriptions of boards by type and part number, including
pinouts, jumpers, DIP switch settings, and LEDs.
*** PART V ***
DISKS
SMD, MFM, ESDI, SCSI
Descriptions of models commonly used, including jumpers and
switch settings.
KEYBOARDS
Types 1-5c
Descriptions of types of keyboards, what CPUs they work with,
and any configuration information.
Alternatives
Ergonomic keyboards.
MICE
Sun-1, Sun-2, Sun-3, Sun-4
Descriptions of types of mice, what CPUs they work with, and any
configuration information.
Alternatives
Trackballs, etc.
MONITORS
TTL mono, ECL/TTL mono, color
Descriptions of types of monitors, what video boards they work
with, and any configuration information.
FLOPPY DRIVES
Descriptions of models commonly used, including jumpers and
switch settings.
TAPE DRIVES
9-track, QIC-11, QIC-24
Descriptions of models commonly used, including jumpers and
switch settings.
*** PART VI ***
APPENDICES
Cardcage configuration tables
What cards go in which slots in which machines.
*** PART VII ***
APPENDICES (cont'd)
Repairs and Modifications
Repair and modification information as contributed by various
net.people.
Part number index
Index of all known part numbers, with references to larger
descriptions, if any, in the main body
Announcement Dates/List Prices
Announcement dates and list prices for various configurations.
Author's Notes
Miscellanea.
Bibliography/Acknowledgments
Contributors, and documents used in compiling this reference.
CPU/CHASSIS
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For each model listed below, whatever information is available is
given, in the following order:
Processor: The microprocessor followed by its clock speed in MHz. The
floating point coprocessor (FPU), if any, followed by whatever
information is available about the MMU, including the number of hardware
contexts. Lastly, various speed ratings, as available: MIPS (Millions of
Instructions Per Second, aka Meaningless...), MFLOPS (Millions of
FLoating-point OPerations per Second), SPECmark89, and/or
SPECint92/SPECfp92/SPECintRate92/SPECfpRate92. Note that some SPARC
processors are referred to by name; information on these is available in
the "Processor Data" section.
CPU or motherboard: The Sun part number of the CPU board or
motherboard.
Chassis type: "Rackmount" chassis, as the name suggests, are designed
to fit into a standard 19" equipment rack. They usually require
clearance over and under the chassis for cooling. "Pizza box" chassis
are intended to sit on a desktop, typically underneath the monitor; they
are low, wide, and deep. Older pizza boxes (2/50, 3/75, 3/50, and 3/60)
are much wider than they are deep; newer ones are square (3/80,
SPARCstation 1, 1+, 2, etc.). Some older pizza boxes (mostly the 3/50)
have a 'dimple top', a case top with a circular depression that allows
the chassis to serve as a tilt/swivel monitor base directly. 9-slot
Multibus and 12-slot VME (and probably 6-slot VME as well) "deskside"
chassis are wide towers that must stand on the floor. 3-slot VME
"deskside" chassis can stand on the floor as narrow towers or lie on
their sides on a desktop as tallish pizza boxes. "Lunchbox" chassis are
small rectangular boxes the size of a couple large hardcover books
stacked. "Monitor" chassis (SPARCstation SLC, etc.) have the motherboard
in the back of the monitor.
Bus: Whatever bus or busses the machine has. Sun has, at various
times, used Multibus, VMEbus, ISA, SBus, Mbus, and XDBus.
Memory: The amount of physical memory the machine can take, if known,
followed by the maximum size of the machine's virtual memory space, if
known, followed by the cycle time for physical memory, if known, and
finally details of any on-chip or off-chip caches, if known. The caches
on the Motorola 68020 and 68030 and the Intel 80386 are not described,
since information on these chips is widely known. To save space, the
on-chip caches of various common SPARC processors are described in the
"Processor Data" section.
Notes: General information which does not belong under other
headings.
Not all models shown in the Announcement Date/List Price section in
the appendix are described in this section. In particular, models which
differ only in peripherals have been excluded.
Sun-1
-----
OVERVIEW
Sun-1's were the very first models ever produced by Sun. The earliest
ran Unisoft V7 UNIX; SunOS 1.x was introduced later. According to some
sources, fewer than 200 Sun-1's were ever produced; they are certainly
rare. The switch from Motorola 68000's to 68010's occurred during the
Sun-1's reign. Some models are reported to have 3Mbit Ethernet taps as
well as 10Mbit.
68000-based Sun-1's are not supported by SunOS. The last version of
SunOS to support Sun-1's may be the same as the last version to support
Sun-2's, since the 100U CPU boards are the same part.
From [email protected] (../Steven):
[The Sun-1] did not have the DVMA of the sun-2 architecture.
There was an even earlier board that had the 68000, not the
68010. The 68000 board was licensed by Stanford to several folks
(can't recall names). The original cisco cpu was a slightly
upgraded 68000 version. Andy Bechtolsheim was using SUDS on the
triple-I in the CS Dungeon (Margaret Jacks Hall) when my boss
asked him to modify the sun board to accept 256k ram chips. I
handed Andy a pencil and the schematics and he scribbled the
mods on it. I took the mods, and with exacto knife and jumpers,
modified a sun board for the 256k chips. Len Bosack then took
the mods and relaid out the PC. That board was the first cisco
cpu, and was also produced internally to Stanford.
[...]
The original sun lacked the DVMA and thus needed Multibus
memory. Their "ar" tape controller design thus included 256k of
Multibus memory. When upgraded to a sun2, one had to switch this
ar-resident memory off since it would conflict with the DVMA
memory on the sun2 P2 (memory bus).
MODELS
Sun-1
Processor(s): 68000
Notes: Large black desktop boxes with 17" monitors.
Uses the original Stanford-designed video board
and a parallel microswitch keyboard (type 1) and
parallel mouse (Sun-1).
100
Processor(s): 68000 @ 10MHz
Bus: Multibus, serial
Notes: Uses a design similar to original SUN (Stanford
University Network) CPU. The version 1.5 CPU can
take larger RAMs.
