Computers

Sun Microsystems initiative to create open source community and participation in processor architecture development; news, documents, analysis, downloads.

Provides IP cores, supporting development tools for embedded processors based on SPARC architecture. Key product: LEON synthesizable processor model, full development environment, and library of IP cores, GRLIB. G?teborg, Sweden.

Functional SPARC compatible processor core. Fault tolerant version of LEON2, derived from LEON-1 integer unit, implemented as highly configurable, synthesizable VHDL model. Runs on Altera, Mietec, Temic MG2, Xilinx. Designed for outer space uses. Open source, GPL. European Space Agency, ESA.

Announcement of open source LEON SPARC architecture; Google Groups. (October 07, 1999)