OpenSPARC News

SPARC processor delivers 90 MIPS @100MHz

Thu, 23 Jul 2009 17:20:00 +0100

Atmel Corp. has developed a new processor designed for the extreme conditions of space applications. The AT697F radiation-hardened SPARC processor delivers 90...

Sun And Fujitsu Boost SPARC Enterprise Server Performance And Virtualization Capabilities

Thu, 23 Jul 2009 17:14:24 +0100

CMT Servers with New 1.6GHz UltraSPARC T2/T2 Plus Processors Set World Records on Enterprise Benchmarks; Enhanced Logical Domains Software Leverages the Solaris...

The Register: Sun cranks clocks on Sparc T2 and T2+

Tue, 21 Jul 2009 19:16:00 +0100

The executives at server and operating system maker Sun Microsystems have been uncharacteristically quiet since the $5.6bn Oracle deal was announced...

EE Times: CPUs gear up for--and some avoid--Hot Chips

Wed, 17 Jun 2009 21:41:00 +0100

The preliminary program (http://www.hotchips.org/hc21/program/program_at_a_glance.htm) for the annual Hot Chips conference says a lot about the state of the microprocessor industry both for...

New York Times: Sun Is Said to Cancel Big Chip Project

Wed, 17 Jun 2009 00:50:00 +0100

Sun Microsystems may have dropped a bit of weight by the time Oracle officially acquires the company (http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/21/technology/companies/21sun.html). According to two...

The Register: Sun killing 'Rock' Sparc chip?

Mon, 15 Jun 2009 23:40:00 +0100

The word on the street today is that server maker Sun Microsystems - which is in the midst of being eaten...

Xilinx & BEEcube to Unveil Next-Generation FPGA-based Multi-core SoC Development Platform ...

Fri, 22 May 2009 15:00:00 +0100

Companies demonstrate multi-core emulator based on Virtex(R)-5 at grand opening of Advanced Research Teaching Facility for Embedded System Design at...

Xilinx & BEEcube to Unveil Next-Generation FPGA-based Multi-core SoC Development Platform ...

Fri, 22 May 2009 15:00:00 +0100

Companies demonstrate multi-core emulator based on Virtex(R)-5 at grand opening of Advanced Research Teaching Facility for Embedded System Design at...

InternetNews: Ellison Commits to Sun's Hardware Business

Thu, 07 May 2009 18:32:00 +0100

That sound you heard in the Silicon Valley was Sun Microsystems employees heaving a sigh of relief. Oracle CEO Larry Ellison...

Express Compuers: Multi-purpose multi-core CPUs

Thu, 07 May 2009 18:32:00 +0100

Chip manufacturers are creating multi-core processors with cores that handle graphics, mathematics, floating point computation and general purpose...

The Register: FreeBSD 7.2 joins BSD fest

Mon, 04 May 2009 23:47:40 +0100

Super-powered superpagesThe Beastie sent up FreeBSD 7.2 today, topping off the recent bout of major BSD releases last (http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/04/30/netbsd_fivepointoh_mandriva_spring09/) week...

FreeBSD 7.2 RELEASE Announcement

Sun, 03 May 2009 17:35:40 +0100

The FreeBSD Release Engineering Team is pleased to announce the availability of FreeBSD 7.2-RELEASE. This is the third release from the...

OpenBSD 4.5 light cycles into the wild

Sat, 02 May 2009 04:09:00 +0100

Master Control Program shakes fist in anger The OpenBSD developers are channeling Tron to celebrate the release of version 4.5 of...

Financial Times: Fujitsu reforms chipmaking with TSMC deal

Fri, 01 May 2009 11:17:00 +0100

Fujitsu (http://markets.ft.com/tearsheets/performance.asp?s=jp:6702) is to outsource production of its most advanced semiconductors to TSMC (http://markets.ft.com/tearsheets/performance.asp?s=tw:2330) of Taiwan as the restructuring of...