100U
Processor(s): 68010 @ 10MHz
CPU: 501-1007
Bus: Multibus, serial
Notes: "Brain transplant" for 100 series. Replaced CPU
and memory boards with first-generation Sun-2
CPU and memory boards so original customers
could run SunOS 1.x. Still has parallel kb/mouse
interface so type 1 keyboards and Sun-1 mice
could be connected.
170
Processor(s): 68010?
Bus: Multibus?
Chassis type: rackmount
Notes: Server. Slightly different chassis design than
2/170's
Sun-2
-----
OVERVIEW
Sun-2's were introduced in the early 1980's and were Sun's first
major commercial success. While not as popular or as common as the later
Sun-3's, they did well and there are still quite a few in circulation in
the home/collector-used market.
All Sun-2's are based on the Motorola 68010 and run SunOS. The last
version of SunOS to support Sun-2's was 4.0.3. Early Sun-2's were
Multibus; later models were VME, which Sun continued to use through the
Sun-3 era and well into the Sun-4 line.
One of the hardest parts of restoring a Sun-2 is finding OS tapes for
it. The hardware is usually still in fine working order, but tapes -- if
you can even find any -- are sometimes unreadable after so many years.
See author's notes in the appendices.
MODELS
2/120
Processor(s): 68010 @ 10MHz
CPU: 501-1007/1051
Chassis type: deskside
Bus: Multibus, 9 slots
Memory: 7M physical with mono video, 8M without
Notes: First machines in deskside chassis. Serial
microswitch keyboard (type 2), Mouse Systems
optical mouse (Sun-2).
2/170
Processor(s): 68010 @ 10MHz
CPU: 501-1007/1051
Chassis type: rackmount
Bus: Multibus, 15 slots
Memory: 7M physical with mono video, 8M without
Notes: Server.
2/50
Processor(s): 68010 @ 10MHz
CPU: 501-1141/1142/1143
Chassis type: wide pizza box
Bus: VME, 2 slots
Memory: 7M physical
Notes: Optional SCSI board (model name is SCSI-2
because it is the second SCSI design; the first
was for 2/1xx's) sits on memory expansion board
in second slot. CPU board has 1, 2, or 4M,
Ethernet, two serial ports. The (type 2)
keyboard and mouse attach via an adapter that
accepts two modular plugs and attaches to a DB15
port.
2/130
2/160
Processor(s): 68010
CPU: 501-1144/1145/1146
Chassis type: deskside
Bus: VME, 12 slots
Memory: 7M physical
Notes: First machine in 12-slot deskside VME chassis.
Has four-fan cooling tray instead of six as in
later machines, which led to cooling problems
with lots of cards. Also has only four P2 memory
connectors bussed instead of six. 2/160
upgradeable to a 3/160 by replacing the CPU
board. No information on the differences between
the 2/130 and the 2/160.
Sun-3
-----
OVERVIEW
Sun switched to using the Motorola 68020 with the introduction of the
Sun-3's. A few later models had 68030's, but by that time Sun was
already moving toward SPARC processors. All models either have a 68881
or 68882 FPU installed stock or at least have a socket for one. All
models which are not in pizza box chassis are VMEbus. Two out of three
pizza box models have a "P4" connector which can take a framebuffer; the
exception is the 3/50.
Support for Sun-3's was introduced in SunOS 3.0. The last version of
SunOS to support Sun-3's was 4.1.1U1.
During the Sun-3 era, Sun introduced the handy practice of putting
the model number on the Sun badge on the front of the chassis.
There are two different kernel architectures in the Sun-3 model line.
All 68020-based models are "sun3" architecture; 68030-based models (the
3/80 and 3/4xx) are "sun3x" architecture.
MODELS
3/160
Processor(s): 68020 @ 16.67MHz, 68881, Sun-3 MMU, 8 hardware
contexts, 2 MIPS
CPU: 501-1074/1096/1163/1164/1208
Chassis type: deskside
Bus: VME, 12 slots
Memory: 16M physical (documented), 256M virtual, 270ns cycle
Notes: First 68020-based Sun machine. Uses the 3004
"Carrera" CPU, which is used in most other Sun
3/1xx models and the 3/75. Sun supplied 4M
memory expansion boards; third parties had up to
32M on one card. SCSI optional. One variant of
the memory card holds a 6U VME SCSI board; there
is also a SCSI board which sits in slot 7 of the
backplane and runs the SCSI bus out the back of
the backplane to the internal disk/tape (slot 6
in very early backplanes). CPU has two serial
ports, Ethernet, keyboard. Type 3 keyboard plugs
into the CPU; Sun-3 mouse plugs into the
keyboard. Upgradeable to a 3/260 by replacing
CPU and memory boards.
3/75
Processor(s): 68020 @ 16.67MHz, 68881, Sun-3 MMU, 8 hardware
contexts, 2 MIPS
CPU: 501-1074/1094/1163/1164
Chassis type: wide pizza box
Bus: VME, 2 slot
Memory: 16M physical (documented), 256M virtual, 270ns cycle
Notes: Optional SCSI sits on memory expansion board in
second slot.
3/140
Processor(s): 68020 @ 16.67MHz, 68881, Sun-3 MMU, 8 hardware
contexts, 2 MIPS
CPU: 501-1074/1094/1163/1164/1208
Chassis type: deskside
Bus: VME, 3 slots
Memory: 16M physical (documented), 256M virtual, 270ns cycle
3/150
Processor(s): 68020 @ 16.67MHz, 68881, Sun-3 MMU, 8 hardware
contexts, 2 MIPS
CPU: 501-1074/1094/1163/1164/1208
Chassis type: deskside
Bus: VME, 6 slots
Memory: 16M physical (documented), 256M virtual, 270ns cycle
3/180
Processor(s): 68020 @ 16.67MHz, 68881, Sun-3 MMU, 8 hardware
contexts, 2 MIPS
CPU: 501-1074/1094/1163/1164/1208
Chassis type: rackmount
Bus: VME, 12 slots
Memory: 16M physical (documented), 256M virtual, 270ns cycle
Notes: Rackmount version of 3/160. Upgradeable to a
3/280 by replacing the CPU and memory boards.
Very early backplanes have the special SCSI
hookup on slot 6 rather than 7.
