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Ross CY7C604

Cypress/Ross • 1990

Curator Score8.0 / 11.0
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Ross CY7C604

Ross CY7C604

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Curator Score

8.0
B RANK
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Rarity / Scarcity
2.2 / 3
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Historical Prestige
1.8 / 3
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Material / Aesthetic
2.6 / 3
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X-Factor
1.4 / 2
A bonus score awarded for unique quirks, special features, or undocumented anomalies.
Technical Data
IC / Other
Released1990
MakerCypress/Ross
ArchitectureSPARC
Form FactorCPGA
SegmentWorkstation
InterfaceProprietary
Clock Speed40 MHz

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Archive Description

Cache Controller and MMU (CMU) for the SPARC architecture, manufactured by Cypress for Ross Technology. Ross made upgrade modules for Sun workstations, allowing users to make their old pizza-box servers faster.

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