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Sun begins Sparc phase of server overhaul

December 6, 2005 Launch of new "Niagara" is key to effort to restore its ailing server fortunes by catering to its core customers. Photos: Niagara servers unleashed TAGS: Sun Sparc, Sun Fire, Sun Microsystems Inc., Sun UltraSPARC, T1, blade server, x86 processor, server, executive vice president, blade, IBM Corp., AMD, New York

Sun relaunches Sparc chip business

March 27, 2007 Server maker splits off Sparc processor business in hopes of selling the chips to others. TAGS: Sun Sparc, Sun Microsystems Inc., business unit, executive vice president, Jonathan Schwartz, Sun Solaris, server, Intel, Dell, operating system

Sun Solaris gets new partitioning feature

January 16, 2007 Feature, called Logical Domains, lets Sparc-based servers run multiple copies of Unix variant in separate partitions. TAGS: Xen, Sun Solaris, Sun Microsystems Inc., x86 server, Sun Sparc, Unix, dot-com, server, copy, IBM Corp., HP

Sun to sell 'Niagara' servers this year

November 1, 2005 The company hopes the ambitious design will restore the allure of its core Sparc server line, CEO Scott McNealy says. TAGS: Sun Sparc, Scott McNealy, Sun Microsystems Inc., Sun UltraSPARC, Jonathan Schwartz, server, CEO, AMD

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

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

New Sun priorities could speed Niagara servers

April 27, 2005 Company will likely switch the order of the arrival of two new server models, a potential boon for Sun. TAGS: Sun Sparc, Sun Microsystems Inc., Ingram Micro Inc., Sun UltraSPARC, Intel Itanium, priority, Intel Xeon, AMD Opteron, server, IBM Corp., Intel

Sun, allies broaden open-source chip push

May 15, 2007 Two companies are working on derivatives of Sun's open-source Niagara processor; Sun plans to share Niagara 2's designs, too. TAGS: Sun Sparc, Sun Microsystems Inc., open source, Sun UltraSPARC, derivatives, dot-com, open-source software, Sun Solaris, server, China, CEO

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, Afara Websystems, Sun Microsystems Inc., enterprise server, Fujitsu, Olympus Corp., dual-core, Sun Solaris, server, IBM Corp.

Sun speeds Niagara servers

January 18, 2007 Sun plans to announce faster UltraSparc T1 'Niagara' servers. And 'Rock' servers are due in the second half of 2008. TAGS: multi-core, Sun Microsystems Inc., Sun Sparc, Sun UltraSPARC, T1, server, thread

Sun puts 16 cores on its 'Rock' chip

December 8, 2006 High-end chip likely will stay a step ahead of competitors in the multicore processor race. Also, the chip design could be done this year. TAGS: multi-core, Sun Microsystems Inc., Sun Sparc, dual-core, IBM Corp., Intel, family, server, AMD

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 IIIi, Sun UltraSPARC, Sun Microsystems Inc., Sun Sparc, blade server, server, blade, PCI

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: Sun Microsystems Inc., layoff, Sun UltraSPARC, Sun Sparc, cut, acquisition, server, Dell

Sun boots server with Niagara II chip

July 17, 2006 Move marks a key milestone in the company's attempt to restore the relevance of its Sparc processor family. TAGS: Sun Sparc, Sun Microsystems Inc., Sun Solaris, thread, server, AMD

Sun dual-Niagara servers due in 2008

February 7, 2007 Multithread frenzy takes another step at Sun: "Victoria Falls" chip will mean 128 threads in a single server.Video: Sun CEO looks to future TAGS: Sun Microsystems Inc., Sun Sparc, multi-core processor, blade server, Sun UltraSPARC, thread, Intel Itanium, blade, server, CEO, San Francisco, video

Sun picks right-hand folks for Schwartz

May 15, 2006 Appointments round out lead execs under the new CEO. Now investors will wait to see how it works. TAGS: Sun Microsystems Inc., Sun Sparc, executive vice president, Jonathan Schwartz, Scott McNealy, AMD Opteron, CEO, server

Fujitsu upgrades Unix servers

May 18, 2005 Five of its PrimePower machines now use a version of Fujitsu's Sparc64 processor compatible with Sun's UltraSparc chips. TAGS: Sparc64, Intel Itanium, Sun UltraSPARC, Fujitsu, Sun Microsystems Inc., Unix server, Sun Sparc, Unix, server, Intel

Sun to build servers on Rock in 2008

July 19, 2004 Struggling server maker lays out long-term goals for advanced processor in a move to spark renewed confidence. TAGS: Charles King, Sun Sparc, Ingram Micro Inc., Sun Microsystems Inc., Sun UltraSPARC V, nanometer, Sun UltraSPARC, Fujitsu, multi-threading, Intel Xeon, public relations, Intel x86, server, Unix, AMD, IBM Corp.

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 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 Microsystems Inc., Sun UltraSPARC, GPL, T1, open source, open-source software, AMD, server
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