18 Facts About SPARC64 VIIIfx

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The SPARC64 VIIIfx V was the basis for a series of successive processors designed for servers, and later, supercomputers.

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The SPARC64 VIIIfx was used in the K computer, and the SPARC64 IXfx in the commercially available PRIMEHPC FX10.

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SPARC64 VIIIfx V is a four-issue superscalar microprocessor with out-of-order execution.

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The SPARC64 VIIIfx V has six reserve stations, two that serve the integer units, one for the address generators, two for the floating-point units, and one for branch instructions.

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The SPARC64 VIIIfx V has separate update buffers for integer and floating-point units.

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SPARC64 VIIIfx V consisted of 191 million transistors, of which 19 million are contained in logic circuits.

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SPARC64 VIIIfx VI, code-named Olympus-C, is a two-core processor which succeeded the SPARC64 VIIIfx V+.

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SPARC64 VIIIfx VI was originally to have been introduced in mid-2004 in Fujitsu's PrimePower servers.

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SPARC64 VIIIfx VII, code-named Jupiter, is a further development of the SPARC64 VIIIfx VI announced in July 2008.

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SPARC64 VIIIfx VII+, referred to as the M3 by Oracle, is a further development of the SPARC64 VIIIfx VII.

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SPARC64 VIIIfx is an eight-core processor based on the SPARC64 VII designed for high-performance computing.

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The SPARC64 VIIIfx has four integrated memory controllers for a total of eight memory channels.

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SPARC64 VIIIfx was developed for the Next-Generation Supercomputer Project initiated by Japan's Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology in January 2006.

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The Fujitsu-designed SPARC64 VIIIfx was to have been the scalar processor, with the vector processor to have been jointly designed by Hitachi and NEC.

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SPARC64 IXfx is an improved version of the SPARC64 VIIIfx designed by Fujitsu and LSI first revealed in the announcement of the PRIMEHPC FX10 supercomputer on 7 November 2011.

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SPARC64 VIIIfx X is a 16-core server microprocessor announced in 2012 and used in Fujitsu's M10 servers.

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The SPARC64 VIIIfx X is based on the SPARC64 VIIIfx VII+ with significant enhancements to its core and chip organization.

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SPARC64 VIIIfx X+ is an enhanced SPARC64 VIIIfx X processor announced in 2013.

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