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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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