It’s amazing to think that the SPARC CPU could emulate Motorola 68K instructions faster than the 68K processor could run them natively.

#Sun #SPARC #RetroComputing

Anyone need help setting up their SPARCprinter? #sunmicrosystems #sparc #printer #ephemera

Linux 7.0 non è una rivoluzione rumorosa.
È il contrario: il "software lento" è quello che tiene in piedi il mondo.
Ne parlo qui:
https://marcoferrigno.net/linux-kernel-7-0-the-quiet-revolution-that-changes-everything/

#alpha #amd #epyc #infrastructure #kernel #kvm #linux #mldsa #opensource #postquantum #rust #security #sparc #xfs #zen5

Linux Kernel 7.0: The Quiet Revolution That Changes Everything - Marco Ferrigno | IT System Engineer

While the industry chases the next AI benchmark and the next model announcement, something genuinely important happened on April 12, 2026, and it arrived with almost no fanfare: Linus Torvalds released Linux kernel 7.0. The announcement was accompanied by a typically deadpan Torvalds joke — he bumped the major version, he said, because 6.19 was […]

Marco Ferrigno | IT System Engineer
SPARC frame buffers

I don't know who needs to see this, but here's an UltraSPARC III cpu module. #retrocomputing #SPARC #SunMicrosystems
Oracle provides JDK17 for Solaris 11.4 SPARC now!

Solaris SPARC Datacenter JomaSoft VDCF

SUN SPARC station IPC
rendered with a 3D logo and Andy Berchtoldsheim in the background.

#retrocomputing #hardware #neon #vector #art #graphic #illustration #SUN #sparc #workstation #SVG #cgi #grid #screenshot #stanford #university #network

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