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Lighting a fire under Solaris

April 24, 2006 Two significant upgrades are coming to Solaris this year, but Linux remains a fearsome rival. TAGS: Sun Solaris, Sun Microsystems Inc., x86 processor, OpenSolaris, x86 server, Sun Sparc, Linux, Intel x86, R&D, AMD Opteron, open source, server, IBM Corp., AMD, operating system

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 TAGS: Intel Xeon, Sun Microsystems Inc., Paul Otellini, Sun Server, Sun Solaris, Pat Gelsinger, x86 server, Jonathan Schwartz, AMD, Intel, x86 processor, server, Intel x86, quad-core, CEO, operating system

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. TAGS: Jonathan Schwartz, Sun Microsystems Inc., blade server, quarterly profit, Stephen O'Grady, storage system, net income, x86 processor, blade, Sun UltraSPARC, Fujitsu, Sun Solaris, server, CEO, AMD, Intel

Sun to set Solaris free, after a fashion

November 15, 2004 Operating system to come at no charge for servers with x86 processors. But the bug fixes will cost you. TAGS: Sun Solaris, Sun Microsystems Inc., Red Hat Inc., Sun Solaris 10, open-source programmer, IBM AIX, x86 processor, open source, Intel x86, AMD Opteron, Linux, free, software company, pricing, bug fix, 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., ecosystem, Sun UltraSPARC, Sun Solaris, Linux, Jonathan Schwartz, x86 processor, software company, open source, AMD Opteron, IBM Corp., AMD, president, server

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. TAGS: Silicon Graphics Inc., multi-core, networking gear, Linux server, x86 processor, server, Sun Microsystems Inc., Linux, dual-core, networking, Intel

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. TAGS: supercomputer, supercomputing, teraflop, AMD Opteron, high-performance computing, two-processor, x86 processor, Sun Sparc, AMD, chip company, Intel, Sun Microsystems Inc., high-performance, IBM Corp.

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. TAGS: Silicon Graphics Inc., SGI Unix, Intel Itanium, SCO Group Inc., Unix, Compaq Tru64 UNIX, SGI Irix, HP PA-RISC, HP-UX, x86 processor, Sun Solaris, intellectual property, variant, IBM Corp., acquisition, Sun Microsystems Inc.
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