3/110
Processor(s): 68020
CPU: 501-1134/1209
Chassis type: deskside
Bus: VME, 3 slots
Notes: Similar to the "Carerra" CPU, but has 8-bit
color framebuffer (cgfour) on board and uses 1M
RAM chips for 4M on-CPU memory. Code-named
"Prism".
3/50
Processor(s): 68020 @ 15.7MHz, 68881 (socket for
501-1075/1133/1162, installed for 501-1207),
Sun-3 MMU, 8 hardware contexts, 1.5 MIPS
CPU: 501-1075/1133/1162/1207
Chassis type: wide pizza box
Bus: none
Memory: 4M physical (documented), 256M virtual, 270ns cycle
Notes: Cycle-stealing monochrome frame buffer. 4M
memory maximum stock, but third-party memory
expansion boards were sold, allowing up to at
least 12M. No bus or P4 connector. Onboard SCSI.
Thin coax or AUI Ethernet. Code-named "Model
25".
3/60
Processor(s): 68020 @ 20MHz, 68881 (stock), Sun-3 MMU,
8 hardware contexts, 3 MIPS
CPU: 501-1205/1322/1334/1345
Chassis type: wide pizza box
Bus: P4 connector (not same as P4 on 3/80)
Memory: 24M physical, 256M virtual, 200ns cycle
Notes: VRAM monochome frame buffer for 501-1205/1334.
Optional color frame buffer (can run mono and
color simultaneously) on P4 connector. Onboard
SCSI. SIMM memory (100ns 1M x 9 SIMMs). High
(1600 * 1100) or low (1152 * 900) resolution
mono selectable by jumper. Thin coax or AUI
Ethernet. Code-named "Ferrari". 4M stock on
501-1205/1322, 0M stock on 501-1322/1345.
3/60LE
Processor(s): 68020 @ 20MHz, 68881 (stock), Sun-3 MMU,
8 hardware contexts, 3 MIPS
CPU: 501-1378
Bus: P4 connector (not same as P4 on 3/80)
Memory: 12M physical, 256M virtual, 200ns cycle
Notes: A version of the 3/60 with no onboard
framebuffer and limited to 12M of RAM (4M of
256K SIMMs and 8M of 1M SIMMs).
3/260
Processor(s): 68020 @ 25MHz, 68881 @ 20MHz (stock), Sun-3 MMU,
8 hardware contexts, 4 MIPS
CPU: 501-1100/1206
Chassis type: deskside
Bus: VME, 12 slot
Memory: 64M (documented) physical with ECC, 256M virtual;
64K write-back cache, direct-mapped,
virtually-indexed and virtually-tagged, with
16-byte lines; 80ns cycle
Notes: Two serial ports, AUI Ethernet, keyboard, and
video on CPU. Video is mono, high-resolution
only. Sun supplied 8M memory boards. Sun 4/2xx
32M boards work up to 128M. First Sun with an
off-chip cache. Upgradeable to a 4/260 by
replacing the CPU board. Code-named "Sirius".
3/280
Processor(s): 68020 @ 25MHz, 68881 @ 20MHz (stock), Sun-3 MMU,
8 hardware contexts, 4 MIPS
CPU: 501-1100/1206
Chassis type: rackmount
Bus: VME, 12 slot
Memory: 64M (documented) physical with ECC, 256M virtual;
64K write-back cache, direct-mapped,
virtually-indexed and virtually-tagged, with
16-byte lines; 80ns cycle
Notes: Rackmount version of the 3/260. Upgradeable to a
4/280 by replacing the CPU board. Code-named
"Sirius".
3/80
Processor(s): 68030 @ 20MHz, 68882 @ 20MHz, 68030 on-chip
MMU, 3 MIPS, 0.16 MFLOPS
CPU: 501-1401/1650
Chassis type: square pizza box
Bus: P4 connector (not same as P4 on 3/60)
Memory: 16M or 40M physical, 4G virtual, 100ns cycle
Notes: Similar packaging to SparcStation 1. Parallel
port, SCSI port, AUI Ethernet, 1.44M 3.5" floppy
(720K on early units?). No onboard framebuffer.
Code-named "Hydra". Type-4 keyboard and Sun-4
mouse, plugged together and into the machine
with a small DIN plug. 1M x 9 30-pin 100ns
SIMMs. Boot ROM versions 3.0.2 and later allow
using 4M SIMMs in some slots for up to 40M (see
Misc Q&A #15).
3/460
Processor(s): 68030 @ 33 MHz, 68882, 68030 on-chip MMU,
7 MIPS, 0.6 MFLOPS
CPU: 501-1299/1550
Bus: VME
Memory: 128M physical with ECC, 4G/process virtual,
64K cache, 80ns cycle
Notes: A 3/260 upgraded with a 3/4xx CPU board. Uses
original 3/2xx memory boards.
3/470
Processor(s): 68030 @ 33 MHz, 68882, 68030 on-chip MMU,
7 MIPS, 0.6 MFLOPS
CPU: 501-1299/1550
Chassis type: deskside
Bus: VME
Memory: 128M physical with ECC, 4G/process virtual,
64K cache, 80ns cycle
Notes: Rare. Code-named "Pegasus". 8M standard, uses
same memory boards as 3/2xx.
3/480
Processor(s): 68030 @ 33 MHz, 68882, 68030 on-chip MMU,
7 MIPS, 0.6 MFLOPS
CPU: 501-1299/1550
Chassis type: rackmount
Bus: VME
Memory: 128M physical with ECC, 4G/process virtual,
64K cache, 80ns cycle
Notes: Rare. Code-named "Pegasus". 8M standard, uses
same memory boards as 3/2xx.
3/E
Processor(s): 68020
CPU: 501-8028
Bus: VME
Notes: Single-board VME Sun-3, presumably for use as a
controller, not as a workstation. 6U form
factor. Serial and keyboard ports. External RAM,
framebuffer, and SCSI/ethernet boards
available.
