64-bit computing: Difference between revisions

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* 1990: [[MIPS Technologies]] produced the first 64-bit CPU, as the third revision of their [[MIPS architecture]], the R4000. The CPU was commercially available in 1991.

* 1995: Fujitsu owned HAL[[Hal Computer Systems]] launched workstations based on a 64 bit CPU, HAL's independently designed first generation SPARC64.

* 1996: In 1996, Sun and HP brought out 64-bit chips, the UltraSPARC and the PA-8000. After that, there were a number of high-end workstations that ran on 64-bit processors. Sun’s Solaris and various versions of UNIX were the 64-bit operating systems that these units used.