For those interested in the vagaries of sparc...

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> Dear misc@openbsd.org,
> 
> photos can be found here:
> http://ixbt.com/news/hard/index.shtml?hard103159id
> 
> a little translation:
> 
> ".. it is about SPARC-compatible family MCST-R clocked from 450 to
> 500 MHz with power consumption less than 2 W.
> 
> 4.2 millions of transistors, 0.13 m, 8 layers, core is 200 mm^2,
> voltage is 1.2 V/3.3 V, performance is 400 MIPS, 170 MFLOPS, package
> is 420-pin BGA.
> 
> MCST-R was successfully tested in "Elbrus 90-micro" system under
> Linux and Solaris with wide range of applications..."
> 
> Truly yours
>  Alexey E. Suslikov
> 
>