Sun 386i
--------
OVERVIEW
The Sun 386i models, based on the Intel 80386 processor, were
introduced when 80386-based IBM PC/AT clones were starting to become
widespread. Intel had finally produced a chip sufficiently capable
(32-bit, among other things) to allow porting SunOS, and using an Intel
processor and an ISA bus offered the ability to run MS-DOS applications
without speed-draining emulation. Unfortunately, they were a dismal
failure.
Support for Sun-386i's was introduced in SunOS 4.0 (?). The 386i
SunOS releases came from Sun's East Coast division, so 386i SunOS was
not identical to the standard version with the same number. The last
released version of SunOS to support Sun-386i's was 4.0.2; there are a
few copies of 4.0.3Beta (with OpenLook 2.0) floating around.
MODELS
386i/150
Processor(s): 80386 @ 20MHz, 80387, 80386 on-chip MMU,
3 MIPS, 0.17 MFLOPS
CPU: 501-1241/1414
Chassis type: tower (20"H * 7"W * 16"D)
Bus: 4 32-bit slots; ISA (3 16-bit, 1 8-bit)
Memory: 8M physical
Notes: Shared code name "Roadrunner" with the /250. The
frame buffer was not on the ISA bus. 720K or
1.44M 3.5" floppy. A variant of the 150 had the
250's external cache.
386i/250
Processor(s): 80386 @ 25MHz, 80387, 80386 on-chip MMU,
5 MIPS, 0.2 MFLOPS
CPU: 501-1324/1413
Chassis type: tower
Bus: 4 32-bit slots; ISA (3 16-bit, 1 8-bit)
Memory: 16M physical, 32K cache
Notes: Shared code name "Roadrunner" with the /150. The
frame buffer was not on the ISA bus. 720K or
1.44M 3.5" floppy.
486i
Processor(s): 80486
Notes: Code-named "Apache". A very limited quantity of
these were supposedly built and shipped to
customers just before the Intel-based line was
cancelled.
Sun-4/SPARCstation/SPARCserver/SPARCwhatever
--------------------------------------------
OVERVIEW
These machines were initially introduced with model designations in
the same pattern as previous lines: Sun 4/xxx. However, for marketing
purposes, Sun departed from their classic naming scheme with the name
SPARCstation, and has since experimented with alphabetic designations
(e.g. "SPARCstation SLC") before returning to numbered SPARCstations.
Until the SPARCstation 10, however, every model still had a 4/xxx
designation as well, which is displayed by the ROM monitor during
power-up and used by much of Sun's documentation.
This model line marks the introduction of Sun's own RISC chip, the
SPARC. There have been a number of different implementations of the chip
from various manufacturers, with varying degrees of hardware support for
the instruction set.
Support for Sun-4's was introduced in SunOS 4.0, although there was a
special variant of SunOS 3.2 for Sun-4's which was shipped with some
very early units. Since this product line is still current, it is still
in general supported by SunOS, which has mutated to become part of
Solaris. Support for some earlier models has been dropped, and some
later models require at least 4.0.3c, 4.1.1, or Solaris 2.x.
Some of the later models have pictures silkscreened on their CPU
boards.
Note that MIP/GIP ratings for later models are even more suspicious
than usual for benchmarks.
There are several kernel architectures in the Sun-4 model line. Where
known, the architecture for each model is listed.
MODELS
4/260
Processor(s): SF9010 @ 16.67MHz, Weitek 1164/1165, Sun-4 MMU,
16 hardware contexts, 10 MIPS, 1.6 MFLOPS
CPU: 501-1274/1491/1522
Chassis type: deskside
Bus: VME, 12 slot
Memory: 128M physical with ECC, 1G/process virtual,
60ns cycle
Architecture: sun4
Notes: First SPARC machine. Code-named "Sunrise". Cache
much like Sun-3/2xx, uses same memory boards.
4/110
Processor(s): MB86900 @ 14.28MHz, Weitek 1164/1165, Sun-4 MMU,
16 hardware contexts, 7 MIPS
CPU: 501-1199/1237/1462/1463/1464/1465/1512/1513/
1514/1515/1516/1517/1656/1657/1658/1659/
1660/1661
Chassis type: deskside
Bus: VME, 3 slot
Memory: 32M physical with parity, 1G/process virtual,
70ns cycle
Architecture: sun4
Notes: First desktop-able SPARC. CPU doesn't support
VME busmaster cards (insufficient room on CPU
board for full VME bus interface), so DMA disk
and tape boards won't work with it. Originally
intended as single-board machine, although there
are a few slave-only VME boards (such as the
ALM-2 and second ethernet controller) which work
with it. Onboard SCSI, two serial ports,
Ethernet, keyboard/mouse. "P4" frame buffer
could be monochrome or color. Used static column
RAM rather than a conventional cache. Code-named
"Cobra". CPUs 501-1199/1462/1464/1512/1514/1516/
1656/1658/1660 do not have an FPU; 501-1237/
1463/1465/1513/1515/1517/1657/1659/1661 have an
FPU.
4/280
Processor(s): SF9010 @ 16.67MHz, Weitek 1164/1165, Sun-4 MMU,
16 hardware contexts, 10 MIPS, 1.6 MFLOPS
CPU: 501-1274/1491/1522
Chassis type: rackmount
Bus: VME, 12 slot
Memory: 128M physical with ECC, 1G/process virtual,
60ns cycle
Architecture: sun4
Notes: Rackmount version of 4/260.
4/150
Notes: 4/110 CPU in a 3/150 chassis.
SPARCstation 1 (4/60)
Processor(s): MB86901A or LSI L64801 @ 20MHz, Weitek 3170,
Sun-4c MMU, 8 hardware contexts, 12.5 MIPS, 1.4
MFLOPS, 10 SPECmark89
CPU: 501-1382/1629
Chassis type: square pizza box
Bus: SBus @ 20MHz, 3 slots (slot 3 slave-only)
Memory: 64M physical with synchronous parity,
512M/process virtual; 64K write-through cache,
direct-mapped, virtually indexed, virtually
tagged, 16-byte lines; 50ns cycle
Architecture: sun4c
Notes: Code name "Campus". 1M or 4M x 9 30-pin 100ns
SIMMs, in four banks. 720K or 1.44M (?) 3.5"
floppy. First supported in SunOS 4.0.3c.
