SPARC CPU module offers easy upgrade path from single to multiprocessing. (Cypress Semiconductor's SPARCore CYM6001K, CYM6002K and CYM6003K CPUs) (Product Announcement)

EDN, October, 1991 by Mosley, J.D.

System designers can now tap th 40-Mhz, 29-MIPS power of SPAR processors and skip the nonrecurring engineering (NRE) costs normally associated with designing multiprocessing compute engine for a new product. Just select from any of three SPARCORE modules that offer one or two onboard processors and built-in single or multi processing capability. By using these modules, system upgrades become a simple matter of changing daughter boards and loading a multiprocessing operating system.

The $1450 (1000) CYM6001K module contains one SPARC CPU and works in a single-processing environment. The other two modules are suitable for multiprocessing: The $3200 (1000) CYM6002K has two onboard SPARC processors; and the $1675 (1000) CYM6003K, which contains only a single...

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