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	Sun's UltraSparc IV approacheth The Register
		Sun Microsystems continues to plod away with the UltraSparc line of processors, disclosing some fresh details this week at the Microprocessor Forum on its fourth generation chip.
		Since the UltraSparc IV puts two UltraSparc III processor cores on the same chip, Sun is saying the new processor will preform about 1.6 to 2 times as fast as its predecessor.
		Most of the details of UltraSparc IV are already quite well known, but like any competent vendor Sun likes to keep touting product whenever possible, leaking out a spot of new information every so often.
	www.theregister.com /2003/10/14/suns_ultrasparc_iv_approacheth1

	Ace's Hardware
		Sun have never listed the UltraSPARC IVi among it's dual-core designs, so it seems almost certain to be single-core - dual-core would probably be too expensive and power hungry for the intended market.
		The 2.4 GB/s memory interface remains identical to the UltraSPARC III with the exception that it can now support up to 16 GBytes of memory per processor with chip-kill protection, which would mean a 72-way Sun Fire 15K would be able to support 1152 GBytes of main memory.
		The processor is expected to go into production shortly, with availability early next year and perhaps it will be officially launched at Sun's next quarterly product release in December - though there is no official date.
	www.aceshardware.com /read.jsp?id=60000273

	CNN - What does Linux on UltraSPARC mean for Sun? - May 5, 1999
		In addition to offering insights into the UltraSPARC architecture and access to information, Sun is supporting the porting of Linux by lending hardware as well.
		In addition to the competitive and strategic reasons, there is another reason why Sun is supporting Linux on UltraSPARC, and that is the matter of Sun's philosophy of computers and computing.
		The loan of the systems is important because UltraSPARC hardware isn't as common as Intel platforms, making it harder for software developers to obtain UltraSPARC systems for development efforts.
	www.cnn.com /TECH/computing/9905/05/ultrasparc.idg

	Servers - "Sun" - Tower - Prices and Reviews at DealTime.co.uk
		Tower, UltraSPARC II 400 MHz, Processors Qty: 48, SunSoft Solaris, 48 GB, Max RAM: 64 GB, Max Processors Qty: 64, For: Unix Platfo...
		Tower, UltraSPARC II 400 MHz, Processors Qty: 2, SunSoft Solaris 8, 2 GB, Max RAM: 2 GB, Max Processors Qty: 2, For: Unix Platform...
		Tower, UltraSPARC II 300 MHz, Processors Qty: 2, SunSoft Solaris 8, 1024 MB, Max RAM: 2 GB, Max Processors Qty: 2, For: Unix Platf...
	www.dealtime.co.uk /xPP-Servers-Sun-3201_tower (481 words)

	UltraSPARC Processors
		Design-engineered to make the net work, UltraSPARC processors are THE industry-leading, 3rd generation, 64-bit processor family.
		Sun's Throughput Computing technology ushers in a quantum change in the cost of Network Computing.
		Sun Studio 9 New, ASICS, modules, software technologies, and community source licensing.
	www.sun.com /processors (481 words)

	NetBSD/sparc64
		NetBSD/sparc64 is a NetBSD port to Sun's 64-bit UltraSPARC machines.
		NetBSD/sparc64 supports many systems, including Sbus-based UltraSPARC systems and PCI-based UltraSPARC systems using UltraSPARC I, II, IIi, and IIe CPU types.
		NetBSD/sparc mailing list, covering all SPARC-based NetBSD ports (also functions as list for NetBSD's port to Sun's 32-bit SPARC machines):
	www.netbsd.org /Ports/sparc64 (481 words)

	Ars Technica: Fall 2003 CPU roundup � page 1
		This article originally started life as an MPF CPU roundup, but it has evolved into more of an overview of three specific upcoming processors: IBM's POWER5, Sun's UltraSparc IV, and Transmeta's Efficeon.
		Actually, the article focuses mostly on IBM's POWER5 and Transmeta's Efficeon, but I also cover Sun's UltraSparc IV because it's relevant to the "big picture" that I want to paint with this report.
		The recent Microprocessor Forum produced some great details on forthcoming processors from a variety of companies for a whole range of market segments.
	arstechnica.com /cpu/003/mpf-2003/mpf-2003-1.html (481 words)

	SPARC Optimizations With GCC - OSNews.com
		Since the processor for my Sun Ultra 5 is a V9-based UltraSPARC IIi, I'll use
		The code will still be tuned for the UltraSPARC processors, but the binaries will remain 32-bit.
		The V9 is known as sun4u, which is what my Sun Ultra 5 is classified as.
	www.osnews.com /story.php?news_id=6136 (481 words)

	NetBSD: Recent Changes and News
		If your company or an educational or research institute wants to buy or has a spare system like a Sun Fire V210 dual 1GHz, fully equipped Sun Fire 15000 or similar UltraSPARC III or III+ equipped desktop or server machine, donating it to The NetBSD Foundation to support operating system research would be very welcome.
		In order to make further improvements to the sparc64 port, we would like to solicit donations for UltraSPARC III and III+ hardware.
		John R. Shannon (login: shannonjr), who will be working on the NetBSD Packages Collection.
	www.netbsd.org /Changes (481 words)

