Sun Microsystems has cancelled its lower-end UltraSparc IIIi+ "Serrano" processor, choosing instead to focus its priorities on alternatives including its more radical "Niagara" chip family.
Sun Microsystems' forthcoming Niagara chip has eight processor cores, but the company will sell versions with six or possibly even four, the company's top Sparc server executive said on Tuesday.
In a bid to increase the relevance of its processor line, Sun Microsystems pledged Tuesday to make the underlying designs of its new UltraSparc T1 an open-source project.
A fast, new method for connecting computer chips could arrive in the next four years, a top chip engineer for Sun Microsystems said Monday in the US.
Two high-end chip models from Sun Microsystems look likely to debut later than expected, putting a wrinkle in the server maker's ambitious plan to revamp its processor lines.
Two high-end chip models from Sun Microsystems look likely to debut later than expected, putting a wrinkle in the server maker's ambitious plan to revamp its processor lines.
Sun's co-founder has reveled in running his mouth, and the list of 'McNealy-isms' has become legendary within the tech industry.
A leading OpenBSD programmer has accused Sun Microsystems of hindering development of the open-source software for its newer computers, causing Sun to scramble to cooperate with the project in response.
Sun says the new version of Solaris improves high-end server performance by 12 to 40 percent.
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Intel will launch its "Montecito" version of Itanium, the first dual-core version of the processor, on July 18 in the US, sources familiar with the event said.
Intel plans to describe a new high-end Itanium chip code-named Tanglewood at its Developer Forum conference this month, sources close to the company said. The chip will include as many as 16 processors on a single slice of silicon.
Advanced Micro Devices is looking to drum up support for its forthcoming 64-bit Opteron server chip.
Intel has released three new Xeon chips for four-and eight-processor servers in a move to increase the pressure on Sun Microsystems.
Sun Microsystems will likely adopt the Opteron processor from Advanced Micro Devices as it extends into new branches of the server market.
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