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From: bruceh@brushwud.sgi.com (Bruce R. Holloway)
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Subject: Sun/Sparc FPUs
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Date: 5 Jan 90 03:22:29 GMT
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In article <4411@crdgw1.crd.ge.com>, barnett@grymoire.crd.ge.com (Bruce Barnett) writes:
> 
> The Sun 4/110 has the new FPU. 
> 
> There are several different FPU units around. Weitek and TI I believe.
> I remember something about early SparcStations being shipped with different
> FPU's.
> 
> Not all SparcStations are created equal?

I thought every SparcStation 1 went out with exactly one Weitek WTL 3170 chip.
LSI Logic was running an ad a few months ago with a photo of the processor
board which showed it (along with several of their parts).  And I've heard
it reported that Weitek sold Sun 40,000 of those devices last year.

I'm not sure about the Sun 4/110.  Is its FPU a board option?
Maybe it used to use earlier Weitek chips, but now uses TI's data path.