The PA-8200 processor

The V-Class server uses the Hewlett-Packard PA-8200 processor, based on the concept of Reduced Instruction Set Computers (RISC). The
PA-8200 was designed according to Hewlett-Packard's PA-RISC Architecture version 2.0 specifications.

	NOTE: The PA-RISC architecture is presented in the PA-RISC 2.0 Architecture reference manual. Please refer to that document for detailed information about the features of the PA-8200. This document does not attempt to duplicate information in that manual. Instead, it presents only V-Class server-specific information.

The processors of the system are supported by several Application-Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC) hardware controllers, an enhanced memory system, and a high-bandwidth I/O subsystem. Special hardware and software allow these processors to perform both as conventional single processors or together in parallel to solve more complex problems.