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Chapter 2PA-RISC Hardware Details3
HP-UX Software for HP-UX Superdome zx2000, zx6000 (both v2 May 2005 last)HP-UX 11i v3 supported systems N4000 (rp7400), N4000 (rp7405/rp7410) rp34
HP-UX Further reading Installing and Updating HP-UX 10.20, ACE and Hardware Extensions: HP 9000 Computers10Hewlett-Packard Company (April 1998: acces
PA-RISC Linux3.3 PA-RISC Linux3.3.1 OverviewThe PA-RISC Linux23port runs on a broad range of both 32-bit and 64-bit workstations and servers.Most of t
PA-RISC Linux Supported hardware3.3.3 Supported hardwareMost I/O subsystems are supported, including many common PC expansion possibilities. Correct X
PA-RISC Linux DistributionsBordeaux, France. With its increasing success, the initial case study spawned into a larger project thatwas open to student
PA-RISC Linux References ESIEE PA/Linux project page36ESIEE The PA/Linux Team (2007. Accessed January 2009)Other documents Linux on PA-RISC. One Mar
NetBSD/hp7003.4 NetBSD/hp7003.4.1 OverviewNetBSD is a free, open source Unix-like operating system, and has support for PA-RISC 1.1 systems inits NetB
NetBSD/hp700 SoftwareStorageStorage I/O is supported via the NCR 53C700 narrow, NCR 53C710 Fast-Narrow or NCR 53C875Ultra-Wide SE SCSI controllers. Th
NeXTSTEP/hppa3.5 NeXTSTEP/hppa3.5.1 OverviewNeXTSTEP was introduced in 1989 as an UNIX implementation by NeXT. NeXTSTEP features acomplete development
NeXTSTEP/hppa References Unsupported on the 735/755 are the FWD (Fast/Wide Differential) SCSI subsystem and the op-tional FDDI network boards3.5.4 Re
Overview2.1 OverviewAn overview on the multiple designs of the PA-RISC platform from the early 1980s to mid-2000s:1. Early 32-bit systems (1980s TS-1,
OpenBSD/hppa3.6 OpenBSD/hppa3.6.1 OverviewThe port of the OpenBSD49Unix-like operating system to HP PA-RISC computers (OpenBSD/hppa)focuses on 32-bit
OpenBSD/hppa Supported hardware3.6.3 Supported hardwareProcessors32-bit PA-RISC 1.0 PA-7000, PA-7100, PA-7100LC, PA-7200 and PA-7300LC; some systems w
OpenBSD/hppa SoftwareVarious USB devices are supported, including networking adapters and I/O devices attached to expan-sion USB controllers (PCMCIA/P
OpenBSD/hppa ReferencesOther documents Michael Shalayeff: OpenBSD on PA-RISC talk61NYCBUG (2007: NYCBUG 2005 talk. Ac-cessed January 2009)61http://ww
Research PA-RISC Operating Systems3.7 Research PA-RISC Operating Systems(With input from Mike Hibler)3.7.1 OverviewSeveral other operating systems hav
Research PA-RISC Operating Systems Mach 3/UX1995 MK-PA 6.31996 Mach 4/Lites II MK-PA 7.x1997 MkLinux3.7.2 Mach 3/UXArchitecture: Mach 3/System V UnixR
Research PA-RISC Operating Systems Mach 4/Lites 715, 725, 735, 755 (based on PA-7100 processors) 712 [apparently last-minute changes to the snapshot
Research PA-RISC Operating Systems MkLinux1996 [correctly December 2002]: University of Utah. Accessed 21 March 2008) ftp://flux.cs.utah.edu/flux/mach/
Research PA-RISC Operating Systems HP Tut Release Notes for MkLinux on HP PA-RISC69(FTP) Descriptions on MkLinux and extensiveinstallation instructio
Research PA-RISC Operating Systems HPBSDMK based system, HP-UX binary compatibility, high-speed networking capability” (and others). Per-formance test
PA-RISC Processors2.2 PA-RISC Processors2.2.1 IntroductionThe PA-RISC processors are RISC processors from HP, started in the early 1980s as a replacem
Research PA-RISC Operating Systems HPBSD 4.4BSD filesystem code (includes Macklem/CSRG Berkely NFS; FFS; MFS) 4.4BSD networking code 4.3BSD filesyste
Research PA-RISC Operating Systems ChorusReferences HPBSD: Utah’s 4.3bsd port for HP9000 series machines73Original homepage of the HPBSDproject. Mike
Research PA-RISC Operating Systems Chorus Porting Chorus to the PA-RISC: Overall Evaluation77(PDF, 0.1MB) Walpole, Jonathan, et al.OGI Technical Repo
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PA-RISC Computers Workstations4.1 PA-RISC Computers4.1.1 WorkstationsPortable/LaptopThree portable PA-RISC computers were produced, all by third-party
PA-RISC Computers Workstations715/75 PA-710075MHz512KB 256MB 1 EISA/SGC HP-UX, Linux, NetBSD, NeXTSTEP,OpenBSD715/80 PA-7100LC80MHz256KB 256MB 1 EISA/
PA-RISC Computers WorkstationsMini-TowerSome PA-RISC computers were delivered in a minitower case, similar in size to standard PCs. Thenewer workstati
PA-RISC Computers Servers4.1.2 ServersTower/DesksideRather large and heavy server systems, from smaller towers (D-Class/E-Class) to deskside systems (
PA-RISC Computers ServersD380 1-2 PA-8000180MHz2MB 3GB 3 EISA1 GSC4 EISA/GSCHP-UX, LinuxD390 1-2 PA-8200240MHz4MB 3GB 3 EISA1 GSC4 EISA/GSCHP-UX, Linu
PA-RISC Computers ServersK250 1-4 PA-8000160MHz2MB 4GB 1 HSC4 HP-PBHP-UX, LinuxK260 1-4 PA-8000180MHz2MB 4GB 1 HSC4 HP-PBHP-UX, LinuxK370 1-6 PA-82002
PA-RISC Processors Overview table2.2.2 Overview tableTable 2.1: PA-RISC processors overviewCPU ISA ClockmaxFETs L1 CachemaxL2 CachemaxBus SuperscalarS
PA-RISC Computers ServersL2000rp54507U 1-4 (See Note 1)(up to 5X)depends 16GB 10 PCI HP-UX, LinuxL3000rp54707U 1-4 (See Note 1)(up to 8X)depends 16GB
PA-RISC Computers ServersT500 1-12 PA-710090MHz2MB 3.75GB 14-112 HP-PB HP-UXT520 1-12 PA-7150120MHz2MB 3.75GB 14-112 HP-PB HP-UXT600 1-12 PA-8000180MH
PA-RISC Computers Early systems4.1.3 VME boardsIntegrated PA-RISC systems on VME boards, technically based on HP 9000/715 and B-Class worksta-tions. C
PA-RISC Computers Other vendors834835635NS-130MHz128KB 96/112MB CIO HP-UX, early HPBSD,Mach 3/UX, Chorus840 TS-18MHz128KB 96/112MB CIO HP-UX842 PCX32M
PA-RISC Computers Itanium systemsOkiSimilar to Mitsubishi in the early 1990s, Oki Electric Industry sold various PA-RISC workstations andservers from
PA-RISC Computers Itanium systems ME: MercedItanium 2: MK: McKinley MD: Madison DF: Deerfield low-voltageServersHP also released a line of Itanium-
PA-RISC Computers Itanium systems MC: Montecito MC-D: Montecito Dual-Core MV: Montvale MV-D: Montvale Dual-Core HD: Hondo Dual-CPU129
Early PA-RISC Systems4.2 Early PA-RISC SystemsInformation on these very early models and their details is sometimes quite incoherent. This includesHP
Early PA-RISC Systems 825, 835 and 850: NS-1 (NMOS) Maximum RAM of 112MB (7×16MB), 96MB (6×16MB) with graphics adapter Seven shared I/O (CIO) and me
Early PA-RISC Systems 845, 855 and 860: NS-2 (NMOS) Price of about US $200,000 at time of introductionRAM could be expanded with 16MB memory arrays,
PA-RISC Processors Early PA-RISCHitachiPA/50PA 1.132-bit60MHz 1.28M 8KB I4KB Don-chip? 1-way?No? 1 Integer1 Floating PointHitachiHARP-1PA 1.132-bit150
Early PA-RISC Systems 865 and 870: PCX (CMOS)HP 9000/860 (also HP 9000/860S) Cougar: 27.5MHz NS-2 processor 1024KB cache (separate I/D) 16384-entry
Early PA-RISC Systems 822, 832, 842 and 852: Low-Cost NS-2 and PCX4.2.5 822, 832, 842 and 852: Low-Cost NS-2 and PCXShortly after, in 1989, lower-end
Early PA-RISC Systems ReferencesModel MIPS840 4.5825 9822 10850 14835 14832 15845 22855 22842 30852 50870/100single 50870/200 dual 904.2.7 References1
