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Itanium: A cautionary tale
December 7, 2005
The wonderchip that wasn't serves as a lesson about how complex development plans can go awry in a fast-moving industry.
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Intel reclaims spot in Sun servers
January 22, 2007
With the move, Sun becomes the last of the four tier-one server sellers to rely jointly on x86 processors from Intel and AMD.Photos: Sun, Intel team up
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Sun bumps back Opteron servers
February 17, 2005
Delay in delivery of Galaxy family casts light on Sun's x86 ambitions and on the unending tug-of-war between AMD and Intel.
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AMD speeds dual-core Opteron a notch
September 26, 2005
Advanced Micro Devices plans to announce faster new models of its dual-core Opteron processor, an attempt to stay ahead of rival Intel.
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Sun has high expectations for Niagara
October 26, 2005
The forthcoming processor embraces both the multicore and multithreading approaches more aggressively than does IBM, Intel and AMD.
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Schwartz ends first year at Sun with quarterly profit
April 24, 2007
The company reports net income of $67 million, but misses its revenue goal for the quarter because of server sales slowdown.
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HP drops eight-processor Xeon servers
March 29, 2005
Top seller of servers using x86 processors follows rival Dell with a decision to retreat from selling models using eight processors.
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Year in review: The race to dual-core
December 26, 2005
AMD and Intel raced to bring dual-core x86 chips to PCs and mainstream servers.
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AMD's server share leaps 10 percent mark
July 25, 2005
A 51 percent jump in market share from the first quarter to the second is first time AMD has crossed into double-digit territory in server chips.
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AMD gains, Intel fights back on supercomputer list
November 13, 2006
Some joy for both chipmakers in the latest Top500 supercomputer list, which rates high-performance computing systems.
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Sun to update Solaris 10 by year end
October 24, 2005
Upgrade will include the Newboot start-up process and Sun software that alerts users to further updates.
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Sun upgrades servers with UltraSparc IV+ debut
September 15, 2005
Next week will see the launch of the new top-of-the-line chip in a revamp of Sun's core Unix server line, News.com has learned.
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SGI's Unix variant fading into history
September 8, 2006
Silicon Graphics to stop selling computers using MIPS chips and Irix operating system at end of 2006.
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HP, Sun bring dual-core Opterons to servers
April 21, 2005
HP upgrades four-processor server with AMD's new dual-core Opteron. Sun, too, makes four into eight.
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Linux powers unusual multicore machine
August 11, 2006
Start-up uses 16-core MIPS processor originally designed for networking gear to take a crack at Linux server market.
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HP's Itanium blade due in early 2006
November 1, 2005
Move will put HP-UX version of Unix on BladeSystem products--servers available today only with x86 processors.
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