From: already5chosen@yahoo.com   
      
   On Sun, 28 Dec 2025 19:05:16 GMT   
   MitchAlsup  wrote:   
      
   >   
   > One might notice that None of the SPARC generations were anywhere   
   > close to the frequency of the more typical RISCs.   
   >   
      
   What "more typical RISC" do you have in mind?   
      
   Wikipedia says that ULTRASparc was launched in Nov 1995 and had   
   frequency of up to 200 Mz.   
      
   For comparison, MIPS R8000 reached 90 MHz in mid 1995. MIPS R10000 was   
   launched in Jan 1996 at maximal frequency of 195 MHz.   
      
   PA-8000 was introduced in Nov 1995 and shipped in 1996 at maximal   
   frequency of 180 MHz.   
      
   20 years later (Oct 2015) SPARC M7 was launched at 4.13 GHz,   
   pretty close to contemporary POWER.   
   22 years later (Sep 2017) SPARC T8-1 was launched at 5.0 GHz, faster   
   than contemporary POWER.   
      
   And I omitting Fujitsu that also sometimes went for relatively   
   high clock speed.   
      
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