HP 9000/705 & 7104.3 HP 9000/705 & 7104.3.1 OverviewThe HP 9000/705 and HP 9000/710 are miniaturized versions of the original PA-RISC “Snakes”
HP 9000/705 & 710 External connectorsBuses PBus processor/memory bus, 200MB/s at 50MHz (710), 140MB/s at 35MHz (705) VSC main system bus, 100MB/
HP 9000/705 & 710 Benchmarks 15-pin AUI 10Mbit & 10Base2 BNC Ethernet HD15 VGA HP-HIL connector for input devices Two phone jacks (microph
HP 9000/7124.4 HP 9000/7124.4.1 OverviewThe design goal of the 712 workstation was to reach performance levels of 1992-era workstations andservers (fo
HP 9000/712 InternalsBuses GSC system level I/O bus (128MB/s) SCSI-2 single-ended busMemory 72-pin ECC SIMMs Takes 8-32MB modules Either 4 (on /6
HP 9000/712 External connectors4.4.3 External connectors 50-pin HD SCSI-2 Fast-Narrow single-ended DB9 male RS232C serial (up to 115200 baud) DB25
HP 9000/712 Physical dimensions/Power In addition to the above almost the whole HP Journal April 1995 Issue17deals with the 712workstation.Other Net
PA-RISC Processors Early PA-RISC4. TLB, the translation lookaside buffer with 4096 entries for 2KB pages5. Cache controller with split instruction and
HP 9000/715 Internals4.5 HP 9000/7154.5.1 OverviewThe HP 9000/715 range of computers are divided in two different series: The 715/33, 715/50 and 715/
HP 9000/715 Internals– Harmony CD/DAT quality 16-bit stereo audio– NS 16550A compatible serial Wax chip– EISA bus converter (GSC-to-EISA)– Second RS2
HP 9000/715 External connectorsBuses GSC system level I/O bus EISA additional expansion I/O bus SCSI-2 single-ended narrow bus 715/33, 715/50, 715
HP 9000/715 Benchmarks4.5.4 ROM updateThere is a firmware update available for the 715/64, 715/80 and 715/100. This however does not workon a 715/100XC
HP 9000/720, 730 & 7504.6 HP 9000/720, 730 & 7504.6.1 OverviewProject name:These machines were the first PA-RISC workstations, called the Snake
HP 9000/720, 730 & 750 Internals Intel 82350 EISA bus adapter chipset (EISA to GSC)Buses PBus processor/memory bus at processor clock (720: 50MH
HP 9000/720, 730 & 750 Benchmarks4.6.3 External connectors 50-pin HD SCSI-2 single-ended Two DB9 male RS232C serial (up to 115200 baud) DB25 fe
HP 9000/7254.7 HP 9000/7254.7.1 OverviewThese were designated to be smaller replacements for the old 750 servers while still offering the sameamount o
HP 9000/725 Internals725/100 LASI chipset. NCR 53C710 8-bit single-ended SCSI-2 Intel 82596CA 10Mb Ethernet controller WD 16C522 compatible parall
HP 9000/725 External connectorsExpansion 725/50, 725/75: Three EISA expansion-slots,One slot for either a SGC (EISA formfactor) or EISA card. 725/10
PA-RISC Processors Early PA-RISCNS-2Used in: 822, 832, 845, 855, 860Introduced in: 1989-1990The final NMOS PA-RISC processor was the NS-2, a tweaked fo
HP 9000/725 Benchmarks NetBSD: experimental support as of 5/2005.4.7.6 BenchmarksModel SPEC95, int SPEC95, fp725/50 1.53 2.46725/75 2.51 3.85725/100
HP 9000/735 & 7554.8 HP 9000/735 & 7554.8.1 OverviewProject names:The 735 and 755 are early-1990s technical and graphical workstations and com
HP 9000/735 & 755 Internals*system & user timers*audio generator*HP-HIL interface*frontpanel system status LEDs Viper memory and I/O controll
HP 9000/735 & 755 External connectors| | | | | | | | | | | | | || | | | | | | | | | | | | || || 5 4 3 2 1 0 0 1 2 3 4 5 ||________________________
HP 9000/735 & 755 Benchmarks4.8.4 ReferencesManuals Model 735 Service Handbook25(PDF, 7.6MB)4.8.5 Operating systems HP-UX: every release from 10
HP 9000/742i VME Workstation4.9 HP 9000/742i VME Workstation4.9.1 OverviewThe Sidewinder is a so-called Single Board Computer (SBC), based on VME. It
HP 9000/742i VME Workstation External connectorsBuses PBus processor/memory bus VSC main system bus GSC system-level I/O bus VME bus SCSI-2 narro
HP 9000/742i VME Workstation Physical dimensions/PowerModel SPEC95, int SPEC95, fp742i/50 1.53 2.464.9.7 Physical dimensions/Power 40×233×160mm heigh
HP 9000/743i & 744 VME Workstation4.10 HP 9000/743i & 744 VME Workstation4.10.1 OverviewThe Anole 743i and 744 workstations are VME Single Boa
HP 9000/743i & 744 VME Workstation External connectors– EISA bus converter (GSC-to-EISA)– Second RS232 serial Dino GSC-to-PCI bridge 744: Phanto
PA-RISC Processors Early PA-RISC First multi-processor-capable PA-RISC CPU (up to four-way SMP) Direct predecessor of the PA-7000 (PCXS) processor w
HP 9000/743i & 744 VME Workstation ROM update Micro-DB25 female parallel (See Note 1) Micro-DB15 15-pin AUI 10Mbit Ethernet (See Note 1) Micro-
HP 9000/743i & 744 VME Workstation Benchmarks4.10.6 Operating systems HP-UX: every 32-bit release from 10.20-11.11 works.– 10.20: runs nicely.– 1
HP 9000/745 VME Workstations4.11 HP 9000/745 VME Workstations4.11.1 OverviewThe 745 industrial systems are 744 VME boards in a heavy VME case, which p
HP 9000/745 VME Workstations External connectorsBuses GSC bus Optional EISA bus Optional PCI-32/33 bus VME bus SCSI-2 Fast-Narrow single-ended bu
HP 9000/745 VME Workstations BenchmarksNotes1. These micro-connectors need HP conversion cables to provide the normal-sized versions of their respecti
HP 9000/745 VME Workstations Physical dimensions/Power4.11.8 Physical dimensions/Power 177×425×412mm height/width/depth 29.0kg weight 400W power su
HP 9000/745i & 747i VME Workstations4.12 HP 9000/745i & 747i VME Workstations4.12.1 OverviewThese Pace named models were one of the first PA-RI
HP 9000/745i & 747i VME Workstations Internals CRX graphics, 8-bit HP-IB controller 747i: VME controller PSB2160 CODEC for 8-bit mono audioBus
HP 9000/745i & 747i VME Workstations Physical dimensions/Power One bay for a 3.5″ SCSI drive4.12.3 External connectors 50-pin HD SCSI-2 single-e
HP 9000/745i & 747i VME Workstations Physical dimensions/Power 175×425×412mm height/width/depth 18.6kg net weight 350W max. power input747i: 3
PA-RISC Processors PA-7000 (PCX-S) (Cheetah)2.2.4 PA-7000 (PCX-S) (Cheetah)Used in 705, 710, 720, 730, 750 F10, F20, F30, G30, G40, H20, H30, H40, I
HP 9000/748i & 748 VME Workstations4.13 HP 9000/748i & 748 VME Workstations4.13.1 OverviewThe 748i and 748 ruggedized workstations are 743i an
HP 9000/748i & 748 VME Workstations External connectors PCMCIA controllerBuses GSC bus Optional EISA bus Optional PCI-32/33 bus VME bus SCSI
HP 9000/748i & 748 VME Workstations BenchmarksNotes1. These micro-connectors need HP conversion cables to provide the normal-sized versions of the
HP 9000/748i & 748 VME Workstations Physical dimensions/Power4.13.8 Physical dimensions/Power 324×425×419mm height/width/depth 29.0kg weight Tw
HP 9000 74x Expansion4.14 HP 9000 74x Expansion4.14.1 743i and 748i (/64 and /100) RAMUsed in: 743i/{64,100} 748i/{64,100}HP parts: A4263A - 8MB RA
HP 9000 74x Expansion GSC-M cards HP A4303A LAN: High Density 15-pin to 15-pin AUI HP A4305A Video for EVC monitors: High Density 15-pin to EVC 35-p
HP 9000/A1804.15 HP 9000/A1804.15.1 OverviewThe PA-7300LC A180 and A180C were some of the latest 32-bit PA-RISC HP 9000 servers. They arequite small a
