Sun-4 architecture
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Sun-4 architecture is a family of 32-bit RISC-based computer architectures developed by Sun Microsystems for its UNIX workstations and servers in the late 1980s and early 1990s.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Sun-4 | 9 |
| Sun-4 architecture canonical | 2 |
| Sun-4 series | 1 |
| Sun-4 software ecosystem | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8690967 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sun-4 architecture Context triple: [Sun-4 workstation, hardwarePlatform, Sun-4 architecture]
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A.
Sun-4 workstation
The Sun-4 workstation is a line of SPARC-based UNIX workstations from Sun Microsystems that succeeded the Motorola 680x0-based Sun-3 series and became a widely used engineering and server platform in the late 1980s and early 1990s.
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B.
64-bit NEC VR4300
The 64-bit NEC VR4300 is a MIPS-based microprocessor used as the central processing unit in Nintendo's Nintendo 64 game console.
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C.
Sun-2 workstation
The Sun-2 workstation was an early 1980s UNIX-based computer from Sun Microsystems that helped popularize networked workstations in engineering and scientific environments.
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D.
Sun-3 workstation
The Sun-3 workstation is a line of 1980s UNIX-based computer workstations produced by Sun Microsystems, notable for using Motorola 68000-series processors and running the SunOS operating system.
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E.
MIPS R4600
The MIPS R4600 is a 64-bit RISC microprocessor from the MIPS family, widely used in mid-1990s workstations and embedded systems for its balance of performance and cost.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sun-4 architecture Target entity description: Sun-4 architecture is a family of 32-bit RISC-based computer architectures developed by Sun Microsystems for its UNIX workstations and servers in the late 1980s and early 1990s.
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A.
Sun-4 workstation
The Sun-4 workstation is a line of SPARC-based UNIX workstations from Sun Microsystems that succeeded the Motorola 680x0-based Sun-3 series and became a widely used engineering and server platform in the late 1980s and early 1990s.
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B.
64-bit NEC VR4300
The 64-bit NEC VR4300 is a MIPS-based microprocessor used as the central processing unit in Nintendo's Nintendo 64 game console.
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C.
Sun-2 workstation
The Sun-2 workstation was an early 1980s UNIX-based computer from Sun Microsystems that helped popularize networked workstations in engineering and scientific environments.
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D.
Sun-3 workstation
The Sun-3 workstation is a line of 1980s UNIX-based computer workstations produced by Sun Microsystems, notable for using Motorola 68000-series processors and running the SunOS operating system.
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E.
MIPS R4600
The MIPS R4600 is a 64-bit RISC microprocessor from the MIPS family, widely used in mid-1990s workstations and embedded systems for its balance of performance and cost.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (34)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
RISC architecture
ⓘ
computer architecture family ⓘ |
| addressSpace | 32-bit virtual address space ⓘ |
| bitWidth | 32-bit ⓘ |
| compatibleWith |
SPARC instruction set
ⓘ
linked to:
SPARC microprocessor architecture
|
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| designedFor |
engineering workstations
ⓘ
technical computing ⓘ |
| developer | Sun Microsystems ⓘ |
| endianess | big-endian ⓘ |
| instructionSetType | RISC ⓘ |
| introducedInPeriod | late 1980s ⓘ |
| inUseDuring | early 1990s ⓘ |
| marketedBy | Sun Microsystems ⓘ |
| notableFeature |
32-bit RISC CPU design
ⓘ
support for UNIX multitasking ⓘ |
| operatingSystem |
SunOS
ⓘ
early Solaris versions ⓘ |
| predecessor |
Sun-3 architecture
ⓘ
linked to:
Sun-3 workstation
|
| primaryUseCase |
multiuser timesharing servers
ⓘ
networked UNIX workstation computing ⓘ |
| successor | later SPARC architecture revisions ⓘ |
| supports |
demand-paged memory management
ⓘ
virtual memory ⓘ |
| targetMarket |
enterprise technical users
ⓘ
scientific computing ⓘ software development environments ⓘ |
| usedFor |
UNIX servers
ⓘ
UNIX workstations ⓘ |
| usedInProductLine |
Sun SPARCstation family
ⓘ
linked to:
SPARCstation
Sun-4c workstations ⓘ
linked to:
Sun-4 workstation
Sun-4d systems ⓘ
linked to:
Sun-4 workstation
Sun-4m systems ⓘ
linked to:
Sun-4 workstation
|
| wordSize | 32-bit ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Sun-4 architecture Description of subject: Sun-4 architecture is a family of 32-bit RISC-based computer architectures developed by Sun Microsystems for its UNIX workstations and servers in the late 1980s and early 1990s.
Referenced by (13)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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linked to: Sun-4 architecture