PA-RISC Computers
HP produced many different PA-RISC computers in the HP 9000 Unix systems between the 1980s and 2000s as technical workstations and business servers for Unix.
PA-RISC workstations included HP 9000 700 series and HP Visualize. Servers were HP 9000 800, lettered and rp servers, until HP PA-RISC and Itanium converged in the 2000s. There were also niche PA-RISC products like industrial VME boards and portable PA-RISC computers.
HP and PA-RISC computers were part of the RISC market between the 1980s and 2000s for Unix technical computing, engineering and transactions by corporate, research and government clients.
HP 9000 700 Workstations
Many different PA-RISC workstations were sold in the 1990s from small HP 9000 712, 715 and B-Class desktops to heavy HP 9000 735, 755 and powerful C-Class workstations.
Visualize workstations
HP changed PA-RISC workstations model branding from HP 9000 to Visualize in the late-1990s, with B-Class, C-Class and J-Class workstations for technical computing.
PA-RISC Notebooks
Some custom, portable PA-RISC workstations were produced by third-party vendors for military and measurement contracts, based on HP PA-RISC workstations.
| Portable | CPU | Cache | RAM | Design | Cards | Operating systems |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PrecisionBook 132 RDI |
PA-7300LC 132MHz | 128KB L1 1MB L2 |
512MB | LASI | Cardbus | HP-UX Linux NetBSD OpenBSD |
| PrecisionBook 160 RDI |
PA-7300LC 160MHz | 128KB L1 1MB L2 |
512MB | LASI | Cardbus | HP-UX Linux NetBSD OpenBSD |
| PrecisionBook 180 RDI |
PA-7300LC 180MHz | 128KB L1 1MB L2 |
512MB | LASI | Cardbus | HP-UX Linux NetBSD OpenBSD |
| Galaxy 1100 SAIC |
PA-7100LC 60MHz | 64KB | 128MB | LASI | PCMCIA | HP-UX Linux NetBSD OpenBSD |
| Galaxy 1100 SAIC |
PA-7100LC 80MHz | 256KB | 128MB | LASI | PCMCIA | HP-UX Linux NetBSD OpenBSD |
| Talon SAIC |
PA-7100LC 60MHz | 64KB | 128MB | LASI | PCMCIA EISA VME |
HP-UX Linux NetBSD OpenBSD |
| 3050RX/100C Hitachi |
Hitachi PA/50L | 12KB | 80MB | Hitachi | HI-UX/WE2 |
HP 9000 800 and Early Servers
HP 9000 800 are the original PA-RISC servers with distinct architecture and deskside cases, before HP switched to Lettered servers. 500 FOCUS series were PA-RISC predecessors.
| HP 9000 | CPU | SMP | Cache | RAM | Design | Cards | Operating systems |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 520 | FOCUS 18MHz | 1-3 | 16KB | 10MB | IOP | CIO | HP-UX HP BASIC |
| 530 | FOCUS 18MHz | 1-3 | 16KB | 10MB | IOP | CIO | HP-UX |
| 540 | FOCUS 18MHz | 1-3 | 16KB | 10MB | IOP | CIO | HP-UX |
| 550 | FOCUS 18MHz | 1-3 | 16KB | 10MB | IOP | CIO | HP-UX |
| 635SV | NS-1 30MHz | 128KB | 112MB | SIU | CIO | HP-UX Mach 3 HPBSD | |
| 645SV | NS-2 27.5MHz | 256KB | 112MB | SIU | CIO | HP-UX | |
| 808 | PCX | 32KB | 32MB | SPI | HP-PB | HP-UX | |