HP 9000/A180 External connectorsExpansion Two slots for either GSC (EISA formfactor) or PCI cardsDrives One tray for two 3.5″ Fast-Narrow 50-pin SCS
HP 9000/A180 BenchmarksModel SPEC95, int SPEC95, fpA180 ? ?A180C 9.22 8.60181
HP A400 & A500 (rp2400/rp2430 & rp2450/rp2470)4.16 HP A400 & A500 (rp2400/rp2430 & rp2450/rp2470)4.16.1 OverviewThe rp2400/rp2430 (A40
PA-RISC Processors PA-7100/PA-7150 (PCX-T) (Thunderbird)References1. Various2. Évolution des gammes de processeurs MIPS, DEC Alpha, PowerPC, SPARC, x8
HP A400 & A500 (rp2400/rp2430 & rp2450/rp2470) Internals Unsure if the following two processors were ever actually supported/shipped: -8X: P
HP A400 & A500 (rp2400/rp2430 & rp2450/rp2470) External connectors– Four independent PCI-64/66 I/O buses (on seven I/O links):1. PCI-64/66 bus
HP A400 & A500 (rp2400/rp2430 & rp2450/rp2470) ROM update4.16.4 ROM updateThere is an firmware update available which contains the latest versi
HP A400 & A500 (rp2400/rp2430 & rp2450/rp2470) Physical dimensions/Power4.16.7 BenchmarksModel SPEC2000, int SPEC2000, fp SPEC2000rate, int SP
HP Visualize B132L, B160L & B180L4.17 HP Visualize B132L, B160L & B180L4.17.1 OverviewThese are very nice, small entry-level workstations. Sti
HP Visualize B132L, B160L & B180L Internals Visualize-EG ( “Graffiti” ) graphics Intel 82503 Ethernet transceiver, media auto-selection CS4215 o
HP Visualize B132L, B160L & B180L External connectors1. PCI-32/33 or GSC2. PCI-32/33 or EISA or GSCDrives One tray for a 68-pin half-height 3.5″
HP Visualize B132L, B160L & B180L Physical dimensions/Power4.17.5 ReferencesManuals B-Class Owner’s Guide61(PDF, 1.5MB) B-Class Service Handbook
HP Visualize B2000 & B26004.18 HP Visualize B2000 & B26004.18.1 OverviewThese workstations were aimed at the graphics workstations market, equ
HP Visualize B2000 & B2600 External connectorsMemory 278-pin 120MHz ECC SD-RAM DIMMs Takes 128MB-1GB modules Four slots 128MB (1×128) minimum,
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PA-RISC Processors PA-7100/PA-7150 (PCX-T) (Thunderbird)The PA-7150 is a PA-7100 with tweaks to the core and cache subsystem to allow clock frequencie
HP Visualize B2000 & B2600 Physical dimensions/Power4.18.4 ROM updateThere is an firmware update available for the B2000, which contains the latest
HP Visualize B2000 & B2600 Physical dimensions/Power 620W max. power input 3.5A max. RMS at 240V 8.0A max. RMS at 120VB2600: 127×425×457 mm he
HP 9000/C100 & C1104.19 HP 9000/C100 & C1104.19.1 OverviewThe C100 and C110 are graphics workstations with the PA-7200 processors. They have a
HP 9000/C100 & C110 InternalsBuses Runway CPU/memory bus (100MHz 800MB/s peak data rate on C100, 120MHz, 960MB/s onC110) GSC general system-leve
HP 9000/C100 & C110 External connectorsThe Wide-SCSI cable is normally used for the internal 3.5″ 68-pin Fast-Wide high-voltage differentialsystem
HP 9000/C100 & C110 Physical dimensions/Power– 11.00 and 11i: runs nicely Linux: works fine. OpenBSD works fine (the 53C720 Fast-Wide HVD SCSI con
HP Visualize C132L & C160L4.20 HP Visualize C132L & C160L4.20.1 OverviewThese were entry-level workstations equipped with the low-cost PA-7300
HP Visualize C132L & C160L InternalsBuses GSC-2 system and I/O bus (33MHz with 132MB/s peak data rate on C132L, 40MHz 160MB/son C160L) EISA addi
HP Visualize C132L & C160L External connectorsThe Wide-SCSI cable is normally used for the internal 3.5″ 68-pin Fast-Wide high-voltage differentia
HP Visualize C132L & C160L Physical dimensions/Power C100, C110 to C160L CPU upgrade84(PDF, 0.5MB)4.20.6 Operating systems HP-UX: every 32-bit r
PA-RISC Processors PA-7100LC (PCX-L) (Hummingbird)References1. Various2. A 200 MFLOP HP PA-RISC Processor10(.pdf) W. Jaffe, B. Miller, J. Yetter (1992
HP Visualize C160 & C1804.21 HP Visualize C160 & C1804.21.1 OverviewThe C180 is also sometimes referred to as C180XPThese were graphics workst
HP Visualize C160 & C180 Internals Visualize-EG graphics Intel 82C503 Ethernet transceiver, media auto-selection CS4215 or AD1849 programmable
HP Visualize C160 & C180 External connectorsDrivesThe disk-slider can accomodate up to three SCSI drives and one floppy drive simultaneously, the i
HP Visualize C160 & C180 Physical dimensions/Power PF_CC2X0062.frm86contains the patch.4.21.5 Operating systems HP-UX: every release from 10.20-
HP Visualize C200, C240 & C3604.22 HP Visualize C200, C240 & C3604.22.1 OverviewSometimes referred to as C200+ and C240+These were aimed at th
HP Visualize C200, C240 & C360 Internals Symbios Logic 53C875 16-bit Ultra-Wide SCSI-2 controller DEC 21142/43 (Tulip) Fast-Ethernet controllerB
HP Visualize C200, C240 & C360 External connectorsreplaced with a variant with more connectors to use up to three 50-pin SE hard drives. The PDC c
HP Visualize C200, C240 & C360 Physical dimensions/Power C-Class Service handbook96(PDF, 1.6MB) C100, C110, C160, C180 to C200 CPU upgrade97(PDF
HP Visualize B1000, C3000 & C36004.23 HP Visualize B1000, C3000 & C36004.23.1 OverviewThese workstations were aimed at the graphics workstatio
HP Visualize B1000, C3000 & C3600 Internals PCI-32/33 device I/O bus PCI-64/33 high-performance device I/O bus PCI-64/66 high-performance graph
PA-RISC Processors PA-7100LC (PCX-L) (Hummingbird) Not SMP-capable Five-stage pipeline DRAM memory & cache controller (MIOC) integrated on die,
HP Visualize B1000, C3000 & C3600 External connectors4.23.3 External connectors 50-pin HD SCSI-2 Ultra-Narrow single-ended 68-pin HD SCSI-3 Ultr
HP Visualize B1000, C3000 & C3600 Physical dimensions/Power– 11.00 minimum EP 9808 [not sure — Ed.] or ACE9911, and 11i v1 (both only 64-bitreleas
HP C80004.24 HP C80004.24.1 OverviewThe c8000 is the latest and probably last PA-RISC HP workstation. It is driven by one or two dual-core PA-8800 Mak
HP C8000 InternalsBuses Itanium 2/zx1 processor bus 6.4GB/s Two independent zx1 memory buses, 266MHz, each 4.25GB/s — aggregate 8.5GB/s memorybandwi
HP C8000 External connectors5. PCI-64/66, short and full-length cards6. PCI-64/66, short and full-length cards7. PCI-64/133, short and full-length car
HP C8000 Physical dimensions/Power4.24.7 BenchmarksModel SPEC2000, int SPEC2000, fp SPEC2000rate, int SPEC2000rate, fpC8000 1001 (est.)4.24.8 Physical
HP 9000/D-Class & R-Class Internals4.25 HP 9000/D-Class & R-Class4.25.1 OverviewThe D-Class Ultralight were designed to be flexible, upgradable
HP 9000/D-Class & R-Class Internals Dx70: 1-2 PA-8000 160MHz with 512/512KB off-chip I/D L1 cache each Dx80/R380: 1-2 PA-8000 180MHz with 1024/1
HP 9000/D-Class & R-Class Internals GSC+ bus for the general system level I/O EISA expansion bus D3x0: SCSI-2 Fast-Wide high-voltage differenti
HP 9000/D-Class & R-Class External connectors4.25.3 External connectors 50-pin HD SCSI-2 single-ended TP/RJ45 10BaseT 10Mbit Ethernet Two DB9 m
PA-RISC Processors PA-7200 (PCX-T’) (Thunderbird’)References1. PA7100LC ERS (External Reference Specification)13(.pdf) Hewlett-Packard Company (1999)2.