SPARCserver 1
Notes: SPARCstation 1 without a monitor/framebuffer.
4/330 (SPARCstation 330, SPARCserver 330)
Processor(s): CY7C601 @ 25MHz, TI8847, Sun-4 MMU, 16 hardware
contexts, 16 MIPS, 2.6 MFLOPS, 11.3 SPECmark89
CPU: 501-1316/1742
Bus: VME
Memory: 56M/72M physical with synchronous parity, 1G/process
virtual, 128K cache, 40ns cycle
Architecture: sun4
Notes: Onboard SCSI, serial ports. Uses SIMMs. Cache
similar to 4/2xx but write-through. Code-named
"Stingray". 56M limit only for early versions of
ROM. 1M or 4M x 9 30-pin SIMMs, 100ns.
4/310
Notes: 4/3xx CPU in a 4/110 chassis.
4/350
Notes: 4/3xx CPU in a 3/150 chassis.
4/360
Processor(s): CY7C601 @ 25MHz, TI8847, Sun-4 MMU, 16 hardware
contexts, 16 MIPS, 2.6 MFLOPS, 11.3 SPECmark89
CPU: 501-1316/1742
Chassis type: deskside
Bus: VME, 12 slots
Memory: 56M+ physical with synchronous parity, 1G/process
virtual, 128K cache, 40ns cycle
Architecture: sun4
Notes: 4/260 upgraded with a 4/3xx CPU. Onboard SCSI,
serial ports. Uses SIMMs. Cache similar to 4/2xx
but write-through. Code-named "Stingray". Room
for SCSI disk in top of chassis. 56M limit only
for early versions of ROM. 1M or 4M x 9 30-pin
SIMMs, 100ns.
4/370 (SPARCstation 370, SPARCserver 370)
Processor(s): CY7C601 @ 25MHz, TI8847, Sun-4 MMU, 16 hardware
contexts, 16 MIPS, 2.6 MFLOPS, 11.3 SPECmark89
CPU: 501-1316/1742
Bus: VME, 12 slots
Memory: 56M+ physical with synchronous parity, 1G/process
virtual, 128K cache, 40ns cycle
Architecture: sun4
Notes: Onboard SCSI, serial ports. Uses SIMMs. Cache
similar to 4/2xx but write-through. Code-named
"Stingray". Room for up to four SCSI disks in
top of chassis. 56M limit only for early
versions of ROM. 1M or 4M x 9 30-pin SIMMs,
100ns.
4/380
Notes: 4/280 upgraded with 4/3xx CPU.
4/390 (SPARCserver 390)
Processor(s): CY7C601 @ 25MHz, TI8847, Sun-4 MMU, 16 hardware
contexts, 16 MIPS, 2.6 MFLOPS, 11.3 SPECmark89
CPU: 501-1316/1742
Bus: VME
Memory: 56M+ physical with synchronous parity, 1G/process
virtual, 128K cache, 40ns cycle
Architecture: sun4
Notes: Onboard SCSI, serial ports. Uses SIMMs. Cache
similar to 4/2xx but write-through. Code-named
"Stingray". 56M limit only for early versions of
ROM. 1M or 4M x 9 30-pin SIMMs, 100ns.
4/470 (SPARCstation 470, SPARCserver 470)
Processor(s): CY7C601 @ 33MHz, TI8847 (?), 64 hardware
contexts, 22 MIPS, 3.8 MFLOPS, 17.6 SPECmark89
CPU: 501-1381/1899
Bus: VME
Memory: 96M physical, 128K cache
Architecture: sun4
Notes: Write-back rather than write-through cache,
3-level rather than 2-level Sun-style MMU.
Code-name "Sunray" (which was also the code name
for the 7C601 CPU).
4/490 (SPARCserver 490)
Processor(s): CY7C601 @ 33MHz, TI8847 (?), 64 hardware
contexts, 22 MIPS, 3.8 MFLOPS, 17.6 SPECmark89
CPU: 501-1381/1899
Bus: VME
Memory: 96M physical, 128K cache
Architecture: sun4
Notes: Write-back rather than write-through cache,
3-level rather than 2-level Sun-style MMU.
Code-name "Sunray" (which was also the code name
for the 7C601 CPU).
SPARCstation SLC (4/20)
Processor(s): MB86901A or LSI L64801 @ 20MHz, 12.5 MIPS, 1.2
MFLOPS, 8.6 SPECmark89
CPU: 501-1627/1680/1720/1748 (1776/1777 ?)
Chassis type: monitor
Bus: none
Memory: 16M physical; 64K write-through cache,
direct-mapped, virtually indexed, virtually
tagged, 16-byte lines
Architecture: sun4c
Notes: Code name "Off-Campus". 4M x 33 72-pin SIMMs. No
fan. 17" mono monitor built in. Has audio,
keyboard, A/B serial (in same DB25), SCSI-2, and
AUI Ethernet connectors. First supported in
SunOS 4.0.3c.
SPARCstation IPC (4/40)
Processor(s): MB86901A or LSI L64801 @ 25MHz, 13.8 SPECint92,
11.1 SPECfp92, 327 SPECintRate92, 263
SPECfpRate92
CPU: 501-1689/1835/1870/1974 (1690?)
Chassis type: lunchbox
Bus: SBus @ 25MHz, 2 slots
Memory: 48M physical; 64K write-through cache,
direct-mapped, virtually indexed, virtually
tagged, 16-byte lines
Architecture: sun4c
Notes: Code name "Phoenix". 1M or 4M x 9 30-pin 100ns
SIMMs, three banks. Onboard mono frame buffer.
1.44M 3.5" floppy. First supported in SunOS
4.0.3c.
SPARCstation 1+ (4/65)
Processor(s): LSI L64801 @ 25MHz, Weitek 3172, Sun-4c MMU,
8 hardware contexts, 15.8 MIPS, 1.7 MFLOPS, 12
SPECmark89
CPU: 501-1632
Chassis type: square pizza box
Bus: SBus @ 25MHz, 3 slots (slot 3 slave-only)
Memory: 64M (40M?) physical with synchronous parity,
512M/process virtual; 64K write-through cache,
direct-mapped, virtually indexed, virtually
tagged, 16-byte lines; 50ns cycle
Architecture: sun4c
Notes: Code name "Campus B". 1M or 4M x 9 30-pin 100ns
SIMMs, in four banks. 1.44M 3.5" floppy.
