HAL Computer Systems

HAL Computer Systems

HAL Computer Systems was a Campbell, CA-based computer manufacturer. It was started in 1990 by Andrew Heller, a principal designer of the original IBM POWER architecture. His idea was to build computers based on a RISC architecture for the commercial market. When Fujitsu chose to fund the company, the SPARC architecture was chosen. Since the designers believed that a 64 bit architecture was necessary for the commercial workloads, HAL took the initiative in the definition of Version 9 of that architecture.

By the end of 1993, Heller was pushed out of the company and HAL had become a fully owned subsidiary of Fujitsu.

The company produced multiple generations of computers based on their proprietary SPARC microprocessors. Their microprocessors combined "out-of-order execution" with mainframe-style reliability, availability and serviceability features. Their "SPARC64" processor beat out Sun's "UltraSPARC I" by a few months to be the first 64-bit SPARC microprocessor produced.

Most of the sales of the company went to the Japanese market. Fujitsu closed the subsidiary in 2001.


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