HP 9000/D-Class & R-Class Benchmarks4.25.5 References:Manuals D-Class and R-Class Installation Guide122(PDF, 0.4MB) D-Class and R-Class Operator
HP 9000/E-Class Internals4.26 HP 9000/E-Class4.26.1 OverviewThe E-Class “Wright Brothers” are low-cost PA-RISC servers from the mid-1990s and the repl
HP 9000/E-Class External connectorsBuses GSC system level I/O bus (128MB/s) HP-PB additional I/O bus (32MB/s) SCSI-2 Fast-Narrow single-ended bus;
HP 9000/E-Class Benchmarks4.26.5 ReferencesArticles Development of a Low-Cost, High-Performance, Multiuser Business Server System128(PDF, HPJournal 4
HP 9000 Series 800 Nova Servers Internals4.27 HP 9000 Series 800 Nova Servers4.27.1 OverviewThe Nova servers are second-generation 32-bit HP 9000/800
HP 9000 Series 800 Nova Servers External connectorsBuses PBus processor/memory bus (64MHz on I70: 256MB/s) VSC main system bus HP-PB bus for the ge
HP 9000 Series 800 Nova Servers Benchmarks4.27.4 ReferencesManuals Owner’s Guide to the HP 9000 8x7S Family130(.pdf) Hewlett-Packard Company (1991. A
HP Visualize J200, J210, J280 & J22404.28 HP Visualize J200, J210, J280 & J22404.28.1 OverviewThe J-Class are SMP-capable and expandable PA-RI
HP Visualize J200, J210, J280 & J2240 Internals J2240: 1-2 PA-8200 236MHz with 2/2MB external I/D L1 cacheThe 2KB on-chip “assist” cache is not r
HP Visualize J200, J210, J280 & J2240 InternalsMemory 72-pin ECC SIMMs, 60ns or faster Bus width: 128 data bits with 16 check bits Up to 8-way
PA-RISC Processors PA-7200 (PCX-T’) (Thunderbird’) SMP-capable FPU, MMU, cache controller integrated on die, memory and I/O controller separate and
HP Visualize J200, J210, J280 & J2240 External connectorsDrives One tray for two 3.5″ Fast-Wide HVD 68-pin SCSI hard drives One tray for two hal
HP Visualize J200, J210, J280 & J2240 References4.28.5 ReferencesManuals Visualize J200, J210 technical reference manual138(PDF, 2.6MB) Visualiz
HP Visualize J200, J210, J280 & J2240 Physical dimensions/Power– 11.00 and 11i Linux: works fine OpenBSD works (only 32-bit on the 64-bit PA-8x00
HP Visualize J5000, J5600, J7000 & J76004.29 HP Visualize J5000, J5600, J7000 & J76004.29.1 OverviewThese workstations were aimed at the graph
HP Visualize J5000, J5600, J7000 & J7600 External connectorsMemory 278-pin 120MHz ECC SDRAM DIMMs Takes 256/512/1024MB modules J5000: 8 slots
HP Visualize J5000, J5600, J7000 & J7600 Benchmarks Four phone jacks (microphone, headphones, line-in and line-out)4.29.4 ROM updateThere is an fi
HP Visualize J6000 & J67004.30 HP Visualize J6000 & J67004.30.1 OverviewThese small workstations were aimed at the graphics workstations marke
HP Visualize J6000 & J6700 External connectorsBuses Runway CPU bus with 2.0GB/s Memory bus, about 2.0GB/s I/O bandwidth of around 1.75GB/s Thr
HP Visualize J6000 & J6700 ROM update4.30.4 ROM updateThere is a firmware update available for the PA-8600-based J6000, which contains the latest v
HP Visualize J6000 & J6700 BenchmarksJ6700 57.60 85.90 603 581 2-CPU:13.42-CPU:10.5J6750 676 651 2-CPU:14.92-CPU:11.5242
PA-RISC Processors PA-7300LC (PCX-L2) (Velociraptor)2.2.8 PA-7300LC (PCX-L2) (Velociraptor)Used in 744, 745, 748 A180, A180C B132L, B132L+, B160L,
HP 9000/K-Class Internals4.31 HP 9000/K-Class4.31.1 OverviewThe K-Class Hawk servers except the K100 are multiprocessor systems. The K370/K380 and K57
HP 9000/K-Class InternalsChipset LASI ASIC, which features:– NCR 53C710 8-bit single-ended SCSI-2– Intel 82596CA 10Mb Ethernet controller– WD 16C522
HP 9000/K-Class External connectors Four slots for HP-PB cards, from which two slots can either be used for single or double-heightHP-PB cards.K3x0:
HP 9000/K-Class ROM update Kx50/Kx60/Kx70/Kx80: four audio jacks4.31.4 ROM updateThere is a firmware update available for the K200, Kx10, Kx20 and K40
HP 9000/K-Class Physical dimensions/Power4.31.6 Operating systems HP-UX: every 32-bit release from 10.20-11.11 works. Systems with a 64-bit PA-8x00 C
HP 9000/K-Class Physical dimensions/Power 10.5A max. RMS at 120VKx50/Kx60/Kx70: 2400W max. power input 10A max. RMS at 240V 16A max. RMS at 120V
HP i2000 Internals4.32 HP i20004.32.1 OverviewThe HP i2000 was HP’s first Itanium workstation with a first generation Itanium processor (Merced)and more
HP i2000 External connectorsMemory PC100 registered SDRAM DIMMs Up to two memory expansion cards (MECs) Eight slots on each MEC Up to 1GB modules
HP i2000 Physical dimensions/Power4.32.5 Operating systems HP-UX 11i v1.5 and v1.6 (later versions do not work) — due to a chipset bug HP-UX does not
HP L1000 & L2000 (rp5400/rp5450) Servers4.33 HP L1000 & L2000 (rp5400/rp5450) Servers4.33.1 OverviewThese 7U rack-mountable SMP servers suppor
PA-RISC Processors PA-8000 (PCX-U) (Onyx) Instruction prefetch buffer moved from memory controller to L1 instruction cache, thus allowingprefetch hit
HP L1000 & L2000 (rp5400/rp5450) Servers Internals Two HP Diva Serial [GSP] Multiport UARTs DEC 21142/43 Fast Ethernet controller (Tulip) Two S
HP L1000 & L2000 (rp5400/rp5450) Servers External connectors6. PCI-64/33, pci17. PCI-64/66, pci2, hot-pluggable8. PCI-64/66, pci3, hot-pluggable9.
