HPPA

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HPPA (Hewlett-Packard Precision Architecture), also known as PA-RISC, is a RISC-based computer architecture developed by Hewlett-Packard for its workstations and servers.

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instanceOf RISC architecture
instruction set architecture
abbreviationOf Hewlett-Packard Precision Architecture
alsoKnownAs Hewlett-Packard Precision Architecture
PA-RISC
linked to: HP PA-RISC
architectureFamily PA-RISC
linked to: HP PA-RISC
concurrentWith IBM POWER architecture
MIPS architecture
linked to: MIPS

SPARC
cpuDesign reduced instruction set computing
designGoal high performance RISC for HP systems
developer Hewlett-Packard
discontinuationReason transition to Itanium-based systems
discontinuedBy Hewlett-Packard
endianess big-endian
firstIntroduced mid-1980s
hasFeature fixed-length instructions
large register file
load-store architecture
predicated branches
influenced HP’s later server designs
intendedUse servers
workstations
introducedBy Hewlett-Packard
manufacturer Hewlett-Packard
marketRegion enterprise computing
technical workstation market
primaryOperatingSystem HP-UX
status discontinued
successor Intel Itanium architecture
linked to: Itanium
supportedOperatingSystem Debian GNU/Linux
linked to: Debian

Linux
MPE/iX
NetBSD
OpenBSD
supports branch prediction
floating-point unit
register windows (in some implementations)
superscalar implementations
virtual memory
usedFor enterprise servers
scientific workloads
technical computing
usedIn HP 3000 series (later models)
linked to: HP 3000

HP 9000 series
linked to: HP 9000
vendor Hewlett-Packard
wordSize 32-bit
64-bit

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