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OpenSPARC is an open source hardware
Open source hardware

File:Uze open console 09.jpgFile:BUG Group - Hiro P edition.jpgOpen source hardware refers to computer and electronic hardware that is designed in the same fashion as free and open source software ....
 project started in December 2005. The initial contribution to the project was Sun Microsystems
Sun Microsystems

Sun Microsystems, Inc. is a multinational corporation vendor of computers, computer components, computer software, and information technology services, founded on February 24, 1982....
' Register transfer level
Register transfer level

In integrated circuit design, Register Transfer Level description is a way of describing the operation of a synchronous circuit digital circuit....
 (RTL) Verilog
Verilog

In the semiconductor and electronic design industry, Verilog is a hardware description language used to model Electronics#Electronic systems. Verilog HDL, not to be confused with VHDL, is most commonly used in the design, verification, and implementation of Digital circuit logic chips at the Register transfer level level of Abstraction...
 code for a full 64-bit
64-bit

64-bit CPUs have existed in supercomputers since the 1960s and in RISC-based computer workstation and Server s since the early 1990s. In 2003 they were introduced to the mainstream personal computer arena, in the form of the x86-64 and 64-bit PowerPC processor architectures....
, 32-thread microprocessor
Microprocessor

A microprocessor incorporates most or all of the functions of a central processing unit on a single integrated circuit . The first microprocessors emerged in the early 1970s and were used for electronic calculators, using Binary-coded decimal arithmetic on 4-bit Word ....
, the UltraSPARC T1
UltraSPARC T1

Sun Microsystems' UltraSPARC T1 microprocessor, known until its 14 November 2005 announcement by its development codename "Niagara", is a multithreading, multicore central processing unit....
 processor. On 21 March 2006, Sun released the source code to the T1 IP core under the GNU General Public License
GNU General Public License

The GNU General Public License is a widely used free software license, originally written by Richard Stallman for the GNU project. The GPL is the most popular and well-known example of the type of strong copyleft license that requires derived works to be available under the same copyleft....
.

On December 11, 2007, Sun also made the UltraSPARC T2
UltraSPARC T2

Sun Microsystems' UltraSPARC T2 microprocessor is a Multithreading , Multi-core central processing unit. It is a member of the SPARC family, and the successor to the UltraSPARC T1....
 processor's RTL available via the OpenSPARC project.








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OpenSPARC is an open source hardware
Open source hardware

File:Uze open console 09.jpgFile:BUG Group - Hiro P edition.jpgOpen source hardware refers to computer and electronic hardware that is designed in the same fashion as free and open source software ....
 project started in December 2005. The initial contribution to the project was Sun Microsystems
Sun Microsystems

Sun Microsystems, Inc. is a multinational corporation vendor of computers, computer components, computer software, and information technology services, founded on February 24, 1982....
' Register transfer level
Register transfer level

In integrated circuit design, Register Transfer Level description is a way of describing the operation of a synchronous circuit digital circuit....
 (RTL) Verilog
Verilog

In the semiconductor and electronic design industry, Verilog is a hardware description language used to model Electronics#Electronic systems. Verilog HDL, not to be confused with VHDL, is most commonly used in the design, verification, and implementation of Digital circuit logic chips at the Register transfer level level of Abstraction...
 code for a full 64-bit
64-bit

64-bit CPUs have existed in supercomputers since the 1960s and in RISC-based computer workstation and Server s since the early 1990s. In 2003 they were introduced to the mainstream personal computer arena, in the form of the x86-64 and 64-bit PowerPC processor architectures....
, 32-thread microprocessor
Microprocessor

A microprocessor incorporates most or all of the functions of a central processing unit on a single integrated circuit . The first microprocessors emerged in the early 1970s and were used for electronic calculators, using Binary-coded decimal arithmetic on 4-bit Word ....
, the UltraSPARC T1
UltraSPARC T1

Sun Microsystems' UltraSPARC T1 microprocessor, known until its 14 November 2005 announcement by its development codename "Niagara", is a multithreading, multicore central processing unit....
 processor. On 21 March 2006, Sun released the source code to the T1 IP core under the GNU General Public License
GNU General Public License

The GNU General Public License is a widely used free software license, originally written by Richard Stallman for the GNU project. The GPL is the most popular and well-known example of the type of strong copyleft license that requires derived works to be available under the same copyleft....
.

On December 11, 2007, Sun also made the UltraSPARC T2
UltraSPARC T2

Sun Microsystems' UltraSPARC T2 microprocessor is a Multithreading , Multi-core central processing unit. It is a member of the SPARC family, and the successor to the UltraSPARC T1....
 processor's RTL available via the OpenSPARC project.

See also


  • LEON
    Leon

    Leon, L?on or Le?n may refer to:...
  • OpenRISC
    OpenRISC

    OpenRISC is the original, flagship project of the OpenCores community. This project aims to develop a series of general purpose open source RISC Central processing unit architectures....
  • S1 Core
    S1 Core

    S1 Core is an open source Open source hardware microprocessor design developed by Simply RISC. Based on Sun Microsystems' UltraSPARC T1, the S1 Core is licensed under the GNU General Public License, which is the license Sun chose for the OpenSPARC project....
     (a derived single-core implementation)
  • SPARC
    SPARC

    SPARC is a Reduced Instruction Set Computer microprocessor instruction set Computer architecture originally designed in 1985 by Sun Microsystems....
     (Scalable Processor ARChitecture)
  • Field-programmable gate array
    Field-programmable gate array

    A field-programmable gate array is a semiconductor device that can be configured by the customer or designer after manufacturing—hence the name "field-programmable"....


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