HP L1000 & L2000 (rp5400/rp5450) Servers Physical dimensions/Power4.33.5 ReferencesManuals rp5400 User Guide179(HTML) rp5400 User Guide180(PDF)4
HP L1500 & L3000 (rp5430/rp5470)4.34 HP L1500 & L3000 (rp5430/rp5470)4.34.1 OverviewThe second incarnation of the L-Class servers are, similar
HP L1500 & L3000 (rp5430/rp5470) Internals -6X: PA-8700 650MHz with 768/1536KB on-chip I/D L1 cache each -7X: PA-8700 750MHz with 768/1536KB on-
HP L1500 & L3000 (rp5430/rp5470) Internals– Twelve I/O data channels, each 133MHz 256MB/s — 3.2GB/s aggregate– Eight PCI-64/66 I/O buses for expan
HP L1500 & L3000 (rp5430/rp5470) External connectors7. PCI-64/66, pci4, Turbo, hot-pluggable8. PCI-64/66, pci5, Turbo, hot-pluggable9. PCI-64/66,
HP L1500 & L3000 (rp5430/rp5470) Physical dimensions/Power4.34.5 ReferencesManuals User Guide rp5400 Family of Servers187(PDF) Hewlett-Packard Co
HP N4000 (rp7400)4.35 HP N4000 (rp7400)4.35.1 OverviewThe rp7400 were the original version of the N4000 line of servers — the newer rp7405 and rp7410s
HP N4000 (rp7400) Internals2. Four DEW Runway ports/converters convert the Prelude’s system bus(es) (which in fact is anItanium/Merced bus) into Runwa
PA-RISC Processors PA-8000 (PCX-U) (Onyx) Stratus Continuum 628, 1228Time of introductionJanuary 1996OverviewThe PA-8000 is a four-way superscalar 64
HP N4000 (rp7400) External connectorsExpansion 10 “Twin-Turbo” PCI 64-bit/66MHz slots, each on an independent PCI bus, each connected viatwo I/O link
HP N4000 (rp7400) Physical dimensions4.35.5 ReferencesManuals rp7400 Hardware Manual194(PDF) Hewlett-Packard Company (May 2002)Articles hp server rp
HP N4000 (rp7405/rp7410)4.36 HP N4000 (rp7405/rp7410)4.36.1 OverviewThe rp7405/rp7410 N4000 servers are up to 8-way multiprocessing servers and the sm
HP N4000 (rp7405/rp7410) InternalsChipsetThe Cell system architecture has three main components:1. Cell controller (CC): the central chipset and cross
HP N4000 (rp7405/rp7410) InternalsBuses Runway+/Runway DDR CPU bus (CPU to cell controller), 125MHz DDR, 64-bit wide, 2.0GB/sper CPU — aggregate 8.0G
HP N4000 (rp7405/rp7410) External connectorsDrives Four trays for low-profile 3.5″ Ultra2-Wide LVD SCSI hard drives with 80-pin SCA connector,hot-plug
HP N4000 (rp7405/rp7410) Benchmarks4.36.7 Benchmarks269
HP N4000 (rp7405/rp7410) Physical dimensionsModel SPEC2000, int SPEC2000, fp SPEC2000 rate, int SPEC2000 rate, fpN4000-7Xrp7410 4-CPU: 25.38-CPU:49.9
HP 9000 rp3410 & rp34404.37 HP 9000 rp3410 & rp34404.37.1 OverviewTime of introduction: 2004The rp3400 series rp3410 and rp3440 servers are on
HP 9000 rp3410 & rp3440 Internals1. Processor bus (6.4GB/s) for one (rp3410) or two (rp3440) CPUs2. Two independent memory buses (each 4.25GB/s)3.
PA-RISC Processors PA-8200 (PCX-U+) (Vulcan) Off-chip L1 caches up to 1MB I and 1MB D, realized in synchronous 6.7ns (150MHz) late-write1Mb SRAMs, on
HP 9000 rp3410 & rp3440 External connectors rp3440:– Eight zx1 I/O channels/buses, aggregate 4.0GB/s– Four PCI-X 64/133 I/O buses SCSI-3 Ultra16
HP 9000 rp3410 & rp3440 Physical dimensions/Power4.37.4 ReferencesManuals User Service Guide HP 9000 rp3410 and HP 9000 rp3440198(PDF) Hewlett-Pa
HP 9000 rp4410 & rp44404.38 HP 9000 rp4410 & rp44404.38.1 OverviewTime of introduction: 2004The rp4400 series rp4410 and rp4440 servers are, a
HP 9000 rp4410 & rp4440 Internals Six zx1 SMEs (scalable memory expanders) attach to two independent zx1 memory buses (each6.4GB/s) Six zx1 IOAs
HP 9000 rp4410 & rp4440 BenchmarksExpansion Two PCI-X 64-bit/133MHz slots (each on an independent bus), hot-plug Four PCI-X 64-bit/66MHz slot (o
HP 9000 rp4410 & rp4440 Physical dimensions/Power4.38.7 Physical dimensions/Power Rack-mounted: 4U height, 440×690 mm width/depth Vertical stand
HP Integrity rx1600 & rx1620 Internals4.39 HP Integrity rx1600 & rx16204.39.1 OverviewThe rx1600 (later rx1600-2) is a 1U rack-mountable serve
HP Integrity rx1600 & rx1620 Internals5. Management Ethernet LAN, VGA, serial (Core I/O) on PCI on one channel — 0.5GB/sThe “I/O connectivity” par
HP Integrity rx1600 & rx1620 External connectorsExpansion PCI-X 64-bit/133MHz slot, full-length PCI-X 64-bit/133MHz slot, half-length All PCI s
HP Integrity rx1600 & rx1620 Physical dimensions/PowerArticles Overview of the HP Integrity rx1600, rx2600, rx4640, and rx5670 servers technical
PA-RISC Processors PA-8200 (PCX-U+) (Vulcan)Time of introductionMay 1997OverviewShortly after the introduction of the PA-8000 the design team noted se
HP Integrity rx2600 & rx2620 Internals4.40 HP Integrity rx2600 & rx26204.40.1 OverviewThe rx2600 is the rack-designated sibling of the zx6000
HP Integrity rx2600 & rx2620 Internals1. PCI-X 64/133 I/O slot on two channels — 1.0GB/s2. PCI-X 64/133 I/O slot on one channel — 0.5GB/s3. PCI-X
HP Integrity rx2600 & rx2620 External connectorsMemory PC2100 ECC DDR CL2 SDRAM DIMMs rx2600: up to 2GB modules rx2620: up to 4GB modules Twel
HP Integrity rx2600 & rx2620 Physical dimensions/Power4.40.4 ReferencesManuals Operation and Maintenance Guide HP Integrity rx2600 server and HP
HP Integrity rx2600 & rx2620 Physical dimensions/Power Rack-mounted: 17.5kg net weight, 22kg fully loaded There exists a kit for converting the
HP Integrity rx4610 Internals4.41 HP Integrity rx46104.41.1 OverviewThe Integrity rx4610 were HP’s first-generation Itanium server based on up to four
HP Integrity rx4610 Internals3. 82460GX PXB (PCI eXpansion Bridge) connects the PCI 64/33 bus and core I/O (Ethernet LAN,PS/2, parallel, serial, IDE,
HP Integrity rx4610 External connectorsExpansion Eight PCI 64-bit/66MHz slots, full-length, hot-plug, 3.3V– Two slots are on one I/O channel– Three s
HP Integrity rx4610 Physical dimensions/Power4.41.5 Operating systems HP-UX 11i v1.5 Linux for Itanium Windows 64-bit4.41.6 BenchmarksModel SPEC200
HP Integrity rx4640 Internals4.42 HP Integrity rx46404.42.1 OverviewThe Integrity rx4640 (rx4640-8) are second-generation Itanium servers from HP with
PrefaceThis is the print edition of the online OpenPA.net from Summer 2009.The OpenPA Project is an independent resource for information on PA-RISC an
PA-RISC Processors PA-8500 (PCX-W) (Vulcan) Runway system/memory bus, 120MHz, 64-bit wide, featuring split transactions and gluelessmultiprocessing.
HP Integrity rx4640 Internals Six zx1 IOAs (I/O adapters) connect the PCI-X slots and I/O devices to the zx1 MIO with anaggregate bandwidth of 4.0GB/
HP Integrity rx4640 External connectors Takes up to 4GB modules 16-DIMM or 32-DIMM memory carrier board DIMMs must be installed in quads 1GB minim
HP Integrity rx4640 Physical dimensions/PowerArticles Overview of the HP Integrity rx1620, rx2620, and rx4640 Servers213(PDF) Hewlett-PackardDevelopm
HP Integrity rx5670 Internals4.43 HP Integrity rx56704.43.1 OverviewThe rx5670 is a 7U rack-mountable SMP Itanium 2 server with up to four processors.