| 815 | PCX | 32KB | 56MB | SPI | HP-PB | HP-UX | |
| 822 | NS-2 25MHz | 32KB | 128MB | SIU | HP-PB | HP-UX | |
| 825 | NS-1 25MHz | 16KB | 112MB | SIU | CIO | HP-UX | |
| 832 | NS-2 30MHz | 128KB | 128MB | SIU | HP-PB | HP-UX | |
| 834 | NS-1 30MHz | 128KB | 112MB | SIU | CIO | HP-UX Mach 3 Chorus | |
| 835 | NS-1 30MHz | 128KB | 112MB | SIU | CIO | HP-UX Mach 3 HPBSD | |
| 840 | TS-1 8MHz | 128KB | 112MB | CTB | CIO | HP-UX | |
| 842 | PCX 32MHz | 1MB | 256MB | SPI | HP-PB | HP-UX | |
| 845 | NS-2 27.5MHz | 256KB | 112MB | SIU | CIO | HP-UX | |
| 850 | NS-1 27.5MHz | 128KB | 256MB | SIU | CIO | HP-UX | |
| 852 | PCX 50MHz | 1MB | 256MB | SPI | HP-PB | HP-UX | |
| 855 | NS-2 27.5MHz | 256KB | 256MB | SIU | CIO | HP-UX | |
| 860 | NS-2 27.5MHz | 1MB | 256MB | SIU | CIO | HP-UX | |
| 865 | PCX 50MHz | 768KB | 512MB | SPI | CIO | HP-UX | |
| 870 | PCX 50MHz | 1-4 | 1MB | 768MB | SPI | CIO | HP-UX |
| 890 | PCX? 60MHz | 1-4 | 4MB | 2.0GB | Viper | HP-PB | HP-UX |
| DN10000 Apollo |
PRISM 18MHz | 1-4 | 192KB | 128MB | Apollo | VME ISA | Domain OS |
| E25 | PA-7100LC 48MHz | 64KB | 512MB | LASI | HP-PB | HP-UX Linux NetBSD | |
| E35 | PA-7100LC 64MHz | 256KB | 512MB | LASI | HP-PB | HP-UX Linux NetBSD | |
| E45 | PA-7100LC 80MHz | 256KB | 512MB | LASI | HP-PB | HP-UX Linux NetBSD | |
| E55 | PA-7100LC 96MHz | 1MB | 512MB | LASI | HP-PB | HP-UX Linux NetBSD | |
| F10 | PA-7000 32MHz | 96KB | 768MB | Viper | HP-PB | HP-UX | |
| F20 | PA-7000 48MHz | 128KB | 768MB | Viper | HP-PB | HP-UX | |
| F30 | PA-7000 48MHz | 512KB | 768MB | Viper | HP-PB | HP-UX | |
| G30 | PA-7000 48MHz | 512KB | 768MB | Viper | HP-PB | HP-UX | |
| G40 | PA-7100 64MHz | 512KB | 768MB | Viper | HP-PB | HP-UX | |
| G50 | PA-7100 96MHz | 512KB | 768MB | Viper | HP-PB | HP-UX | |
| G60 | PA-7100 96MHz | 2MB | 768MB | Viper | HP-PB | HP-UX | |
| G70 | PA-7100 96MHz | 1-2 | 4MB | 768MB | Viper | HP-PB | HP-UX |
| H20 | PA-7000 48MHz | 128KB | 768MB | Viper | HP-PB | HP-UX | |
| H30 | PA-7000 48MHz | 512KB | 768MB | Viper | HP-PB | HP-UX | |
| H40 | PA-7100 64MHz | 512KB | 768MB | Viper | HP-PB | HP-UX | |
| H50 | PA-7100 96MHz | 512KB | 768MB | Viper | HP-PB | HP-UX | |
| H60 | PA-7100 96MHz | 2MB | 768MB | Viper | HP-PB | HP-UX | |
| H70 | PA-7100 96MHz | 1-2 | 4MB | 768MB | Viper | HP-PB | HP-UX |
| I30 | PA-7000 48MHz | 512KB | 768MB | Viper | HP-PB | HP-UX | |
| I40 | PA-7100 64MHz | 512KB | 768MB | Viper | HP-PB | HP-UX | |
| I50 | PA-7100 96MHz | 512KB | 768MB | Viper | HP-PB | HP-UX | |
| I60 | PA-7100 96MHz | 2MB | 768MB | Viper | HP-PB | HP-UX | |
| I70 | PA-7100 96MHz | 1-2 | 4MB | 768MB | Viper | HP-PB | HP-UX |
Lettered Servers
Lettered
PA-RISC servers include D- and E-Class tower servers and K-Class cabinet systems, formally
part of the HP 9000 800 server series.
