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  • Sun's Niagara 2 doubles down with twice the threads

    Sun Microsystems' "Niagara 2" processor will be able to run 64 simultaneous instruction sequences, twice that of its predecessor, when it debuts in servers during the second half of 2007, a Sun engineer said on Tuesday.

  • Linux boots on Sun's Niagara chip

    Dave Miller, the lead programmer for Linux on Sun Microsystems' Sparc processors, said on his blog Friday he has fired up the open-source operating system on Sun's new UltraSparc T1 "Niagara"-based server.

  • Sun boots server with Niagara II chip

    Sun Microsystems has booted its Solaris operating system on a server with a prototype of its forthcoming Niagara II processor, one key milestone for the company's attempt to restore the relevance of its Sparc processor family.

  • Sun makes Niagara an open-source chip

    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.

  • Sun scraps low-end 'Serrano' Sparc chip

    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.

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  • 'Tanglewood' to top Intel chip show

    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.

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