HP Integrity rx5670 Internals6. Two PCI-X 64/66 I/O slots on one channel — 0.5GB/s7. One PCI 64/66 slot for Gigabit Ethernet and one SCSI controller (
HP Integrity rx5670 External connectorsExpansion Three PCI-X 64-bit/133MHz slots Six PCI-X 64-bit/66MHz slots Two PCI slots preloaded with core I/O
HP Integrity rx5670 Physical dimensions/Power4.43.6 BenchmarksModel SPEC2000, int SPEC2000, fp SPEC2000rate, intSPEC2000rate, fprx5670900MHz 1.5MB673
HP zx2000 Internals4.44 HP zx20004.44.1 OverviewThe HP zx2000 workstation are the Itanium/IA64 brothers of the PA-8800/PA-8900 C8000 worksta-tions. Bu
HP zx2000 Internals FPGA controller for ACPI (2.0) and LPC Baseboard management controller (BMC — IPMI interface)Buses Itanium 2/zx1 processor bus
HP zx2000 Physical dimensions/Power4.44.3 External connectors TP/RJ45 Gigabit Ethernet Four USB 2.0 ports (two in front, two in rear) Two DB9 male
PA-RISC Processors PA-8500 (PCX-W) (Vulcan)The main challenge in the PA-8500 development were the large on-chip L1 caches, which had to fitonto the all
HP zx6000 Internals4.45 HP zx60004.45.1 OverviewThe Itanium zx6000s are the dual-processor brothers of the zx2000 workstations. The chassis wasdesigne
HP zx6000 Internals PDH controller Serial controller, DUART (16550A-compatible) FPGA controller for ACPI (2.0) and LPC Baseboard management contro
HP zx6000 BenchmarksDrives Three internal 3.5″ bays for Ultra160 SCSI SCA 80-pin hard drives, hot-plug Slimline bay for optional IDE CD or DVD drive
HP zx6000 Physical dimensions4.45.7 Physical dimensions Tower: 494×295×675 mm height/width/depth Tower: 22kg net weight, 25kg fully loaded Rack-mou
RDI PrecisionBook4.46 RDI PrecisionBook4.46.1 OverviewThe PrecisionBook portable workstations from RDI (Tadpole)219are essentially C132L/C160Ls in ala
RDI PrecisionBook Internals CS4215 or AD1849 programmable CODECs WD37C65C Floppy controller Two Cirrus CL-PD6832 PCI-CardBus bridges CMD PCI0643 I
RDI PrecisionBook External connectorsMemory Proprietary ECC modules, 60ns, 144-bit wide bus Two sockets 32-256MB modules (with 16Mbit or 64Mbit DRA
RDI PrecisionBook BenchmarksOther RDI software for HP-UX 10.20 installation guide222(PDF, 0.8MB) RDI software release notes223(PDF, 0.1MB) ADTX SCS
SAIC Galaxy 11004.47 SAIC Galaxy 11004.47.1 OverviewThe SAIC225Galaxy 1100 is a portable PA-RISC workstation based on the regular HP 9000/712 work-sta
SAIC Galaxy 1100 External connectorsDisplay 10.4″ active matrix LCD XGA resolution, i.e., 1024×768 256 colors (8-bit color depth) 60Hz refreshHuma
PA-RISC Processors PA-8600 (PCX-W+) (Landshark) A 500 MHz 1.5 MByte Cache with On-Chip CPU27(PDF, 141KB) Jonathan Lachman and J.Michael Hill (1997: I
SAIC Galaxy 1100 Physical dimensions TP/RJ45 10Mbit Ethernet 15-pin AUI 10Mbit Ethernet HD15 VGA Two PS/2 connectors for keyboard & mouse Thr
Convex Exemplar SPP1000, SPP1200 & SPP16004.48 Convex Exemplar SPP1000, SPP1200 & SPP16004.48.1 OverviewThe Convex Exemplar SPP1x00 are scalab
Convex Exemplar SPP1000, SPP1200 & SPP1600 Internals SPP1000/XA Cluster: 8-128 PA-7100 100MHz with 1/1MB off-chip I/D L1 cache each SPP1200/CD:
Convex Exemplar SPP1000, SPP1200 & SPP1600 Clustering SPP1200/SPP1600: Eight SBus I/O buses for expansion slots Attachments to SCI rings, interc
Convex Exemplar SPP1000, SPP1200 & SPP1600 External connectors The four rings are implementations of the IEEE Standard 1596-1992 (SCI), called by
Convex Exemplar SPP1000, SPP1200 & SPP1600 Physical dimensionsOther Exemplar 1200 Architecture233presentation (FTP, Postscript) Beth Richardson?
HP/Convex SPP2000 (S-Class/X-Class)4.49 HP/Convex SPP2000 (S-Class/X-Class)4.49.1 OverviewThe HP/Convex Exemplar SPP2000 are large scalable PA-RISC co
HP/Convex SPP2000 (S-Class/X-Class) Internals2. Eight Data Mover/Agents attach to the crossbar and provide access for the processors (Runwaybuses) and
HP/Convex SPP2000 (S-Class/X-Class) Clustering4.49.3 ClusteringMultiple Exemplar SPP2000/HP S-Class systems can be connected together to form a single
HP/Convex SPP2000 (S-Class/X-Class) Physical dimensions4.49.6 ReferencesArticles Exemplar System Architecture237Hewlett-Packard/Convex (Januar 1997,
PA-RISC Processors PA-8700 (PCX-W2) (Piranha) SMP-capable External memory and I/O controllers 160-entry fully-associative dual-ported TLB 32-entry
HP V2200 & V22504.50 HP V2200 & V22504.50.1 OverviewThe V2250 and V2250 are large-scale scalable PA-RISC servers, with up to sixteen 64-bit PA
HP V2200 & V2250 Internalsbuses and I/O channels. There are eight ports for “agents” for CPUs and I/O — each agent con-nects to two or four CPUs a
HP V2200 & V2250 External connectors Memory is up to 32-way interleaved 16GB maximumExpansion 24 PCI 64-bit 33MHz slots on eight PCI 64-bit cha
HP V2200 & V2250 Physical dimensions4.50.6 Operating systems HP-UX: 11.00 and 11i (v1)4.50.7 BenchmarksModel SPEC95intSPEC95fpSPEC95rate, intSPEC
HP V2500 & V26004.51 HP V2500 & V26004.51.1 OverviewThe V2500 and V2600 are the second generation scalable PA-RISC V-Class servers built upon
HP V2500 & V2600 Internals1. HyperPlane crossbar, 8x8, non-blocking, consists of four Routing Attachment controllers (RACs)and is the central part
HP V2500 & V2600 ClusteringMemory SDRAM DIMMs (88-bit or 80-bit) Two to eight memory boards Each memory board has 16 slots: four 4-slot “quadra
HP V2500 & V2600 Benchmarks4.51.4 External connectors SCSI depends on installed adapter, either Ultra (LVD) or Fast wide (HVD) Serial and Ethern
HP V2500 & V2600 Physical dimensions4.51.9 Physical dimensions 990×800×940 mm height/width/depth Weight of 223kg The cabinets are air-cooled M
Stratus Continuum4.52 Stratus Continuum4.52.1 OverviewStratus Technologies253built a line of “Ultra High Availability Fault Tolerant” PA-RISC (32-bit
PA-RISC Processors PA-8700 (PCX-W2) (Piranha)OverviewThe PA-8700 is an enhanced PA-8500 core with several modifications. As all PA-8x00 processors theP
Stratus Continuum Hardware Details(ISDN, serial, parallel, X.25, and all sorts of other comm boards). HP-UX did not support many ofthose, if any. VOS
Stratus Continuum Operating systemsOn the Continuum 400 the Console Controller is integrated into the CPU/memory FRUs. You can stillreset the system v
Stratus Continuum System Table4.52.4 System TableTable 4.77: Stratus Continuum PA-RISC servers overviewModel CPU Logical/PhysicalCPUsCacheper CPURAM(m
Stratus Continuum System Table616 PA-8500360MHzL1/P4 1.5MB 2GB 6 PCI,2 Stratus I/O,28 I/OL47/P94 disks,4 tape drives10 10/100Mbit,8 T1/E1,8 TR,4 FDDI,
Stratus Continuum System Table1219 PA-8500380MHzL1/P4 1.5MB 4GB 12 slots VOS, FTX1220 PA-710072MHzL2/P8 512KB 512MB 12 slots VOS, FTX1225 PA-710096MHz
Stratus Continuum References4.52.5 References1. The Stratus Continuum Family254(n.d.: Stratus Technologies Bermuda Ltd. Accessed 22 Decem-ber 2007)2.