Several were also rack-mountable.
rp Servers
HP renamed PA-RISC servers as rp series around the 2000s. All rp servers are 64-bit PA-RISC systems for rack-mounting (19") in data centers with new system design.
| rp series | CPU | SMP | Cache | RAM | Design | Cards | Operating systems |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| rp2400 rp2405 rp2430 |
PA-8500 PA-8600 PA-8700 |
depends | 2GB | Astro | PCI | HP-UX Linux | |
| rp2450 rp2470 |
PA-8500 PA-8600 PA-8700 |
1-2 | depends | 8GB | Astro | PCI | HP-UX Linux |
| rp3410 | PA-8800 | 3MB L1 32MB L2 |
6GB | zx1 | PCI | HP-UX Linux | |
| rp3440 | PA-8800 PA-8900 |
1-2 | 3MB L1 32MB L2 |
32GB | zx1 | PCI | HP-UX Linux |
| rp4410 | PA-8800 PA-8900 |
1-2 | 3MB L1 32MB L2 |
128GB | zx1 | PCI | HP-UX |
| rp4440 | PA-8800 PA-8900 |
1-4 | 3MB L1 32MB L2 |
128GB | zx1 | PCI | HP-UX |
| rp5400 | PA-8x00 | 1-2 | depends | 8GB | Astro | PCI | HP-UX Linux |
| rp5430 | PA-8x00 | 1-2 | depends | 8GB | Stretch | PCI | HP-UX |
| rp5450 | PA-8x00 | 1-4 | depends | 16GB | Astro | PCI | HP-UX Linux |
| rp5470 | PA-8x00 | 1-4 | depends | 16GB | Stretch | PCI | HP-UX Linux |
| rp7400 | PA-8x00 | 1-8 | depends | 32GB | Stretch | PCI | HP-UX Linux |
| rp7405 | PA-8x00 | 2-8 | depends | 64GB | Cell | PCI | HP-UX |
| rp7410 | PA-8x00 | 2-8 | depends | 64GB | Cell | PCI | HP-UX |
| rp7420 | PA-8800 | 1-8 | 3MB L1 32MB L2 |
64GB | sx1000 | PCI | HP-UX |
| rp7440 | PA-8900 | 1-8 | 3MB L1 64MB L2 |
128GB | sx2000 | PCI | HP-UX |
| rp8400 rp8410 |
PA-8800 PA-8900 |
2-16 | depends | 64GB | Cell | PCI | HP-UX |
| rp8420 | PA-8800 PA-8900 |
1-16 | 3MB L1 32MB L2 |
256GB | sx1000 | PCI | HP-UX |
| rp8440 | PA-8900 | 1-16 | 3MB L1 64MB L2 |
256GB | sx2000 | PCI | HP-UX |
HP Itanium Computers
HP produced three Itanium workstations before dropping Unix workstations making these the last and probably fastest HP-UX workstations (that also run Windows).
| System | CPU | SMP | Cache | RAM | Design | Cards | Operating systems |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| i2000 | Itanium 733-800MHz |
1-2 | varies | 16GB | 82460GX | PCI AGP | HP-UX Linux Windows |
| zx2000 | Itanium 2 900MHz-1.5GHz |
varies | 8GB | zx1 | PCI AGP | HP-UX Linux Windows OpenVMS | |
| zx6000 | Itanium 2 900MHz-1.5GHz |
1-2 | varies | 24GB | zx1 | PCI AGP | HP-UX Linux Windows OpenVMS |
HP also released a line of Itanium-based servers in the rack-mountable Integrity rx line.
