Mountain View in Santa Clara County, California — The American West (Pacific Coastal)

SPARC RISC Architecture

IEEE Milestone in Electrical Engineering and Computing

— 1987 —

SPARC RISC Architecture Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Craig Baker, September 23, 2021

1. SPARC RISC Architecture Marker

Inscription. Sun Microsystems introduced SPARC (Scalable Processor Architecture) RISC (Reduced Instruction-Set Computing) in 1987. Building upon UC Berkeley RISC and Sun compiler and operating system developments, SPARC architecture was highly adaptable to evolving semiconductor, software, and system technology and user needs. The architecture delivered the highest performance, scalable workstations and servers, for engineering, business Internet, and cloud computing applications.

Erected 2015 by Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers.

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Industry & Commerce • Science & Medicine. In addition, it is included in the IEEE Milestones in Electrical Engineering and Computing series list. A significant historical year for this entry is 1987.

Location. 37° 24.885′ N, 122° 4.661′ W. Marker is in Mountain View, California, in Santa Clara County. It can be reached from Shoreline Boulevard just north of U.S. 101, on the right when traveling north. Located at the Computer History Museum. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 1401

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N Shoreline Blvd, Mountain View CA 94043, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in California’s San Francisco Bay Area

and on the Coast Ranges.

It is also on the American Pacific Coast.

Globally, it is in North America,

on the Ring of Fire,

in the Pacific Rim,

in the Western Hemisphere,

in the Western World,

and in the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Spain

and also Mexico’s Alta California.

Other nearby markers. At least 9 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Online Systems and Personal Computing (here, next to this marker); First RISC Microprocessor (here, next to this marker); SPICE (here, next to this marker); DIALOG Online Search System (here, next to this marker); Birthplace of Silicon Valley (here, next to this marker); Shakey: The World's First Mobile Intelligent Robot (here, next to this marker); Moore’s Law (here, next to this marker); The Floating Gate EEPROM (a few steps from this marker); Computer History Museum (a few steps from this marker). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Mountain View.

Photographed by Craig Baker, September 23, 2021

2. SPARC RISC Architecture Marker

Ten IEEE markers at this location.

Computer History Museum image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Craig Baker, September 20, 2021

3. Computer History Museum

Sun Microsystems image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Craig Baker, September 20, 2021

4. Sun Microsystems

The reverse side of the sign at what is now Facebook in nearby Menlo Park.

Credits. This page was last revised on September 28, 2021. It was originally submitted on September 27, 2021, by Craig Baker of Sylmar, California. This page has been viewed 330 times since then and 32 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on September 27, 2021, by Craig Baker of Sylmar, California.