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Sun bumps UltraSparc to 1.8GHz

August 22, 2006 Speed increase improves the overall performance of servers with the chip about 20 percent, Sun Microsystems says. TAGS: Sun UltraSPARC, Sun Microsystems Inc., Intel Itanium, server, IBM Corp., HP

Sun says UltraSparc V two chips in one

August 6, 2001 The company has only just started delivering its UltraSparc III processor, but already it has begun touting the split-personality features of its upcoming UltraSparc V chip. TAGS: Sun UltraSPARC V, Sun UltraSPARC, Sun UltraSPARC III, Intel Itanium, Sun Microsystems Inc., multi-threading, Sun Solaris, Compaq Computer Corp., Intel, software company, IBM Corp.

Sun extends UltraSparc reach

August 6, 2007 With its new microprocessor, Sun Microsystems hopes to sell chips to telecom firms, storage manufacturers. TAGS: Sun UltraSPARC, Sun Microsystems Inc., microprocessor, T2, Jonathan Schwartz, server market, storage company, T1, networking, telecommunications, server

Sun scraps low-end 'Serrano' Sparc chip

August 31, 2006 Server maker drops UltraSparc IIIi+ processor to focus on other, higher-priority chips. TAGS: Sun UltraSPARC, Sun Microsystems Inc., Sun UltraSPARC IIIi, Sun Sparc, thread, server, PCI

Sun speeds UltraSparc, but some analysts see trouble

April 3, 2007 UltraSparc IV+ now available in 1.95GHz, 2.1GHz models, but higher-end server sales could be slowing. TAGS: Sun UltraSPARC, Sun Microsystems Inc., momentum, Intel Xeon, server, Fujitsu

Sun upgrades low-end servers

September 13, 2006 Server maker updates its low-end servers with faster 1.5GHz UltraSparc IIIi processors. TAGS: Sun UltraSPARC, Sun UltraSPARC IIIi, Sun Microsystems Inc., Sun Sparc, blade server, server, blade, PCI

Sun's plan for open-source chips bears fruit

September 12, 2006 Start-up Simply RISC builds a single-core variant of Sun Microsystems' open-source UltraSparc T1 chip. TAGS: Sun UltraSPARC, RISC, T1, Sun Microsystems Inc., Sun Sparc, open source, variant, Unix, Linux, Intel, server

Sun releases Sparc specs to lure Linux

February 14, 2006 Company releases UltraSparc chip details to help bring Linux and versions of BSD Unix to its systems. TAGS: Sun UltraSPARC, Sun Sparc, Jonathan Schwartz, T1, BSD Unix, Sun Microsystems Inc., CIO, GPL, open source, BSD, Linux, specification, project, conference, Unix, server

Sun gives OpenSparc a push

October 3, 2006 Development project for UltraSparc T1 gets an advisory board, a boost from Gentoo Linux and a derivative design from Simply RISC. TAGS: Sun UltraSPARC, RISC, T1, Gentoo Linux, Sun Microsystems Inc., Gentoo, open source, design, AMD, Linux, server

New Sun servers to use old Sun chip

August 31, 2006 Sun is upgrading its lower-end UltraSparc-based servers--but the systems will arrive with chips introduced three years ago. TAGS: Sun UltraSPARC IIIi, Sun UltraSPARC, Sun Fire, Sun Microsystems Inc., Sun Server, Sun Sparc, server, electronics, PCI

Sun rises with new generation of servers

September 25, 2000 The company will unveil a new generation of Unix servers and UltraSparc processors, amid a cultural transformation that may prove more difficult than other product launches. TAGS: Sun UltraSPARC, Sun Microsystems Inc., Unix server, Ed Zander, consulting, IBM Corp., Unix, generation, server, Microsoft Corp., Intel, HP

Sun denies rumors of delayed systems

December 20, 2000 A top executive is throwing cold water on recent analyst reports that claim the company is struggling with computer problems regarding the move to its new UltraSparc III chip. TAGS: Sun UltraSPARC III, Sun UltraSPARC, Sun Microsystems Inc., Sun Blade, analyst report, rumor, manufacturing, reseller, workstation, server

Wind River offers Sparc-Linux option

November 4, 2006 Company will support Linux running on Sun's UltraSparc T1 'Niagara' processor for telecommunications customers. TAGS: Wind River Systems Inc., Sun UltraSPARC, Sun Microsystems Inc., T1, telecommunications, Linux

Sun, Intel part ways on Solaris plans

July 21, 2000 The companies finally are seeing eye to eye on whether Sun's Solaris operating system should run on Intel's upcoming Itanium chip: Now both companies think it's a lousy idea. TAGS: Intel Itanium, Sun Solaris, Intel IA-64, Sun UltraSPARC, Sun Microsystems Inc., Sun UltraSPARC III, Silicon Graphics Inc., Intel, Compaq Computer Corp., eye, IBM Corp., HP, server, operating system

OpenVZ ported to Sun Niagara servers

December 29, 2006 Linux can be subdivided into "containers" on Sun's newest Sparc servers, matching a feature Solaris already possesses. TAGS: OpenVZ, Sun UltraSPARC, Sun Microsystems Inc., T1, container, Sun Solaris, Intel Itanium, Linux, Red Hat Inc., open source, server, Intel, operating system

Sun layoffs hit high-end server group

April 7, 2006 Company cuts 7 percent of Sparc server group employees in latest effort to reduce expenses. TAGS: layoff, Sun Microsystems Inc., Sun UltraSPARC, Sun Sparc, cut, acquisition, server, Dell

Linux boots on Sun's Niagara chip

February 17, 2006 Programmer reaches early milestone in adapting the open-source operating system to Sun's 32-thread processor. TAGS: Sun Sparc, Sun UltraSPARC, Sun Microsystems Inc., T1, Linux, open source, blog, AMD, operating system

Server shipments surged last quarter

October 30, 2003 Unit sales jumped 21 percent to 1.37 million in the third quarter compared with 2002, with IBM posting the biggest gain. TAGS: Gartner Inc., shipment, Sun UltraSPARC, Sun Microsystems Inc., server, IBM Corp., Dell, Intel, HP

Sun sells second low-end 'Niagara' server

April 12, 2006 Company begins selling lower-end UltraSparc T1-based servers and completes design of T2 successor. TAGS: Sun UltraSPARC, T2, T1, Sun Fire, Sun Microsystems Inc., multiprocessor, high-performance computing, Sun Sparc, server, high-performance, design, AMD, Intel, hard drive

Sun to release open-source Sparc designs

March 21, 2006 Move comes as part of Sun's commitment to support the General Public License. TAGS: Sun Sparc, Sun UltraSPARC, Sun Microsystems Inc., GPL, open source, T1, open-source software, AMD, server
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