| rx series | CPU | SMP | Cache | RAM | Design | Cards | Operating systems |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| rx1600 | Itanium 2 1.0GHz |
1-2 | varies | 16GB | zx1 | PCI | HP-UX Linux Windows OpenVMS |
| rx1620 | Itanium 2 1.3-1.6GHz |
1-2 | varies | 16GB | zx1 | PCI | HP-UX Linux Windows OpenVMS |
| rx2600 | Itanium 2 1.0-1.5GHz |
1-2 | varies | 24GB | zx1 | PCI | HP-UX Linux Windows OpenVMS |
| rx2620 | Itanium 2 1.3-1.6GHz |
1-2 | varies | 32GB | zx1 | PCI | HP-UX Linux Windows OpenVMS |
| rx2660 | Itanium 2 1.4-1.6GHz |
1-2 | varies | 32GB | zx2 | PCI | HP-UX Linux Windows OpenVMS |
| rx3600 | Itanium 2 1.4-1.6GHz |
1-2 | varies | 192GB | zx2 | PCI | HP-UX Linux Windows OpenVMS |
| rx4610 | Itanium 733-800MHz |
2-4 | varies | 64GB | zx1 | PCI | HP-UX Linux Windows |
| rx4640 | Itanium 2 1.1-1.6GHz |
1-4 | varies | 64GB | zx1 | PCI | HP-UX Linux Windows OpenVMS |
| rx5670 | Itanium 2 1.3-1.5GHz |
1-4 | varies | 96GB | zx1 | PCI | HP-UX Linux Windows OpenVMS |
| rx6600 | Itanium 2 1.4-1.6GHz |
1-4 | varies | 192GB | zx2 | PCI | HP-UX Linux Windows OpenVMS |
| rx7620 | Itanium 2 1.1-1.5GHz |
2-8 | varies | 64GB | SX1000 | PCI | HP-UX Linux Windows OpenVMS |
| rx7640 | Itanium 2 1.4-1.6GHz |
2-8 | varies | 256GB | SX2000 | PCI | HP-UX Linux Windows OpenVMS |
| rx8620 | Itanium 2 1.1-1.6GHz |
2-16 | varies | 256GB | SX1000 | PCI | HP-UX Linux Windows OpenVMS |
| rx8640 | Itanium 2 1.4-1.6GHz |
2-16 | varies | 512GB | SX2000 | PCI | HP-UX Linux Windows OpenVMS |
| rx9610 | Itanium 733-800MHz |
4-16 | varies | 128GB | AzuzA | PCI | HP-UX |
| Integrity Superdome SD16A SD32A SD64A |
Itanium 2 | 1-64 | varies | 2TB | sx1000 | PCI | HP-UX Linux Windows OpenVMS |
| Integrity Superdome SD16B SD32B SD64B |
Itanium 2 | 1-64 | varies | 2TB | sx2000 | PCI | HP-UX Linux Windows OpenVMS |
VME and Scientific
HP has a long tradition of measurement and control systems and released several PA-RISC VME and VXI boards and scientific systems based on HP 9000 700 workstations.
Enterprise servers
HP developed large-scale PA-RISC enterprise servers for computing and databases with many CPUs, memory and storage options. Some could be clustered.
| HP 9000 | CPU | SMP | Cache | RAM | Design | Cards | Operating systems |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 870 | PCX 50MHz | 1-4 | 1MB | 768MB | SPI | CIO | HP-UX |
| 890 | PCX? 60MHz | 1-4 | 4MB | 2.0GB | Viper | HP-PB | HP-UX |
| T500 | PA-7100 90MHz | 1-12 | 2MB | 3.75GB | Viper | HP-PB | HP-UX |
| T520 | PA-7150 120MHz | 1-14 | 2MB | 3.75GB | Viper | HP-PB | HP-UX |
| T600 | PA-8000 180MHz | 1-12 | 2MB L1 8MB L2 |
3.75GB | Viper | HP-PB | HP-UX |
| EPS20 | PA-7200 120MHz | 4-32 | 512KB | 2GB | HP-UX | ||
| EPS21 | PA-8000 180MHz | 4-64 | 2MB L1 | 4GB | HP-UX | ||
| EPS30 | PA-7200 120MHz | 14-224 | 2MB L1 | 4GB | HP-UX | ||
| V2200 | PA-8200 200MHz | 4-16 | 4MB | 16GB | HyperPlane | PCI | HP-UX |
