The past few years have seen some major changes in Sun hardware. The return of Andy Bechtolsheim has brought forth an impressive array of new server hardware, and reinvented Sun as an x86 server ...

Sun Microsystems took the "Niagara" plunge Tuesday in New York, launching its new UltraSparc T1-based servers, which are a key part of the company's effort to restore its ailing server fortunes by ...

Company says its "Rock" processor is designed for more-demanding, higher-end tasks. Also in works: second-generation Niagara. Photo: 'Niagara' falls into prototype Stephen Shankland worked at CNET ...

The truth is, our desktop computers today would have been classed as supercomputers only a few decades ago. There was a time when people who needed real desktop power looked down their noses at anyone ...

Sun Microsystems on Wednesday said it is ahead of schedule in testing its next-generation Sparc processor, codenamed Rock, and expects to receive the first prototypes of the chip from manufacturer ...

The first servers are emerging this month from a Sun Microsystems-Fujitsu alliance begun three years ago in a major effort to keep the Sparc processor line alive and kicking. Overall, the Sparc ...

I just got a Sun Sparc Center 2000 mobo off ebay. I only wnated it for the CPUs, two SM85's, which I intended to put in my Sparc Station 10. I yanked the PROM and the 2 chips, threw them into my box, ...

The past few years have seen some major changes in Sun hardware. The return of Andy Bechtolsheim has brought forth an impressive array of new server hardware, and reinvented Sun as an x86 server ...

Launch of new "Niagara" is key to effort to restore its ailing server fortunes by catering to its core customers. Photos: Niagara servers unleashed Stephen Shankland worked at CNET from 1998 to 2024 ...