Essentially same as SPARCstation 1, just faster
clock and improved SCSI controller. First
supported in SunOS 4.0.3c.
SPARCserver 1+
Notes: SPARCstation 1+ without a monitor/framebuffer.
SPARCstation 2 (4/75)
Processor(s): CY7C601 @ 40MHz, TI TMS390C601A (602A ?), Sun-4c
MMU, 16 hardware contexts, 28.5 MIPS, 4.2
MFLOPS, 21.8 SPECint92, 22.8 SPECfp92, 517
SPECintRate92, 541 SPECfpRate92
CPU: 501-1638/1744/1858/1859/1912/1926/1989/1995
Chassis type: square pizza box
Bus: SBus @ 20MHz, 3 slots
Memory: 64M physical on motherboard/128M total, 64K
write-through cache, direct-mapped, virtually
indexed, virtually tagged, 32-byte lines
Architecture: sun4c
Notes: Code name "Calvin". 4M x 9 30-pin 80ns SIMMs, in
four banks. Case slightly larger and has more
ventilation. (Some models apparently have LSI
L64811 @ 40MHz?) Expansion beyond 64M is
possible with a 32M card which can take a 32M
daughterboard (card blocks SBus slot). First
supported in SunOS 4.1.1.
SPARCserver 2
Notes: SPARCstation 2 without a monitor/framebuffer.
SPARCstation ELC (4/25)
Processor(s): Fujitsu MB86903 or Weitek W8701 @ 33MHz, FPU on
CPU chip, Sun-4c MMU, 8 hardware contexts,
21 MIPS, 3 MFLOPS, 18.2 SPECint92, 17.9
SPECfp92, 432 SPECintRate92, 425 SPECfpRate92
CPU: 501-1861 (1730?)
Chassis type: monitor
Bus: none
Memory: 64M physical; 64K write-through cache,
direct-mapped, virtually indexed, virtually
tagged, 32-byte lines
Architecture: sun4c
Notes: Code name "Node Warrior". 4M or 16M x 33 72-pin
SIMMs. No fan. 17" mono monitor built in. first
supported in SunOS 4.1.1c.
SPARCstation IPX (4/50)
Processor(s): Fujitsu MB86903 or Weitek W8701 @ 40MHz, FPU on
CPU chip, Sun-4c MMU, 8 hardware contexts,
28.5 MIPS, 4.2 MFLOPS, 21.8 SPECint92,
21.5 SPECfp92, 517 SPECintRate92, 510
SPECfpRate92
CPU: 501-1780/1810/1959/2044
Chassis type: lunchbox
Bus: SBus @ 20MHz, 2 slots
Memory: 64M physical; 64K write-through cache,
direct-mapped, virtually indexed, virtually
tagged, 32-byte lines
Architecture: sun4c
Notes: Code name "Hobbes". 4M or 16M x 33 72-pin SIMMs.
Onboard GX-accelerated cg6 color framebuffer
(not usable with ECL mono monitors, unlike SBus
version). Picture of Hobbes (from Watterson's
"Calvin and Hobbes" comic strip) silkscreened on
motherboard. 1.44M 3.5" floppy. First supported
in SunOS 4.1.1 (may require IPX supplement).
SPARCengine 1 (4/E)
CPU: 501-8035/8058/8064
Bus: SBus, 1 slot
Notes: Basically a SPARCstation 1 (or 1+?) with a VME
interface and 8K rather than 4K pages. Sold as a
6U VME board. Code name "Polaris".
SPARCserver 6xxMP/xx
Processor(s): Mbus modules
CPU: 501-1686/2055
Chassis type: rackmount
Bus: VME; SBus @ 20MHz; and Mbus
Memory: 640M physical
Architecture: sun4m
Notes: First Mbus-based machine. Cypress/ROSS Mbus
modules later upgraded to TI SuperSPARC modules
(/xx models). Code name "Galaxy". Up to four
CPUs. 4M or 16M x 9 80ns 30-pin SIMMs.
SPARCclassic (SPARCclassic Server)(SPARCstation LC) (4/15)
Processor(s): microSPARC @ 50MHz, 59.1 MIPS, 4.6 MFLOPS,
26.4 SPECint92, 21.0 SPECfp92,
626 SPECintRate92, 498 SPECfpRate92
CPU: 501-2200/2262/2326
Chassis type: lunchbox
Bus: SBus @ 20MHz, 2 slots
Memory: 96M physical
Architecture: sun4m
Notes: Sun4m architecture, but no Mbus. Shares code
name "Sunergy" with LX. Uniprocessor only. 1.44M
3.5" floppy. Soldered CPU chip. Onboard cgthree
framebuffer, AMD79C30 8-bit audio chip. Takes
pairs of 4M or 16M 60ns SIMMs. First supported
in SunOS 4.1.3c.
SPARCclassic X (4/10)
CPU: 501-2079/2262/2313
Notes: Essentially the same as SPARCclassic, but
intended for use as an X terminal (?).
SPARCstation LX/ZX (4/30)
Processor(s): microSPARC @ 50MHz, 59.1 MIPS, 4.6 MFLOPS,
26.4 SPECint92, 21.0 SPECfp92,
626 SPECintRate92, 498 SPECfpRate92
CPU: 501-2031/2032/2233/2474
Chassis type: lunchbox
Bus: SBus @ 20MHz, 2 slots
Memory: 96M physical
Architecture: sun4m
Notes: Sun4m architecture, but no Mbus. Shares code
name "Sunergy" with SPARCclassic. Uniprocessor
only. Takes pairs of 4M or 16M 60ns SIMMs.
Soldered CPU chip. Onboard cgsix framebuffer, 1M
VRAM standard, expandable to 2M. DBRI 16-bit
audio/ISDN chip. First supported in SunOS
4.1.3c.
