Solbourne Computer

<h2 id="models">Models</h2>
<p>Solbourne's range comprises the following:
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<ul><li><a href="/facts/Multiprocessor/aDCfehDQ">Multiprocessor</a> workstations and servers using the <a href="/facts/MBus_(SPARC)/tde1bYaE">KBus</a> <a href="/facts/64-bit/AgvkQHkM">64-bit</a> inter-processor bus:
<ul><li>Series4: 16.67 MHz <a href="/facts/Fujitsu/6e5gvNSa">Fujitsu</a> <a href="/facts/MB86900/CAshWljy">MB86900</a> processor(s)</li>
<li>Series5: 33 MHz <a href="/facts/Cypress_Semiconductor/LFXMys18">Cypress</a> CY7C601 processor(s)</li>
<li>Series5e: 40 MHz Cypress CY7C601 processor(s)</li>
<li>Series6: 33 MHz <a href="/facts/SuperSPARC/JRpS6yo2">SuperSPARC</a> processor(s)</li>
<li>Series6E: 50 MHz SuperSPARC processor(s)</li></ul></li>
<li>Single-processor IDT (Integrated DeskTop) workstations based on the Panasonic MN10501 KAP SPARC-compatible processor:
<ul><li>S3000: portable workstation with integrated <a href="/facts/Plasma_display/1RqxrYBo">plasma display</a></li>
<li>S4000: 33 MHz CPU "pizza-box"-style desktop workstation</li>
<li>S4000DX: 36 MHz S4000 with secondary processor cache</li></ul></li></ul>
<p>The MN10501 processor had been developed by Solbourne in association with Matsushita, providing a single-chip product featuring an integrated <a href="/facts/Floating-point_unit/XWTW2AbF">floating-point arithmetic unit</a>, <a href="/facts/Memory_management/vthLkUpz">memory management</a> hardware, <a href="/facts/Branch_prediction/pGPhFMj5">branch prediction</a> logic, 8 KB of <a href="/facts/Cache_memory/gmJYN8wm">cache memory</a>, a 64-bit <a href="/facts/Data_bus/R45TKwS7">data bus</a>, and "mostly 64-bit data paths on chip".<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:2" href="#fn:2"><sup>2</sup></a>
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<h2 id="operating-systems">Operating systems</h2>
<p>All Solbourne systems run OS/MP, a modified version of <a href="/facts/SunOS/oWMcGLqc">SunOS</a> 4.1 supporting multiprocessor systems. The final release of OS/MP was 4.1D, corresponding to SunOS 4.1.3.
</p><p>As of 2017, some work has been done in <a href="/facts/Porting/7s6tFs8B">porting</a> <a href="/facts/OpenBSD/xmPS9tek">OpenBSD</a> to Solbourne IDT workstations.
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<h2 id="external-links">External links</h2>
<ul><li><a href="http://www.deloitte.com/dtt/article/0,1002,sid%253D26552%2526cid%253D215876,00.html">Deloitte Consulting and Solbourne</a></li>
<li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20070224203553/http://www.solbourne.com/">Solbourne corporate website</a></li>
<li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20041012205534/http://www.cs.colorado.edu/~dowdy/Solbourne/">Solbourne Shack Web Page (archive.org copy)</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.openbsd.org/solbourne.html">OpenBSD/solbourne</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.floodgap.com/retrobits/solace/">Floodgap Solbourne Solace</a> (with another copy of the Solbourne Shack pages)</li></ul>

<h2 id="references">References</h2>

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<li id="fn:1"><p>"New computing systems for teaching" (PDF). University of Sussex bulletin. 30 October 1990. p. 4. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-09-28. Retrieved 15 July 2024. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120928072247/http://www.sussex.ac.uk/fiftyyears/downloads/bulletin/1990-1999/1990/October/19901030.pdf" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20120928072247/http://www.sussex.ac.uk/fiftyyears/downloads/bulletin/1990-1999/1990/October/19901030.pdf</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:2"><p>Smith, Bud E. (June 1990). "Solbourne Speeds SPARC". Personal Workstation. pp. 50–52. Retrieved 29 January 2023. <a href="https://archive.org/details/sim_personal-workstation_1990-06_2_6/page/50/mode/2up" target="_blank">https://archive.org/details/sim_personal-workstation_1990-06_2_6/page/50/mode/2up</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
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