Hitachi PA-RISC systems4.53 Hitachi PA-RISC systemsHitachi261sold various PA-RISC computers in the 1990s, almost exclusively in Japan.The Hitachi 3050
Hitachi PA-RISC systems 9000V OEM systems3050RX/535 ? PA-7100LC80MHz512KB L1 ? ?Notes1. “G” and “T” models included 3D graphics accelerators/processor
Hitachi PA-RISC systems References3050RX/200A thin pizzabox-style workstation using a PA/50 processor from Hitachi, probably in the M versionrunning a
HP 9000/500 FOCUS4.54 HP 9000/500 FOCUS(With Frank McConnell; some parts taken with permission from him)4.54.1 OverviewThe HP 9000/500s computers were
PA-RISC Processors PA-8800 (Mako) Up to 750MHz (875MHz on the PA-8700+) frequency with 1.5V core voltage 16.0×19.0 mm2die, 186,000,000 FETs, 0.18µ(m
HP 9000/500 FOCUS SystemsHP 9000/520 Dawn (also HP 9020): Original desktop version Introduced 1982 for $30,000 One CPU (up to three supported) 512
HP 9000/500 FOCUS Architecture Introduced 1984 One CPU (up to three supported) 512KB RAM (10MB maximum) Up two four Display Station Buffer Cards (
HP 9000/500 FOCUS Softwareone, load the other, execute an ADD instruction, and then a store instruction if the result should bekept somewhere in memor
HP 9000/500 FOCUS References4.54.6 ReferencesManuals HP 9000 Series 500 Computers Models 520, 530, 540, 550 Hardware Technical Data263(.pdf)Hewlett P
Chapter 5Appendix347
Bibliography5.1 BibliographySystems HP 9000 Model 712 Overview (http://www.hpl.hp.com/hpjournal/""95apr/apr95a1.pdf) (PDF, HP Journal 4/95)
Bibliography C100, C110, C160, C180 to C200 CPU upgrade (http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bc/docs/support/SupportManual/lpv37951/lpv37951.pdf) (PDF, 0.5MB)
Bibliographycom/pdf/rx_servers_wp_01-23-04.pdf) (PDF) Hewlett-Packard Development Company (January 2004, second edition,5982-1595EN) Overview of the
Bibliography Four-Way Superscalar PA-RISC Processors (http://ftp.parisc-linux.org/docs/whitepapers/four_way_superscalar.pdf) (PDF,190KB) Overview on
Bibliography J/K-Class Memory System description (http://www.hpl.hp.com/hpjournal/96feb/feb96a5.pdf) (PDF, HP Journal 2/96) VISUALIZE Workstation Me
PA-RISC Processors PA-8800 (Mako)Details PA-RISC version 2.0 64-bit Twenty functional units: four integer ALUs, four shift/merge units, four complet
Changes5.2 ChangesChanges in Second Edition 2.2 since Second Edition 2.1: Removal of several outdated pages: PDC Boot-ROM (only relevant to older sys
Changes Typographic polishing (TEX and in the HTML sources) Improvements to and streamlining of the HTML-to-PDF conversion process Removal of (book
PA-RISC Benchmarks5.3 PA-RISC BenchmarksAssorted benchmark results, compiled with available SPEC benchmark7results for PA-RISC and Ita-nium systems. M
PA-RISC BenchmarksB132L 6.4/6.7 58.1/60.3B132L+ 6.8/7.2 61.5/64.6B160L 7.7/7.6 69.7/68.1B180L+ 9.2/9.4 83.0/84.8B1000 23.9/39.3 217/378B2000 31.8/52.4
PA-RISC BenchmarksG50H50I50100.0/158.5G60H60I60108.8/195.3G70H70I70108.8/195.3Galaxy 110080MHz (SAIC)3.1/3.5i2000733MHz 2MB/623 /7.2i2000733MHz 4MB/57
PA-RISC BenchmarksK380 17.4/28.5 157/2572P: 312/3984P: 610/5326P: 902/604K400 4.9/6.8 44.3/61.22P: 87.9/1174P: 174/198K410 5.9/8.1 53.3/73.42P: 106/14
PA-RISC Benchmarksrx1620-21.6GHz 3.0MB1452/2692 16.8/31.22P: 33.2/50.4rx2600900MHz 1.5MB674/1151 7.8/2P: 15.5/rx26001.0GHz 3.0MB810/1427 9.4/2P: 18.7/
PA-RISC BenchmarksV2500 16P: 400232P: 7481V2600 16P: 516432P: 9315SPP1000/XA(Convex)3.3/4.0SPP1200/XA(Convex)/185SPP1600/CD(Convex)8P: 290/38316P: 541
PA-RISC Processors PA-89002.2.15 PA-8900Used in rp3410, rp3440 rp4410, rp4440 rp7440, rp8440 C8000 L1500-9X (rp5430), L2000-9X (rp5450) (probably
PA-RISC Processors Hitachi PA/50 0.75MB I and 0.75MB D on-chip L1 caches per core 64MB off-chip L2 cache, four-way associative, physically indexed a
PA-RISC Processors Hitachi HARP-1Details PA-RISC version 1.1 32-bit Built-in, pipelined FPU L1 I: 8KB, 2-way set-associative, 32-byte blocks L1 D:
Götz Hoffart, for the CSS/HTML help, comments on the online version and reviewing the SecondPrint Edition Grant Grundler, for his continuing suppor
PA-RISC Processors Hitachi HARP-1OverviewThe HARP-1 is a PA-RISC version 1.1 compatible CPU from Hitachi, apparently a larger and fasterversion of the
PA-RISC Processors Other processors4. A 120-MHz BiCMOS Superscalar RISC Processor, Shigeya Tanaka et al (IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits, vol. 29
PA-RISC Processors Other processors PROgress (PA-RISC) Newsletter - comp.sys.hp38Candace Doyle (October 1993: Precision RiscOrganization. Accessed De
PA-RISC Processors Other processors W90210F PA-RISC Embedded Controller41(.pdf) Winbond Electronics Corp. (October 1997.Accessed January 2008)Winbond
PA-RISC Processors Other processorsReferences W90220F PA-RISC Embedded Controller42(.pdf) Winbond Electronics Corp. (March 1999.Accessed January 2008
PA-RISC CPU Architecture2.3 PA-RISC CPU Architecture2.3.1 PA-RISC overviewPA-RISC was HP’s take on RISC and the 1980s offspring of previous design eff
PA-RISC CPU Architecture Floating Point Unit (FPU)32-bit PA-RISC 1.1. (On a sidenode, the PA-8000 was introduced before the last 32-bit processor— the
PA-RISC CPU Architecture Transition Lookaside Buffer (TLB) PA-7200 - 120 combined entries PA-7300LC - 96 combined entries PA-8000 - 96 combined ent
PA-RISC CPU Architecture Superscalar execution2.3.4 Block Transition Lookaside Buffer (BTLB)Similar as the TLB, the BTLB provides virtual-to-physical
PA-RISC CPU Architecture Superscalar executionPA-7100 superscalar capabilitiesThe PA-7100 is two-way superscalar with one integer ALU and one FPU.Allo
ContentsPreface iContents ivList of Tables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . v1 Introduction 12
PA-RISC CPU Architecture Multimedia Acceleration eXtensions (MAX-1 and MAX-2) An instruction which is at an odd word address and executed as a target
PA-RISC CPU Architecture Further readingNotes1. Single Instruction Multiple Data, Multiple Instruction Multiple Data (MIMD), see for example the SIMD
PA-RISC CPU Architecture Further reading PA-RISC 1.1 Architecture and Instruction Set Reference Manual52(.pdf) Hewlett-Packard Com-pany (February 199
PA-RISC Chipsets2.4 PA-RISC Chipsets2.4.1 OverviewMost HP PA-RISC computers use proprietary chipsets and system designs from HP. In the early 32-bitti
PA-RISC Chipsets ASP Intel 8042 microprocessor controlling:– Battery backed RTC– System & user timers– Audio generator– HP-HIL interface– Frontpa
PA-RISC Chipsets LASI3. High-Performance Design for Low-Cost PA-RISC Desktops56(.pdf) Craig Fink et al (August1992: Hewlett-Packard Journal) pp. 56-63
PA-RISC Chipsets Wax Parallel — WD16C522 compatible Audio — Harmony CD-quality 16-bit sound Telephony — optional expansion, support for two lines
PA-RISC Chipsets Dino/CujoWax is a secondary I/O controller complimentary to the LASI chipset. It implements various secondaryI/O functions and acts a