SPARCstation Voyager
Processors(s): microSPARC II @ 60MHz, 47.5 SPECint92,
40.3 SPECfp92, 1025 SPECintRate92, 859
SPECfpRate92
Bus: SBus; PCMCIA type II, 2 slots
Memory: 80M physical
Architecture: sun4m
Notes: Portable (laptop?). 16M standard, two memory
expansion slots for Voyager-specific SIMMs (16M
or 32M). Code-named "Gypsy". 14" 1152x900 mono
or 12" 1024x768 color flat panel displays. DBRI
16-bit audio/ISDN chip.
SPARCserver 10/xx
Notes: SPARCstation 10/xx without monitor/framebuffer.
SPARCstation 3
Notes: Although this model appeared in a few Sun price
lists, it was renamed the SPARCstation 10 before
release.
SPARCstation 10/xx
Processor(s): up to two Mbus modules
Motherboard: 501-1733/2259/2274/2365 (-2274 in model 20 only)
Chassis type: square pizza box
Bus: SBus @ 16.6/20MHz (model 20) or 18/20MHz, 4 slots;
and Mbus, 2 slots
Memory: 512M physical
Architecture: sun4m
Notes: Code name "Campus-2". 1.44M 3.5" floppy. Up to
four CPUs, some models with multiple CPUs stock.
16M or 64M 70ns SIMMs. Some models (514,
others?) use double-width CPU modules which
block SBus slots.
model MHz SPECint92 SPECfp92 SPECint SPECfp
----- --- --------- -------- -Rate92--Rate92-
10/20 33 39.8 46.6 943 1104
10/30 36 45.2 54.0 1072 1282
10/40 40 50.2 60.2 1191 1427
10/402 40x2 2112 2378
10/41 40 53.2 67.8 1264 1607
10/412 40x2 2411 2854
10/51 50 65.2 83.0 1580 2008
10/512 50x2 2950 3744
10/514 50x4 5155 5809
10/52 45x2 announced but never shipped
10/54 45x4 announced but never shipped
10/61
10/612
10/71
10/712
SPARCcenter 2000
Processor(s): Mbus modules
Motherboard: 501-1866/2334/2362
Bus: XDBus * 2, 20 slots; SBus @ 20MHz, 4 slots/motherboard;
Mbus, 2 slots/motherboard
Memory: 5G physical
Architecture: sun4d
Notes: Dual XDBus backplane with 20 slots. One board
type that carries dual Mbus SPARC modules with
2M cache (1M for each XDBus), 512M memory and 4
SBus modules. Any combination can be used;
memory is *not* tied to the CPU modules but to
the XDBus. Solaris 2.x releases support an
increasing number of CPUs (up to full twenty),
due to tuning efforts in the kernel. First
supported in Solaris 2.2 (SunOS 5.2). Code name
"Dragon". 2.19 GIPS, 269 MFLOPS.
model MHz SPECint92 SPECfp92 SPECint SPECfp
----- --- --------- -------- -Rate92--Rate92-
2108 40x8 8047 10600
2216 50x16 21196 28064
SPARCclassic M
Processor(s); microSPARC @ 50MHz
Memory: 96M physical
Notes: 16M standard.
SPARCstation 10M
Processor(s): SuperSPARC @ 36MHz, 86.1 MIPS
Bus: SBus, Mbus
Memory: 512M physical, 32K cache
Notes: 32M standard. 1.44M 3.5" floppy.
SPARCserver 1000
Processor(s): Mbus modules
Motherboard: 501-2336 (2338?)
Bus: XDBus; SBus @ 20MHz, 3 slots/motheboard;
Mbus, 2 slots/motherboard
Memory: 2G physical, 1M off-chip cache
Architecture: sun4d
Notes: Single XDBus design with "curious L-shaped
motherboards". Three SBus slots, onboard FSBE,
512M, two CPU modules per motherboard. Four
motherboards total, or a disk tray with four
535M 1" high 3.5" disks (1G disks supported
recently). Code name "Scorpion". 135 MIPS. First
supported in Solaris 2.2 (SunOS 5.2).
model MHz SPECint92 SPECfp92 SPECint SPECfp
----- --- --------- -------- -Rate92--Rate92-
1102 50x2 2730 3681
1104 50x4 5318 7076
1108 50x8 10113 12710
SPARCcluster 1
Processor(s): SuperSPARC @ 45MHz, 86.1 MIPS
Bus: SBus
Memory: 1M off-chip cache
Notes: 512M standard. A bunch of SPARCstation 10's
glued together with an switch (Alantec?
Kalpana?).
SPARCstation 5
Processor(s): microSPARC II @ 70MHz, 85MHz, 110MHz;
57.0/64.0/? SPECint92, 47.3/54.6/? SPECfp92,
1352/1518/? SPECintRate92, 1122/1295/? SPECfpRate92
Bus: SBus
Memory: 256M physical
Architecture: sun4m
Notes: 16M standard in 70MHz model, 32M standard in
85MHz model. 8 SIMM slots, 8M or 32M SIMMs,
mixable except that any 32M SIMMs must be in
slots before any 8M SIMMs. Code name "Aurora".
Uses SCA connectors (see Misc Q&A #29) for
internal SCSI drives. Socketed CPU chip.
SPARCserver 5
Notes: SPARCstation 5 without monitor/framebuffer.
SPARCserver 20
Notes: SPARCstation 20 without monitor/framebuffer.
SPARCstation 20M
Processor(s): SuperSPARC @ 50MHz, 86.1 MIPS
Bus: SBus, MBus
Memory: 512M physical, 32K off-chip cache
Notes: 32M standard. 1.44M 3.5" floppy.
SPARCstation 20/xx
Processor(s): Mbus modules
Bus: SBus and Mbus; SBus for models 50 and 61 (and
possibly others?) @ 25MHz/64bits
Memory: 512M physical
Architecture: sun4m
Notes: 1.44M 3.5" floppy. 32M standard all models. Code
name "Kodiak". Uses SCA connectors (see Misc Q&A
#29) for internal SCSI drives. 16, 32, or 64M
60ns SIMMs. Some models (514, others?) use
double-width CPU modules that block SBus slots.
model MHz SPECint92 SPECfp92 SPECint SPECfp
----- --- --------- -------- -Rate92--Rate92-
20/50 50 69.2 78.3 1628 1842
20/502 50x2 2833 2995
20/51 50 73.6 84.8 1731 1995
20/514 50x4 6034 6752
20/61 60 88.9 102.8 2092 2418
20/612 60x2 3903 4645
20/71
20/712
SPARCstation 4
Processor(s): MicroSPARC II @ 70MHz
Bus: SBus, 1 slot
Architecture: sun4m
Notes: Optional 16-bit audio, onboard framebuffer.
