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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, thread, T1, Sun UltraSPARC, server

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, Intel, family, AMD, IBM Corp., server

Sun's Fortran replacement goes open-source

January 12, 2007 Good-bye Fortran, hello Fortress? Server maker seeks open-source help building alternative to decades-old programming language. TAGS: Fortran, workload, Sun Microsystems Inc., programming language, multi-core, high-performance computing, replacement, open source, programming, high-performance, server

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, thread, Sun Sparc, multi-core, Sun Microsystems Inc., dual-core, AMD, successor, x86 processor, Intel Xeon, Intel, IBM Corp., pricing, server

Sun looks to chip performance to bring brighter days

September 11, 2004 Beleaguered server firm is working on a series of higher-performance processors it hopes will get profits back on track. TAGS: Sun Fire Server, Sun Fire, Sun UltraSPARC IV, Sun UltraSPARC, Ingram Micro Inc., Sun Microsystems Inc., Olympus Corp., thread, dual-core, multi-core, Fujitsu, Intel Itanium, IBM Corp., server, database

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, Linux server, networking gear, x86 processor, server, Linux, networking, Sun Microsystems Inc., Intel

Oracle shifts multicore licensing model

July 14, 2005 Will treat each core as three-quarters of a chip when calculating license costs, bringing it more in line with rivals. TAGS: multi-core processor, multi-core, Oracle Corp., BEA Systems Inc., policy, dual-core processor, middleware, pricing, application server, dual-core, IBM Corp., Forrester Research Inc., database, software company, AMD, Sun Microsystems Inc.

'Tanglewood' to top Intel chip show

August 29, 2003 The company plans to describe the new high-end Itanium chip at its Developer Forum next month. The chip will include as many as 16 processors on a single slice of silicon. TAGS: Intel Itanium, Intel Itanium 2, multi-core, circuitry, roadmap, thread, Intel, multi-threading, AMD, Intel Xeon, Sun Microsystems Inc., IBM Corp., Intel Pentium, HP, server

AMD sets date for son of Opteron

October 15, 2003 The chipmaker is "working like crazy" on a new architecture for the successor to Opteron and expects to release the chip by the end of 2005, according to an Advanced Micro Devices executive. TAGS: multi-core, AMD Opteron, architecture, Intel x86, AMD, RISC, microprocessor, transistor, x86 processor, conference, Sun Microsystems Inc., California, cell phone, Intel

Intel's dual-core Xeon due in 2006

October 19, 2004 A competing chip from rival Advanced Micro Devices will likely arrive several months earlier. TAGS: Richard Dracott, Intel Xeon MP, dual-core, Intel Xeon, multi-core, dual-core processor, AMD, Intel, HyperThreading, chipset, AMD Opteron, member, server, family, Sun Microsystems Inc., HP

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