The Elbrus 2000, E2K (russian: Эльбрус 2000) is a Russian 512-bit wide

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microprocessor developed by

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(MCST) and fabricated by

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. It supports two

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s (ISA): * Elbrus

* Intel

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(a complete, system-level implementation with a software

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virtual machine, similar to

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) Thanks to its unique architecture the Elbrus 2000 can execute 20

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, so even with its modest clock speed it can compete with much faster clocked

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microprocessors when running in native

mode. For security reasons the Elbrus 2000 architecture implements dynamic data

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during

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. In order to prevent unauthorized access, each pointer has additional type information that is verified when the associated data is accessed.

Supported operating systems

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running directly on Elbrus

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compiled for

ISA via binary translation of x86 ISA *

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and

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, via binary translation of x86 ISA *

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Elbrus 2000 information

Successors

Elbrus-2S+ Elbrus-2S+ (russian: Эльбрус-2С+) is a multi-core microprocessor based on the Elbrus 2000 architecture developed by Moscow Center of SPARC Technologies (MCST). There are multiple reports regarding the evolution of this technology for the ...

, produced 2011 by

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Elbrus-2SM Elbrus-2S+ (russian: Эльбрус-2С+) is a multi-core microprocessor based on the Elbrus 2000 architecture developed by Moscow Center of SPARC Technologies (MCST). There are multiple reports regarding the evolution of this technology for the ...

, pilot production 2014 by Mikron

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* Elbrus-4S, ready for serial production 2014 *

Elbrus-8S The Elbrus-8S (russian: Эльбрус-8С) is a Russian 28 nanometer 8-core microprocessor developed by Moscow Center of SPARC Technologies (MCST). The first prototypes were produced by the end of 2014 and serial production started in 2016. The ...

, produced 2015 by TSMC Taiwan

References

External links

Video of booting Windows 2000 on Elbrus microprocessor

Specifications of E2K
at MSCT (In Russian)
Architecture of E2K
(In Russian) {{List of Russian microprocessors Instruction set architectures Russian inventions Very long instruction word computing X86 microprocessors VLIW microprocessors