Processor Data
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SPARC register overview
From John Cheshire ([email protected]):
SPARC registers can be divided into two general classifications:
working registers and control/status registers. Working registers
are those used for data and addressing operations. They are called
r-registers in the integer unit (IU), or f-registers in the
floating-point unit. The various control/status registers record
status or control the state of a processor or memory management unit
(MMU).
The 136 r-registers of the integer unit are divided into eight
register windows. The 32 f-registers of the floating-point unit are
a directly addressed register file (referred to as freg0...freg31).
All registers for SPARC are 32 bits in length, although
floating-point double-precision instructions allow an adjacent and
aligned floating-point data register pair to be accessed as a single
64-bit register. Also note that while all control registers are
32 bits in length, some of the bit fields may be designated as
reserved. Reserved bits are non-writable, and are returned as zero
when when the register is read. It is good programming practice to
write zeros into a reserved bit field when writing to a control
register of this type. This practice avoids upgrade problems with
later hardware versions.
The 136 r-registers of the [Ross] RT620 are 32 bits wide and are
divided into a set of 128 window registers and a set of eight global
registers. The 128 window registers are grouped into eight sets of
24 r-registers called windows. One of these eight windows is
selected by setting the Current Window Pointer (CWP), a 5-bit field
in the processor state register (PSR). Within each window, the
programmer can directly access 24 windowed r-registers by register
number. The eight global registers may be accessed regardless of the
window selected by the CWP.
Register Alternate Register
Number Register Number Group Name
-------- --------------- ----------
r[24] to r[31] i[0] to i[7] ins
r[16] to r[23] l[0] to l[7] locals
r[8] to r[15] o[0] to o[7] outs
r[0] to r[7] g[0] to g[7] globals
The windowed register file is implemented as a circular stack, with
the highest numbered window joined to the lowest. For the eight
windows implemented in SPARC, window 7 adjoins window 0.
Note that each window shares its ins and outs with adjacent windows.
Outs from a previous window (CWP+1) are the ins of the current
window, and the outs of the current window are the ins of the next
window (CWP-1). While only adjacent windows share ins and outs,
globals are shared by all windows. A window's locals, on the other
hand, are not shared at all, belonging only to that window.
An alternative approach to understanding SPARC window registers is
to note that the Current Window Pointer (CWP) acts as an index
pointer within the stack of 128 window registers. Changing the
Current Window Pointer by one offsets the r-register addressing by
16. Since 24 r-registers can be addressed with each CWP value,
incrementing or decrementing the CWP results in an eight register
overlap in register addressing. This overlap of window register
addressing creates the in-out feature of the windowed registers.
After power-on reset, the state of the Current Window Pointer and
the window invalid mask (WIM) register are undefined. The power-on
reset trap routine must initialize the CWP and WIM register for
correct operation.
In addition to the 136 r-registers, SPARC defines a set of 32-bit
floating point data registers, referred to as f-registers. The
[Ross] RT620 fp register files each provide a set of 32 f-registers.
These registers can be accessed as 32 registers containing single
precision (32-bit) data types or as 16 pairs of registers containing
double precision (64-bit) data types. Double precision pairs are
always addressed as adjacent even-odd registers.
SuperSPARC
Texas Instruments TMX390Z50. On-chip 20K 5-way set-associative
I-cache, physically indexed and tagged. On-chip 16K 4-way
set-associative D-cache, write-back, physically indexed and tagged.
65536 hardware contexts. FPU and SPARC Reference MMU on chip. SPARC
Reference MMU has in-memory 3-level page tables, similar to a
"de-baroqued subset" of the 68030 MMU, but with Sun-MMU-style contexts.
Code name "Viking".
"When the SuperSPARC Multi-Cache Controller is used in the Mbus
configuration, it supports either no E-cache or 1MB of E-cache. When the
MCC is used in the X[D]Bus configuration, it supports a variety of
E-cache sizes: none, 512Kb, 1Mb, or 2Mb." -- Texas Instruments
SuperSPARC User's Guide, Alpha release.
microSPARC
Texas Instruments TMX390S10. On-chip 4K I-cache. On-chip 2K D-cache.
64 hardware contexts. FPU and SPARC Reference MMU on chip. SPARC
Reference MMU has in-memory 3-level page tables, similar to a
"de-baroqued subset" of the 68030 MMU, but with Sun-MMU-style contexts.
Code name "Tsunami".
microSPARC II
Fujitsu MB86904. On-chip 16K I-cache. On-chip 8K D-cache.FPU and
SPARC Reference MMU on chip.
SF9010/MB86900
These two are the same chip; Fujitsu simply renamed it. The FPC
portion was later given the separate designation MB86910 (?).
ROSS RT601/Cypress CY7C601
These two are the same chip, renamed when Cypress sold ROSS
Technology to Fujitsu. No on-chip cache.
ROSS RT602/Cypress CY7C602
These two are the same chip, renamed when Cypress sold ROSS
Technology to Fujitsu.
ROSS RT605/Cypress CY7C605
These two are the same chip, renamed when Cypress sold ROSS
Technology to Fujitsu. 64K unified cache which can run in either
write-through or write-back mode; SunOS/Solaris uses write-back. SPARC
Reference MMU with 4096 contexts.
hyperSPARC
ROSS RT620 IU/FPU and ROSS RT625 MMU/cache controller. On-chip 8K
direct-mapped I-cache, 128K or 256K external (?) unified cache which can
run in write-through or write-back mode; SunOS/Solaris uses write-back.
SPARC Reference MMU with 4096 contexts. Code name "Pinnacle".
END OF PART I OF THE SUN HARDWARE REFERENCE