Sun And Wind River Deliver Carrier Grade Linux For Next-Generation Networking On Sun's ...

Fri, 27 Mar 2009 17:00:00 +0100

Platform Helps Customers Accelerate Delivery of High-Performance Multi-threaded Applications; Available Today on UltraSPARC T2-based Sun Netra Systems and Blade Servers SANTA CLARA, CA...

EE Herald: LEON processor from Aeroflex Gaisler now with LynxOS Support

Mon, 23 Mar 2009 16:18:00 +0100

Aeroflex Gaisler AB has announced its LEON processor now...

PC World: Sun's Rock Processor on Track for This Year, Exec Says

Mon, 09 Mar 2009 17:00:00 +0100

After a year's delay, Sun Microsystems' 16-core Rock server chip is on track for delivery in the fall, the...

The Register: Sun powers Niagara hypervisor update with IBM speed boast

Fri, 27 Feb 2009 17:00:00 +0100

Sun Microsystems has updated the Logical Domain (LDom) server virtualization hypervisor for its Niagara family of servers, and used the occasion to...

Sun CMT Servers Outshine IBM on Virtualization and Energy Efficiency

Thu, 26 Feb 2009 17:00:00 +0100

Sun Releases Sun Logical Domains 1.1 Virtualization Software; Sun SPARC Enterprise Servers with CoolThreads Technology and the Solaris OS Drive Down Cost,...

The Register: Sun readies entry Sparc T2 kicker

Mon, 24 Nov 2008 10:00:00 +0100

The details are a bit sketchy, but server maker Sun Microsystems is apparently getting ready to launch a rejiggered version of...

The Inquirer: Sun documents the T2 core

Wed, 05 Nov 2008 17:09:00 +0100

Free book and college courses THERE ARE TWO bits of news from the OpenSPARC community today, a new book and a...

Information Week: Sun Partnership To Promote OpenSparc In Europe

Wed, 05 Nov 2008 17:09:00 +0100

Sun Microsystemson Wednesday said Europractice, a European Union-backed nonprofit technology group, has agreed to promote OpenSparc chip multithreading technology as a reference...

European Universities Join OpenSPARC

Wed, 05 Nov 2008 14:00:00 +0100

Sun Microsystems, Inc. and Europractice today announced a three-year collaboration to promote OpenSPARC CMT (Chip Multithreading) technology...

The Register: Sun injects Euro univerities with OpenSparc

Wed, 05 Nov 2008 12:20:00 +0100

The processor and operating system technologies that made Sun Microsystems one of the first big Silicon Valley startups got their start three...

EE Times: Europractice, Sun team for multicore design support

Wed, 05 Nov 2008 06:05:00 +0100

Sun Microsystems and Europractice have teamed for a three-year project aimed at widening the use of the OpenSPARC CMT open sourced...

The Register: Sun freshens Solaris 10 for new iron

Fri, 31 Oct 2008 08:40:00 +0100

Sun Microsystems came in just under the wire with its Solaris 10 10/08 update, squeezing it out on the last day...

vnunet: Sun expands server test drive programme

Wed, 29 Oct 2008 05:19:00 +0100

Sun is expanding a programme that allows businesses to test drive its servers. The company said that it would be kicking off...

The Register: Sun, Fujitsu launches entry quad-core Sparc box

Tue, 28 Oct 2008 10:00:00 +0100

Fujitsu and server partner Sun Microsystems will today roll out an entry server based on the quad-core Sparc64 VII processor created...

The Register: Ubuntu goes more mobile with 8.10 release

Mon, 27 Oct 2008 08:33:00 +0100

The gradual and metered improvement with the Ubuntu variant of Linux created and supported by commercial Linux distributor Canonical takes another step...

The Register: Sun unsheathes shiny new blades

Tue, 21 Oct 2008 23:16:00 +0100

If a broad server product line guaranteed sales, then the server business of Sun Microsystems would be as large as that...