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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: thread, Sun Sparc, AMD, Sun Microsystems Inc., Sun Solaris, server

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: thread, Sun Microsystems Inc., multi-core processor, Sun Sparc, blade server, Sun UltraSPARC, Intel Itanium, blade, server, San Francisco, CEO, video

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

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's Niagara 2 doubles down with twice the threads

August 23, 2006 The Sun Microsystems processor will run 64 simultaneous instruction sequences when it debuts in servers in 2007. TAGS: thread, multiprocessor, Sun Microsystems Inc., cache memory, multi-threading, Sun Solaris, Sun Sparc, server, manufacturing

Sun plans lower-end Niagara chip

September 21, 2005 Lower-end version has fewer processor cores and some manufacturing defects but is still useful, top Sparc server exec says. TAGS: Sun Sparc, thread, Sun UltraSPARC, Sun Microsystems Inc., multiprocessor, Unix server, manufacturing, Sun Solaris, dual-core, Fujitsu, design, server, Unix

Sun burnishes next-gen Sparc chips

February 3, 2005 Company says its "Rock" processor is designed for more-demanding, higher-end tasks. Also in works: second-generation Niagara. Photo: 'Niagara' falls into prototype TAGS: thread, Sun Microsystems Inc., Sun Sparc, AMD, Scott McNealy, Sun UltraSPARC, server

Sun begins work on Niagara 3 chip

October 18, 2006 New processor will feature more cores and more threads than current versions, Sun's top server executive says. Photos: Next wave of Niagara TAGS: thread, circuitry, Sun Microsystems Inc., Sun Sparc, server

Sun, Fujitsu promise Sparc speed surge

October 11, 2006 The two chip designers tout performance improvements set to arrive in their new Sparc models. TAGS: Sparc64, Sun Sparc, Fujitsu, thread, Sun Microsystems Inc., throughput, Sun UltraSPARC, factor, Sun Solaris, real estate, dual-core, collaboration, task, server

Sun at work on Niagara, Rock successors

April 17, 2006 Sun begins engineering Sparc sequels that use a more advanced manufacturing process. TAGS: Sun Microsystems Inc., manufacturing process, Sun Sparc, thread, manufacturing, Sun Solaris, circuitry, AMD, Sun UltraSPARC, server, operating system, process

Fujitsu plans four-core Sparc chip for 2008

October 26, 2005 The Sparc64 VI+ processor will have clock speeds of at least 2.7GHz, the company says. TAGS: Sparc64, Fujitsu, thread, Olympus Corp., enterprise server, Sun Sparc, Sun Microsystems Inc., clock speed, AMD, manufacturing, server

Sun scraps low-end 'Serrano' Sparc chip

August 31, 2006 Server maker drops UltraSparc IIIi+ processor to focus on other, higher-priority chips. TAGS: Sun UltraSPARC, Sun UltraSPARC IIIi, Sun Microsystems Inc., thread, Sun Sparc, PCI, server

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