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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. TAGS: Sun Sparc, BSD, Sun Microsystems Inc., Sun UltraSPARC, Sun Solaris, ecosystem, Linux, x86 processor, Jonathan Schwartz, AMD Opteron, software company, open source, IBM Corp., president, AMD, server

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

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

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

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 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 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 Microsystems Inc., Sun Fire, T1, Sun UltraSPARC, blade server, x86 processor, executive vice president, blade, server, IBM Corp., AMD, New York

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., Sun UltraSPARC, Ingram Micro Inc., Intel Itanium, AMD Opteron, priority, Intel Xeon, 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 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, open source, T1, open-source software, AMD, server

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., Sun Sparc, x86 server, dot-com, Unix, server, copy, IBM Corp., HP

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., executive vice president, Sun Sparc, Jonathan Schwartz, Scott McNealy, AMD Opteron, CEO, server

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: Sun Sparc, Charles King, Ingram Micro Inc., Sun Microsystems Inc., Sun UltraSPARC V, nanometer, Sun UltraSPARC, Fujitsu, multi-threading, Intel Xeon, public relations, Intel x86, Unix, server, AMD, 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 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. TAGS: multi-threading, Sun Sparc, Sun Microsystems Inc., multi-core, Intel Xeon, successor, x86 processor, dual-core, thread, IBM Corp., AMD, pricing, Intel, server

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

Changing times for chipmakers

January 13, 2006 Intel charts a course for Viiv brand and lands in the Mac, as Dell continues to ponder a switch to AMD. TAGS: chip company, Intel Viiv, Sun Sparc, Intel, Apple Computer, Sun Microsystems Inc., AMD, CEO, Apple Macintosh, blog, Dell, brand, Sony Corp., PC

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, blade, server, 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
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