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 exposed more often by the 64-bit big endian nature of UltraSPARC.  exposed more often by the 64-bit big endian nature of UltraSPARC.
   
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 Sun refused access to the neccessary documentation for the (very bizzare)  Sun refused access to the necessary documentation for the (very bizarre)
 host bridge and caches in the UltraSPARC III machines, so a few years were  host bridge and caches in the UltraSPARC III machines, so a few years were
 lost before some reverse engineering figured out the changes in these  lost before some reverse engineering figured out the changes in these
 machines (and the undocumented processor bugs, too).  In 2007, Sun  machines (and the undocumented processor bugs, too).  In 2007, Sun
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 <h3><font color="#0000e0"><strong>Hardware documentation:</strong></font></h3>  <h3><font color="#0000e0"><strong>Hardware documentation:</strong></font></h3>
   
 Previous to 2007, it was extremely difficult or impossible to get much of  Previous to 2007, it was extremely difficult or impossible to get much of
 the neccessary hardware documentation for these machines.   Members of our  the necessary hardware documentation for these machines.   Members of our
 team (in particular David Gwynne) were instrumental in pressuring and  team (in particular David Gwynne) were instrumental in pressuring and
 convincing Sun to go back into their archives and dig up the data sheets  convincing Sun to go back into their archives and dig up the data sheets
 that they had written in-house, describing the operation of their chips to  that they had written in-house, describing the operation of their chips to
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