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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., ecosystem, Sun Solaris, Sun UltraSPARC, Linux, Jonathan Schwartz, x86 processor, software company, open source, AMD Opteron, 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, Sun Microsystems Inc., BSD Unix, CIO, GPL, BSD, 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, Sun Microsystems Inc., enterprise server, Afara Websystems, Fujitsu, Olympus Corp., Sun Solaris, dual-core, server, 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, Sun Microsystems Inc., T1, Linux, open source, blog, AMD, operating system

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, dot-com, derivatives, Sun UltraSPARC, Sun Solaris, open-source software, 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 UltraSPARC, Sun Microsystems Inc., 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., x86 server, Sun Sparc, dot-com, Unix, server, IBM Corp., copy, HP

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 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 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, Scott McNealy, Jonathan Schwartz, 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: Charles King, Sun Sparc, Ingram Micro Inc., Sun Microsystems Inc., Sun UltraSPARC V, nanometer, Sun UltraSPARC, Fujitsu, multi-threading, Intel Xeon, Intel x86, public relations, 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: Sun Microsystems Inc., multi-core, Sun Sparc, Sun UltraSPARC, T1, server, thread

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

Chipmakers add up their advances

October 11, 2006 At the Fall Processor Forum, chipmakers talk speed and arithmetic. NEC, meanwhile, readies a digital olive branch. TAGS: chip company, Sun Sparc, AMD Opteron, NEC Electronics Corp., Barcelona, AMD, quad-core, HD-DVD, Blu-ray, multimedia, blog, IBM Corp., Intel

Sun loss widens, but revenue increases

April 24, 2006 Server maker reports a net loss of $217 million despite 21 percent revenue growth. TAGS: Scott McNealy, Sun Microsystems Inc., Sun Sparc, compensation, acquisition, CEO, server

Sun flirts with Ubuntu

May 17, 2006 At JavaOne, suggestions fly that Sun Microsystems will ship servers with "Dapper Drake" version of Ubuntu Linux. TAGS: JavaOne, Ubuntu, Jonathan Schwartz, Sun Microsystems Inc., Red Hat Inc., Sun Sparc, Ubuntu Linux, Linux, server, operating system

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

Scott McNealy far from retired

October 17, 2007 Former Sun CEO is racking more frequent-flier miles now as chairman, traveling the world to meet with customers and tout Sun's virtues. TAGS: Scott McNealy, open-source community, Sun Microsystems Inc., open source, Sun Sparc, Sun Solaris, dot-com, chairman, Java, decision, CEO

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, Sun UltraSPARC, blade server, thread, Intel Itanium, server, blade, CEO, San Francisco, video

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