PA-RISC Chipsets Elroy J2240 RDI PrecisionBook 132, 160, 180Dino is the GSC to PCI bridge found in many older PCI PA-RISC workstations. The GSC and
PA-RISC Chipsets SIU/SPI L1500 (rp5430), L3000 (rp5470) N4000 (rp7400) N4000 (rp7405, rp7410) rp3410, rp3440 rp4410, rp4440 rp7420 SuperdomeElr
CONTENTS CONTENTS4.15 HP 9000/A180 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1794.16 HP A400 & A500 (rp2400/
PA-RISC Chipsets Viper Two CCUs (cache controller units CCU0 and CCU1) for the cache access Physical address space of 29-bit (512MB main memory coul
PA-RISC Chipsets Memory and I/O Controller (MIOC)Details Also called Memory and I/O controller (MIOC), Processor Memory Interface (PMI) and Proces-so
PA-RISC Chipsets U2/Uturn Optional SEDC error control Up to 16 physical memory slots Support for a wide range of core frequencies Support for 3.3V
PA-RISC Chipsets MMC/SMC2.4.11 MMC/SMCMost systems with a PA-7200, PA-8000 or PA-8200 processor use a combination of the MMC andSMC memory controllers
PA-RISC Chipsets Astro2.4.12 AstroUsed in A400 (rp2400, rp2430), A500 (rp2450, rp2470) B1000, B2000, B2600 C3000, C3600, C3700 J5000, J5600, J6000
PA-RISC Chipsets Stretch Generates about 20W Astro chip numbers: 1QM2-0004, 1ST8-0002References1. Astro External Reference Specification Introduction
PA-RISC Chipsets CellFeatures Two system buses 133MHz, each 2.1GB/s peak — aggregate 4.3GB/s (these system buses areItanium/Merced system buses) Up
PA-RISC Chipsets Cell2. Master I/O controller (SBA): the central I/O part of the main chipset, normally one SBA is reserverfor each one cell/CC but lo
PA-RISC Buses2.5 PA-RISC Buses2.5.1 EISAThe Extended ISA bus replaced ISA in HP Unix systems. EISA buses are available in several older32-bit workstat
PA-RISC Buses GSC/HSC 5V signalling voltage 96-pin (32×3) female pin+socket card connectorReferences1. HP-UX Workstation HCL (Hardware Compatibility
List of Tables2.1 PA-RISC processors overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62.2 Other PA-RISC processors overview .
PA-RISC Buses GSC/HSC Multiplexed address and data Transfer rates of up to 142-256MB/s (depending on bus variant — see below) 5V signalling voltage
PA-RISC Buses VSCCPU attachmentsThe two 32-bit LC “Low Cost” processors PA-7100LC and PA-7300LC integrate the previously ex-ternal memory and I/O cont
PA-RISC Buses System Main Bus (SMB) Separate data and address buses Memory data blocks are transferred in 16, 32 or 64 Byte blocks Provides cache a
PA-RISC Buses PBus I/O expansion cards plug into CIO slots5. (Some systems only) Memory Array Buses (MABs) attach to SMB for more memory Attaches vi
PA-RISC Buses Runway2.5.9 RunwayRunway is the system bus of newer 64-bit systems with PA-7200 and PA-8000 processors and up. Itis a synchronous, split
PA-RISC Buses Runway Attach to Runway with 64-bit Two I/O adapters (IOAs) per U2/UTurn chip Maximum data rate depends on Runway clock with 120MHz a
PA-RISC Buses RunwayReferences1. A High-Performance, Low-Cost Multiprocessor Bus for Workstations and Midrange Servers84William R. Bryg, Kenneth K. Ch
PA-RISC Graphics Adapters2.6 PA-RISC Graphics Adapters2.6.1 OverviewAll HP 32-bit and many of the earlier 64-bit PA-RISC computers used HP-designed vi
PA-RISC Graphics Adapters CRXTable 2.8: HP CRX graphics adaptersDevice max.color-depthColormaps Overlay Double-buffering HW Z-buffer/3D-accel.Bus/Form
PA-RISC Graphics Adapters CRX4. CRX-48Z adapters are GSC or SGC interface cards with a separate external processing box, which provides the RGB output
Chapter 1IntroductionThis book is an informational guide to Hewlett-Packard PA-RISC and IA64 computer systems, archi-tecture and operating systems. PA
PA-RISC Graphics Adapters HCRX2.6.3 HCRXThe HCRX are the successors to the CRX graphics adapters and were shipped in systems with theGSC bus, either i
PA-RISC Graphics Adapters HCRXTable 2.9: HP HCRX graphics adaptersDevice max.color-depthColormaps Overlay Double-buffering HW Z-buffer/3D-accel.Bus/Fo
PA-RISC Graphics Adapters Visualize2.6.4 VisualizeThe HP Visualize line of graphics adapters were used in a large number of PA-RISC workstationsintegr
PA-RISC Graphics Adapters VisualizeTable 2.10: HP Visualize graphics adaptersDevice max.resolutionmax.color-depthColormaps Overlay Double-buffering HW
PA-RISC Graphics Adapters Visualize-FX2.6.5 Visualize-FXThe HP Visualize-FX graphics adapters were a more or less complete redesign in contrast to the
PA-RISC Graphics Adapters Visualize-FXTable 2.11: HP Visualize-FX graphics adaptersDevice max.color-depthColormaps Overlay Double-buffering HW Z-buffe
PA-RISC Graphics Adapters Visualize-FXNotes1. Two different FXE models with different memory subsystems were shipped: A4982A: 18MB SGRAM, (3.5MB max
PA-RISC Graphics Adapters References2.6.6 FireGL-UXThe FireGL-UX high-end graphics adapter was based on ATI’s FireGL2 board, often used in Intel i386P
PA-RISC SCSI SCSI chipsets2.7 PA-RISC SCSI2.7.1 SCSI busThe below table lists some variants of the SCSI bus as found in PA-RISC computers.Table 2.13:
PA-RISC SCSI SCSI chipsets 742i, 745i, 747iThe 53C700 is the primary SCSI controller of the very early PA-RISC workstations which include theASP chip
Introductionused by an increasing amount of people. Documentation on most 64-bit PA-RISC computers (mainlyservers, as HP more or less quit producing U
PA-RISC SCSI SCSI chipsets Attaches to host bus interface, can either be Motorola 68030 (bus up to 25MHz async) or 68040(bus up to 33MHz sync) compat
PA-RISC SCSI SCSI chipsets L1000 (rp5400), L2000 (rp5450) N4000 Superdome V2200, V2250The Symbios Logic/LSI 53C875 is the chip that provides the s
PA-RISC SCSI SCSI AdaptersFeatures Two independent Ultra2-Wide SCSI-3 channels Chip support for LVD, HVD and SE transfer modes Synchronous SCSI tra
PA-RISC SCSI SCSI AdaptersHP-PBSCSI adapters for the HP-PB bus.Table 2.16: HP-PB SCSI adapters for PA-RISC computersPart-no. SCSI type Signalling (See
Chapter 3PA-RISC Operating Systems87
Overview3.1 OverviewA broad range of operating systems is available for PA-RISC workstations and, to a lesser extent,servers. They are either Unix or
HP-UX3.2 HP-UX3.2.1 OverviewHP-UX is HP’s1Unix operating system. First released in 1986 on the HP 9000/500 series with HPFOCUS CPUs, HP-UX in its curr
HP-UX HP-UX 11.00 C100, C110,C132L, C160L, C160, C180, C200, C240, C360, C3000, C3600 D210, D220, D230, D250, D270, D280, D310, D320, D330, D350, D3
HP-UX HP-UX 11i (11.11) E25, E35, E45, E55 J200, J210, J280, J282, J2240, J5000, J5600, J6000, J6700, J6750, J7000 K100, K200, K210, K220, K250, K2
HP-UX HP-UX 11i (11.11)Support for several I/O subsystems and devices ended with 11i — this includes various networking,graphics and bus adapters (see
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