SPARCstation IPC
| Codename | Phoenix |
|---|---|
| Also known as | 4/40 |
| Developer | Sun Microsystems |
| Manufacturer | Sun Microsystems |
| Product family | SPARCstation |
| Type | Workstation |
| Release date | July 25, 1990 |
| Availability | July 25, 1990 |
| Introductory price | US$8,995–9,995 |
| Operating system | |
| CPU | Fujitsu MB86901A or LSI L64801 (SPARC) at 25 MHz |
| Memory | 1–48 MB |
| Successor | SPARCstation IPX |
| Related | SPARCstation 1+ |
The SPARCstation IPC (Sun 4/40, code-named Phoenix) is a workstation sold by Sun Microsystems, introduced July 25, 1990. It is based on the sun4c architecture, and is enclosed in a lunchbox chassis. Intended as an inexpensive alternative to the mainstream SPARCstation 1+, it sold for US$8,995 as a diskless node and for US$9,995 with a 207-MB hard drive (equivalent to $21,649–24,056 in 2024). The SPARCstation IPC was the top-selling Unix workstation for the first quarter of 1991, according to Dataquest, sliding to the number-two slot the following quarter (behind the SPARCstation 2).