The RISC architecture, pioneered by Dave Patterson at UC Berkeley, set the stage for what would become the SPARC architecture and would grow into the industry-leading 64-bit microprocessor. In 1984, a team of engineers from Sun Microsystems including Bill Joy, got together to define the SPARC architecture, based largely on Patterson's RISC specifications.
2008
Fujitsu, SPARC64(TM) VII processor
2007
Fujitsu, SPARC64(TM) VI processor
2005
UltraSPARC IV Processor
UltraSPARC T1 Processor
Sun's OpenSPARCTM
LEON3 VHDL/V8 Processor
2004
UltraSPARC IV Processor
2003
LEON2 VHDL/V8 Processor
SPARCLETM Laptop computer
UltraSPARC III Processor
UltraSPARC IIIi Processor
Fujitsu SPARC64(TM) V processor
2002
SPARCbladeTM single-board computer for high-availability telecommunications applications
GENIALstation laptop computer
SPARCbook® 5000 laptop computer
SPARCbook® 6500 laptop computer
UltraSPARC® III processor (upgrades)
2001
UltraSPARC® III processor
Microprocessor Report's "Best Server/Workstation Processor" award
SPARC64® IV processor
2000
SPARC STAR® server
1998
SPARC64(R) GP processor
1997
UltraSPARC® II processor
1996
TurboSPARC® processor
1995
UltraSPARC® I processor
SPARC64® processor
SPARClet® processor
1994
SuperSPARC® II processor
IEEE Standard 1754-1994 published
ft SPARC® fault-tolerant computer
1993
HyperSPARC® processor
SPARC Version 9TM published
1992
SuperSPARC® I, first superscalar SPARC processor
SPARClite® processor
SPARCbook® laptop
SPARCard® upgrade for PCs
1991
SPARCserver® 600MP, first SPARC-based multiprocessing system
SPARC LT®, first SPARC-based laptop
1990
SPARC Version 8TM published
1989
Birth of SPARC International
1987
Sun-4/260, first SPARC-based workstation
1986
Sun/Fujitsu implement first SPARC® processor
SPARC Version 7TM published
1984
David Patterson of UC Berkeley and Bill Joy of Sun Microsystems begin developing SPARC
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