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