So it's got a CPU here, some power regulation, and some RAM.
So this is definitely at least partially a computer.
So this is definitely at least partially a computer.
So here's the spoiler for what it is:
It's a SunPCi!
This is a PCI board you put inside your Sun workstation to let it run PC software. Instead of running a VM in software, this is basically just an entire PC on a card.
It's a SunPCi!
This is a PCI board you put inside your Sun workstation to let it run PC software. Instead of running a VM in software, this is basically just an entire PC on a card.
So let's see what's on here.
We've got an ESS AudioDrive ES1869F.
That's an all-in-one 16bit soundcard chip. It's got OPL3 support, IDE CD-ROM interface, MPU-401 emulation for MID, support for a game port, and an external DSP to let you build it into a modem.
We've got an ESS AudioDrive ES1869F.
That's an all-in-one 16bit soundcard chip. It's got OPL3 support, IDE CD-ROM interface, MPU-401 emulation for MID, support for a game port, and an external DSP to let you build it into a modem.
A Winbond W83877TF I/O chip.
This can control floppy drives, serial ports, parallel ports, IrDA, and handles ACPI & IRQs for a plug & play system.
This can control floppy drives, serial ports, parallel ports, IrDA, and handles ACPI & IRQs for a plug & play system.
This big intel chip is a PCI-to-PCI Bridge for embedded applications.
Basically this lets you plug two PCI buses into each other, and it'll handle things like message queuing and mapping different address spaces into each other.
Basically this lets you plug two PCI buses into each other, and it'll handle things like message queuing and mapping different address spaces into each other.
EliteMT LP61256GS-8.
I couldn't find a specific datasheet or reference, but from the name, this is a 32 kilobyte cache SRAM
I couldn't find a specific datasheet or reference, but from the name, this is a 32 kilobyte cache SRAM
It's next to this bigger similar looking thing, which is supposedly 64 megabytes of SRAM?! that seems... a lot.