Next Previous Contents 16. CPUs for PostgreSQL See the document http://metalab.unc.edu/LDP/HOWTO/CPU-Design-HOWTO.html for list of CPUs available for PostgreSQL and also this document gives details on CPU design. The following CPUs (both 64-bit and 32-bit) are available for PostgreSQL. All these CPUs run Linux. Main CPU site is : Google Search engine CPU site "Computers>Hardware>Components>Microprocessors" http://directory.google.com/Top/Computers/Hardware/Components/Microprocessors The following is GNU/GPL open-source CPU list: Open-source CPU site - Google Search "Computers>Hardware>Open Source" http://directory.google.com/Top/Computers/Hardware/Open_Source OpenRISC 1000 Free 32-bit processor IP core competing with proprietary ARM and MIPS is at http://www.opencores.org/cores/or1k OpenRISC 2000 is at http://www.opencores.org European Space Agency's ESA-32bit and ESA-64bit CPUs "LEON" Sparc http://www.estec.esa.nl/wsmwww/leon GNU/GPL Freedom 64-bit F-CPU http://www.f-cpu.org or at http://f-cpu.tux.org mirror site at http://www.f-cpu.de STM 32-bit, 2-way superscalar RISC CPU http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/~uf8e-itu Free microprocessor and DSP IP cores written in Verilog or VHDL http://www.cmosexod.com Free hardware cores to speed development http://www.scrap.de/html/opencore.htm Opencores org - open source, free IP cores http://www.opencores.org Linux open hardware and free EDA systems http://opencollector.org ARM CPU http://www.arm.com/Documentation Cogent CPUs http://www.cogcomp.com The following is commercial CPU list: Russian E2k 64-bit CPU (Very fast CPU !!!) website : http://www.elbrus.ru/roadmap/e2k.html Elbrus is now partnered (alliance) with Sun Microsystems of USA Korean CPU from Samsung 64-bit CPU original from DEC Alpha http://www.samsungsemi.com Alpha-64bit CPU is at http://www.alpha-processor.com Now there is collaboration between Samsumg, Compaq of USA on Alpha CPU Intel IA 64 http://developer.intel.com/design/ia-64 Transmeta crusoe CPU and in near future Transmeta's 64-bit CPU http://www.transmeta.com Sun Ultra-sparc 64-bit CPU http://www.sun.com or http://www.sunmicrosystems.com MIPS RISC CPUs http://www.mips.com Silicon Graphics MIPS Architecture CPUs http://www.sgi.com/processors IDT MIPS Architecture CPUs http://www.idt.com IBM Power PC (motorola) http://www.motorola.com/SPS/PowerPC/index.html Motorola embedded processors. SPS processor based on PowerPC, M-CORE, ColdFire, M68k, or M68HC cores http://www.mot-sps.com Hitachi SuperH 64-bit RISC processor SH7750 http://www.hitachi.com sold at $40 per cpu in quantities of 10,000 Fujitsu 64-bit processor http://www.fujitsu.com HAL-Fujitsu (California) Super-Sparc 64-bit processor http://www.hal.com also compatible to Sun's sparc architecture. Seimens Pyramid CPU from Pyramid Technologies Intel X86 series 32-bit CPUs Pentiums, Celeron etc.. AMDs X86 series 32-bit CPUs K-6, Athlon etc.. National's Cyrix X86 series 32-bit CPUs Cyrix etc.. Other CPUs from other countries (Taiwan, Korea, Japan) ?? Let me know... Other important CPU sites are at - World-wide 24-hour news on CPUs http://www.newsnow.co.uk/cgi/NewsNow/NewsLink.htm?Theme=Processors The computer architecture site is at http://www.cs.wisc.edu/~arch/www ARM CPU http://www.arm.com/Documentation Great CPUs http://www.cs.uregina.ca/~bayko/cpu.html Microdesign resources http://www.mdronline.com Next Previous Contents