| V2250 | PA-8200 240MHz | 4-16 | 4MB | 16GB | HyperPlane | PCI | HP-UX |
| V2500 | PA-8500 440MHz | 2-32 | 1.5MB | 32GB | HyperPlane | PCI | HP-UX |
| V2500 | PA-8500 440MHz | 4-128 Cluster |
1.5MB | 128GB | HyperPlane | PCI | HP-UX |
| V2600 | PA-8600 552MHz | 2-32 | 1.5MB | 32GB | HyperPlane | PCI | HP-UX |
| V2600 | PA-8600 552MHz | 4-128 Cluster |
1.5MB | 128GB | HyperPlane | PCI | HP-UX |
| SPP1000/CD Convex |
PA-7100 100MHz | 2-8 | 2MB | 4GB | Crossbar | SBus | SPP-UX |
| SPP1000/XA Convex |
PA-7100 100MHz | 4-8 | 2MB | 2GB | Crossbar | SBus | SPP-UX |
| SPP1000/XA Convex |
PA-7100 100MHz | 4-128 Cluster |
2MB | 32GB | Crossbar | SBus | SPP-UX |
| SPP1200/CD Convex |
PA-7200 120MHz | 4-16 | 512KB | 4GB | Crossbar | SBus | SPP-UX |
| SPP1200/XA Convex |
PA-7200 120MHz | 8-16 | 512KB | 2GB | Crossbar | SBus | SPP-UX |
| SPP1200/XA Convex |
PA-7200 120MHz | 8-128 Cluster |
512KB | 32GB | Crossbar | SBus | SPP-UX |
| SPP1600/CD Convex |
PA-7200 120MHz | 4-16 | 2MB | 4GB | Crossbar | SBus | SPP-UX |
| SPP1600/XA Convex |
PA-7200 120MHz | 8-16 | 2MB | 2GB | Crossbar | SBus | SPP-UX |
| SPP1600/XA Convex |
PA-7200 120MHz | 8-128 Cluster |
2MB | 32GB | Crossbar | SBus | SPP-UX |
| SPP2000 S-Class Convex |
PA-8000 180MHz | 4-16 | 2MB | 16GB | Crossbar | PCI | SPP-UX |
| SPP2000 X-Class Convex |
PA-8000 180MHz | 8-512 Cluster |
2MB | 512GB | Crossbar | PCI | SPP-UX |
| SPP2200 X-Class Convex |
PA-8200 200MHz | 8-512 Cluster |
2MB | 512GB | Crossbar | PCI | SPP-UX |
| Superdome SD16000 SD32000 SD64000 |
PA-8600 PA-8700 |
1-64 | 1.5MB/ 2.25MB |
1TB | Cell | PCI | HP-UX Linux |
| Superdome SD16A SD32A SD64A |
PA-8800 | 1-64 | 3MB L1 32MB L2 |
2TB | sx1000 | PCI-X | HP-UX Linux |
| Superdome SD16B SD32B SD64B |
PA-8900 | 1-64 | 3MB L1 64MB L2 |
2TB | sx2000 | PCI-X | HP-UX Linux |
| Continuum 400 Stratus |
PA-7100
to PA-8600 |
2-8 | 1.5MB | 8GB | Continuum | 12 PCI | HP-UX FTX |
| Continuum 600 Stratus |
PA-7100
to PA-8600 |
4-8 | 0.5-2MB | 4GB | Continuum | 6 slots | VOS FTX |
| Continuum 1200 Stratus |
PA-7100
to PA-8600 |
4-16 | 0.5-2MB | 4GB | Continuum | 18 slots | VOS FTX |
Third Party
Several third party vendors sold PA-RISC workstations and servers mainly in Japan and Korea in the mid-1990s as part of the Precision RISC Organisation (PRO).
| Series | Class | CPU | Operating systems |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hitachi 3050RX | Workstations | Hitachi PA/50/PA-7100/ PA-7100LC/PA-7300LC |
HI-UX/WE2 |
| Hitachi 3050 | Servers | PA-7100 | HI-UX/WE2 |
| Hitachi 9000V | HP 9000 OEM | various | HP-UX |
| Hitachi SR2 | Supercomputers | Hitachi HARP-1 | HI-UX/MPP |
| Mitsubishi MELCOM ME | HP 9000 OEM | PA-7000 | HP-UX |
| NEC TX7 | HP 9000 OEM Custom NEC |
PA-8000 PA-8200 | HP-UX |
| NEC NX7000 | HP 9000 OEM | various | HP-UX |
| OKI OKITAC | HP 9000 OEM | various | HP-UX |
| Samsung SWS715 | HP 9000 OEM | PA-7100 | SS-UX |