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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., GPL, BSD, CIO, open source, Linux, specification, conference, project, Unix, server

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 UltraSPARC, Sun Solaris, ecosystem, Linux, Jonathan Schwartz, x86 processor, software company, AMD Opteron, open source, IBM Corp., AMD, president, server

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, T1, Sun Microsystems Inc., Linux, open source, blog, AMD, 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., container, T1, Sun Solaris, Intel Itanium, Linux, Red Hat Inc., server, open source, Intel, operating system

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: RISC, Sun UltraSPARC, T1, Sun Sparc, Sun Microsystems Inc., open source, variant, Unix, Linux, Intel, 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

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, T1, Sun Microsystems Inc., telecommunications, Linux

IBM to launch Linux-only Power servers

September 10, 2004 OpenPower line to make debut Monday as Big Blue looks beyond the chip's high-end niche, CNET News.com has learned. TAGS: IBM POWER5, server line, Sun UltraSPARC, IBM Corp., Linux, Intel x86, Unix server, x86 server, Intel Itanium, AMD Opteron, server, Sun Microsystems Inc., Unix, Intel, Dell, operating system

Sun extends olive branch to Red Hat

September 12, 2005 Sun Microsystems is being more accommodating toward Linux again, making room onstage for Red Hat at a server product launch. TAGS: Red Hat Inc., Sun Microsystems Inc., Sun Solaris, Jonathan Schwartz, x86 server, Linux, Sun UltraSPARC, Scott McNealy, open source, server, Unix, operating system, AMD, HP, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows

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: Linus Torvalds, multiprocessor, kernel, Linux, SuSE Linux Enterprise Server, Sun UltraSPARC, Oracle Corp., Linux kernel, T1, IBM Corp., Sun Solaris, file system, programming, Red Hat Inc., Sun Microsystems Inc., patch management

Open-source chronicles: Oracle buys, Gentoo founder flies

February 15, 2006 Oracle wakes up to the charms of Sleepycat Software, Gentoo's Daniel Robbins exits Redmond's embrace, and more. TAGS: Gentoo, Sleepycat Software Inc., Oracle Corp., open source, Sun UltraSPARC, founder, open-source software, Linux, blog, IBM Corp., database, Microsoft Corp.

Sparc-on-Intel translator due in weeks

August 17, 2006 Start-up Transitive plans to release software to run Sparc-on-Solaris software on Linux-on-Xeon. TAGS: Sun UltraSPARC, Sun Solaris, Sun Sparc, Intel Xeon, Sun Microsystems Inc., Intel x86, Intel, Linux, instruction, operating system

Sun revenue up, but loss widens

January 24, 2006 The server maker's revenue climbs 17 percent, but its net loss widens and it misses revenue expectations. TAGS: Scott McNealy, Sun Microsystems Inc., Sun UltraSPARC, conference call, Sun Solaris, AMD Opteron, server, acquisition, CEO, Linux, Dell

Sun's x86 strategist steers straight ahead

January 25, 2006 Sun's John Fowler navigates a tricky transition as he guns for growth in x86 servers this year. TAGS: x86 server, Sun Microsystems Inc., Intel x86, AMD Opteron, Sun UltraSPARC, Jonathan Schwartz, small and medium business, server, AMD, president, Linux

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, OSI, Sun Microsystems Inc., open source, open-source project, GPL, approval, Sun UltraSPARC, BSD, IBM Corp., programming, Linux, server, operating system

LinuxWorld revs up

August 17, 2006 special coverage The San Francisco conference spotlights trends in open source, from servers to cell phones and Windows media support. TAGS: margin, LinuxWorld, open source, XenSource Inc., Sun Microsystems Inc., Sun UltraSPARC, AMD Opteron, open-source software, Linux, Java, blog, San Francisco, IBM Corp., Windows Media, server, operating system

IBM rebuilds Unix servers with Power5+ chip

October 4, 2005 Big Blue's processor move increases performance, as well as competitive pressures on Sun, Hewlett-Packard and Intel. TAGS: Unix server, Sun UltraSPARC, Intel Itanium, IBM POWER5, dual-core processor, Montecito, Unix, IBM Corp., Sun Microsystems Inc., dual-core, Intel, server, AMD, Linux, HP

IBM Power blades to arrive in March

November 14, 2003 Big Blue plans to announce on Tuesday a slender server called the JS20 that uses its own Power processors, but a delay means the system won't ship until late in the first quarter. TAGS: blade, IBM eServer BladeCenter, Intel Xeon, IBM Corp., chassis, IBM pSeries, IBM xSeries, Unix server, Sun UltraSPARC, blade server, IBM AIX, 64-bit, Intel Itanium, server, Linux, Sun Microsystems Inc.

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, Sun UltraSPARC, x86 server, T1, server, IBM Corp.

HP bringing key feature to Itanium servers

January 21, 2005 Software-based partitioning to migrate from older line of Unix servers into new Intel-based product. TAGS: Intel Itanium, Unix server, Montecito, Vanderpool, Unix, HP-UX, IBM Corp., Sun UltraSPARC, IBM PowerPC, partition, server, HP, Intel, method, operating system, Linux
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