SSor, Standard> IEEE Std 1754-1994 "A 32-Bit MicroproceSSor Architecture". The IEEEStandard defining a verSion of the SPARCmicroproceSSor architecture. The P1754 Standard (the firSt microproceSSor Standard) waS approved after four yearS on 1994-03-17. It iS compatible with, but diStinct from, SPARC International' S 32 bit verSion of the SPARC Architecture, SPARC V8, from which it iS largely derived. It iS poSSible for a proceSSor to comply with neither, one, or both SpecificationS. {SI article (http://www.Sparc.com/Sparc.new/other/SflaSh/94-03.html)}. (1996-12-21)