SPARCstation 10
The SPARCstation 10 (codenamed Campus-2) is a workstation computer made by Sun Microsystems. Announced in May 1992, it was Sun's first desktop multiprocessor (being housed in a pizza box form factor case). It was later replaced with the SPARCstation 20.
The 40 MHz SPARCstation 10 without external cache was the reference for the SPEC CPU95 benchmark.[1]
Specifications
CPU support
The SPARCstation 10 (SS10) contains two MBus slots running at either 36 MHz (33 MHz for the earliest models) or 40 MHz (set via motherboard jumper). Each MBus slot can contain single or dual SPARC CPU modules, permitting expansion to up to four CPUs. Both SuperSPARC and hyperSPARC CPU modules were available. Single SuperSPARC modules without external cache were sold by Sun; they ran at the clock speed of the MBus (uniprocessor Models 20, 30 and 40; dual processor Model 402). Single and a few dual SuperSPARC modules with 1 MB external cache were also sold; they were independently clocked, and ran at a higher rate than the MBus, most commonly 40.3 MHz or 50 MHz (uniprocessor Models 41 and 51; multiprocessor Models 412, 512 and 514). Sun's dual 50 MHz SuperSPARC modules (the only dual MBus modules supported by Sun for this system) were double-width, physically occupying one SBus slot per module in addition to an MBus slot. SuperSPARC modules with and without external cache could not be mixed. SuperSPARC modules with external cache could be mixed, even with different clock speeds, but this was not a Sun-supported configuration.
Memory
The SS10 can hold a maximum of 512 MB RAM in eight 200-pin DSIMM slots. 32 MB modules are not supported, though 16 MB and 64 MB are supported.
Disk drives
The SS10's
Network support
There is one onboard
There are also two
Additional SBus network cards can also be added.
Graphics support
Most SPARCstation 10 systems lack integrated graphics. A very few, referred to as the SPARCstation 10SX, include the SX, or CG14,
NVRAM
The SPARCstation 10 uses a battery-backed NVRAM module to hold data about the system, such as the host ID (serial number) and MAC address. If the battery on the chip dies, then the NVRAM module must be replaced (or modified to use an external battery), and the NVRAM must be reprogrammed with a MAC address and host ID. Optionally a M48T08-100PC1 can be used.[4]
Operating systems
- SunOS 4.1.3 onwards
- 32-bitSPARC systems.)
- Linux
- NetBSD/SPARC
- OpenBSD/sparc32 - All versions up to 5.9 (OpenBSD 5.9 was the last release to support SPARC32[5])
- NeXTSTEP (SuperSPARC CPU modules only)
- OPENSTEP/Mach(SuperSPARC CPU modules only)
Related computers
See also
Sun timeline
References
- ^ "SPEC CPU95 Q and A".
- ^ "Sun4". Archived from the original on 2009-06-21. Retrieved 2006-02-02.
- ^ "The Rough Guide to MBus Modules".
- ^ "SUN NVRAM/hostid FAQ".
- ^ "OpenBSD/sparc".