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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.

2013
  • Oracle, SPARC M6 ™ (06/14/2013)
  • Fujitsu Ltd., SPARC64 X+ ™ (07/26/2013)

2012
  • Oracle, SPARC T5 ™ (12/06/2012)
  • Fujitsu Ltd., SPARC64 X ™ (12/06/2012)
  • Oracle, SPARC M5 ™ (12/06/2012)

2011
  • Oracle, SPARC T3 ™ (03/13/2011)
  • Oracle, SPARC T4 ™ (09/03/2011)

2009

  • Oracle, SPARC T2™ processor (12/9/2009)

2008
  • Fujitsu, SPARC64™ VII processor

2007
  • Fujitsu, SPARC64™ VI processor

2005
  • UltraSPARC IV Processor
  • UltraSPARC T1 Processor
  • Sun’s OpenSPARC ™
  • LEON3 VHDL/V8 Processor

2004
  • UltraSPARC IV Processor

2003
  • LEON2 VHDL/V8 Processor
  • SPARCLE™ Laptop computer
  • UltraSPARC III Processor
  • UltraSPARC IIIi Processor
  • Fujitsu SPARC64™ V processor

2002
  • SPARCblade™ 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 9™ 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 8™ published

1989
  • Birth of SPARC International

1987
  • Sun-4/260, first SPARC-based workstation

1986
  • Sun/Fujitsu implement first SPARC® processor
  • SPARC Version 7™ published

1984
  • David Patterson of UC Berkeley and Bill Joy of Sun Microsystems begin developing SPARC