Introduction to the source of info on MIPS and SPARC

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(a) Sun Microsystems CPUs-->; http://www.sparc.org

(b) SGI CPUs-->; http://www.mips.com

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(1) SUN Microsystems probably does not make all their CPUs nowadays, they contribute to setting or developing standards for CPUs. Sun may use SPARC CPUs produced by others for their machines.

(2) SGI previously acquired MIPS. And then the volatile electronics market http://www.sgi.com/newsroom/press_releases/2000/may/mips.html
Naturally SGI's main product line is still MIPS product although they have increased the INTEL element.

(3) There are also other MIPS CPU manufacturers like NEC and Toshiba  

For example,

(i) NEC's VR series (from pda to super-computers): http://www.necelam.com/docs/files/DTI62NP1.pdf

pda: VR4121, VR4122, VR4131 (all without FPU). Therefore, under Linux, you need to do cross-compilation without FPUs /* that is, use soft FPU */ if you develop programs on x86 machines. These CPUs have been used in Casio's Cassiopeia series of WinCE machines such as http://www.casio.co.jp/pocketpc/e750/.

Typical Specification. http://www.casio.co.jp/pocketpc/e750/product/fr_spec.html

(ii) NEC's VR4181(again without FPU) in Agenda VR3 palms (The world's first Linux palm /* And using Linux 2.4 kernel */ And I would like to add that all my 4 Agenda VR3-s were manufactured/assembled in China). Unfortunately, the company seemed to have closed down -- again due to the volatile electronics market . You can have a glimpse of an Agenda at http://www.agendacomputing.de/home/index-d.htm
http://www.agendacomputing.de/products/index-products.htm

(iii) Sharp Telios (WinCE):
http://www.edgereview.com/ataglance.cfm?category=Computing&ID=176

OR

http://www.sikigami.com/~fuku/linux-telios/

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弱智

I only knows the mainfram made by Fujitsu, which uses the NEC' MIPS CPU, they design and manufacture these product

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This is Philips version of MIPS (R3000A core) used on a pda.

http://www.realitydiluted.com/projects/nino/port/nino-port-main.html

弱智

Wow, so cool, a pda uses a cpu with a internal R3000A core?