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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, Intel IA-64, Sun Solaris, Sun UltraSPARC, Sun Microsystems Inc., Sun UltraSPARC III, Intel, Silicon Graphics Inc., eye, Compaq Computer Corp., IBM Corp., server, HP, operating system

Sun revamps Unix servers with UltraSparc IV+

September 20, 2005 The UltraSparc IV+ processor will double the performance of Sun's Unix servers. The chip, however, soon will face competition. TAGS: Sun UltraSPARC, Unix server, Sun Microsystems Inc., Sun UltraSPARC IV, Unix, Sun Solaris, server, IBM Corp., AMD, HP, operating system

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, IBM Corp., software company

Sun license gets open-source nod

January 19, 2005 The company has secured a crucial approval in its plan to make Solaris an open-source project, CNET News.com has learned. TAGS: Sun Solaris, Sun Microsystems Inc., OSI, open-source project, open source, approval, GPL, Sun UltraSPARC, BSD, programming, IBM Corp., Linux, server, operating system

Sun, Intel square off over Itanium support

March 3, 2000 The two high-tech giants are in a high-stakes game of chicken in a debate about which company needs the other more in the lucrative e-commerce world. TAGS: Intel Itanium, Intel IA-64, Sun Microsystems Inc., Sun UltraSPARC, Sun Solaris, Compaq Tru64 UNIX, Intel, Texas Instruments Inc., Silicon Graphics Inc., e-commerce, semiconductor, IBM Corp., Compaq Computer Corp., 64-bit, family, operating system

Sun's next goal: A Linux ecosystem

February 8, 2006 A top exec says Sun is "dead serious" about an open-source push for its Sparc chips. Critics say it's trying to save an endangered species. TAGS: Sun Sparc, BSD, Sun Microsystems Inc., Sun Solaris, Sun UltraSPARC, ecosystem, Linux, Jonathan Schwartz, x86 processor, software company, AMD Opteron, open source, IBM Corp., AMD, president, server

Sun makes Niagara an open-source chip

December 7, 2005 Release of the chip's underlying design is intended to increase the relevance of the UltraSparc T1 processor line. TAGS: T1, Sun UltraSPARC, Sun Sparc, Sun Microsystems Inc., open source, Sun Solaris, IBM Corp., design, AMD, server, Intel

New virtualization option coming to Sun servers

October 17, 2006 Logical Domains mean multiple independent copies of Solaris will run on the same Niagara server. TAGS: Sun Solaris, Sun Microsystems Inc., Xen, virtualization, container, VMWare ESX, Sun Solaris 10, AMD Opteron, VMWare ESX Server, Sun Server, VMware, x86 server, Sun UltraSPARC, T1, server, Linux

Linux gets built-in Cell processor support

March 21, 2006 Updated kernel includes Oracle software for clustered databases, improves how OS runs on multiprocessor systems. TAGS: multiprocessor, Linus Torvalds, kernel, Linux, SuSE Linux Enterprise Server, Oracle Corp., Linux kernel, Sun UltraSPARC, T1, Sun Solaris, IBM Corp., Red Hat Inc., Sun Microsystems Inc., programming, patch management, file system

Sun, Fujitsu to launch joint Sparc servers

April 17, 2007 Jointly designed servers, with 4 to 64 dual-core "Olympus" processors, were originally part of effort to keep Sparc from fading away. Photos: Sun's new enterprise servers TAGS: Sun Sparc, Sparc64, Sun UltraSPARC, Sun Microsystems Inc., enterprise server, Afara Websystems, Fujitsu, Olympus Corp., dual-core, server, Sun Solaris, IBM Corp.

Sun to subsidize Oracle database software

January 11, 2006 To compete with IBM and HP, Sun will bundle Oracle's database with higher-end Unix servers, subsidize customer fees. Photo: Best buddies McNealy and Ellison TAGS: Oracle Corp., Sun Microsystems Inc., Unix server, Larry Ellison, Scott McNealy, Oracle Database, fee, Unix, Sun UltraSPARC, Java, IBM Corp., pricing, database, Sun Solaris, server, California

Old Sun management once stalled Project Orion

March 1, 2006 Former execs were risk-averse to Sun's server software pricing. That pricing is now central to company strategy. TAGS: Scott McNealy, Sun Microsystems Inc., Jonathan Schwartz, BEA Systems Inc., GAAP, pricing, Sun UltraSPARC, T1, grid, Sun Solaris, server software, server, security, IBM Corp.

Sun begins high-end phase of x86 servers

July 11, 2006 Company launching high-end server, its second attempt at blades and the resurrected "Thumper" packed with 48 disk drives. Photos: Sun's Opteron servers TAGS: Sun Blade, x86 server, blade, Sun Microsystems Inc., AMD Opteron, blade server, phase, Sun UltraSPARC, Intel x86, two-processor, Sun Solaris, server, leader, family, AMD, IBM Corp.
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