	Used Sun ULTRA Workstations- ULTRA 5, 10, 2, 30, 60, 80, and 1 Workstations
		Sun's Ultra 60 is a low cost, multi-processor desktop workstation, using the 450MHz UltraSPARC II processor in both single and dual processor configurations.
		Sun's Ultra 30 is a low cost desktop workstation, using the 360MHz UltraSPARC II processor.
		Sun's Ultra 5 workstations provide the computational, storage, and graphics abilities, as well as robust and scalable operating environment required to get the job done.
	www.atlantixglobal.com /products/sun/workstations.jsp (432 words)

	Vendor Rating: Sun
		Sun Microsystems' rollout of UltraSPARC III to the low end continues with the new UltraSPARC IIIi chip, while Linux provides an alternative to SPARC and Solaris for edge computing.
		Sun is targeting mainframe replacement and server consolidation, but MIPS comparisons aimed at showing the Sun Fire 15000's superiority to mainframes are not a valid comparison for diverse workloads.
		Sun Microsystems plans an evolutionary, rather than revolutionary path for its midrange and high-end servers, through to 2005 and 2006.
	www.gartner.com /1_researchanalysis/vendor_rating/vr_sun.jsp (1817 words)

	Sun Returns to SPARC
		Sun Microsystems (Quote, Chart) is revisiting its bread and butter customers with new servers based on its latest UltraSPARC IV chip.
		Sun is also preparing to release the second generation of its dual-core design, known as the UltraSPARC IV+.
		Sun said it already has customers installing the servers into their networks but did not name names or mention how many had been involved in the proof-of-concept process.
	www.internetnews.com /article.php/3484901 (685 words)

	Sybase and Sun Combination Sets Record-Breaking Performance Run
		The benchmark was performed on Sun Microsystems' Enterprise 10000 server and demonstrates ASE 12.0.0.2's unparalleled scalability on SMP systems in using sixty-four, 400 MHz UltraSPARC processors and 64 GB of memory on the Sun Solaris(TM) 7 Operating Environment.
		Sun, the Sun logo, Solaris, Sun Enterprise, Starfire, and UltraSPARC are registered trademarks in the United States and other countries.
		Sybase focuses especially on enterprise portal solutions, which give businesses the ability to extend their enterprise to customers, partners and suppliers by converting stored data into useful information, which can be integrated and personalized in a continuously available environment for use anywhere at anytime.
	www.prnewswire.com /cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/09-07-2000/0001306729&EDATE= (685 words)

	Sun revamps servers with UltraSparc, Opteron Tech News on ZDNet
		The first UltraSparc IV-based models, however, won't be available until March and the first Opteron model until April, according to Sun.
		UltraSparc IV system boards can run side-by-side in the same servers as the older UltraSparc III boards.
		The price, however, will be only about 30 percent higher, he said.
	news.zdnet.com /2100-9584_22-5156216.html (685 words)

	Sun says UltraSparc V two chips in one CNET News.com
		The UltraSparc V will be able to switch between two different modes depending on the type of work the computer is doing, said David Yen, general manager of Sun's processor group.
		UltraSparc V will run faster than 1.5 GHz.
		UltraSparc IV, a relatively small change from UltraSparc III, will arrive "at frequencies much higher than 1GHz," Yen said.
	www.news.com /news/0-1003-200-6775219.html (685 words)

	Q&A: Sun gambles big on future chip design
		UltraSparc V, code-named Millennium, was intended to be a stop-gap offering as Sun readied its first throughput computing processors, the first of which -- a network-intensive chip code-named Niagara -- is expected in early 2006.
		UltraSparc V, or Millennium, started even earlier, because it is a very big, very sophisticated processor design.
		But according to David Yen, Sun's executive vice president of processor and network products, the product's termination is an indication that Sun is betting everything on its throughput computing designs.
	www.nwfusion.com /news/2004/0412sunyen.html (685 words)

	Sun Microsystems - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Sun has implemented multiple high-end generations of the Sparc architecture, including Sparc-1, SuperSparc, UltraSparc-I, UltraSparc-II, UltraSparc-III, and currently UltraSparc IV.
		Sun also has a second line of lower cost processors meant for low-end systems which included the MicroSparc-I, MicroSparc-II, UltraSparc-IIi, and UltraSparc-IIIi.
		SPARCstation 1 onwards), Sun developed its own CPU architecture,
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Sun_Microsystems (685 words)

	Sun shelves UltraSPARC V in favor of the great unknown The Register
		Sun Microsystems' CEO Scott McNealy often says his company will not back down from spending on research and development, but that is exactly what Sun has done with the cancellation of the UltraSPARC V and Gemini processors, The Register can confirm first.
		"In light of that, and in order to accelerate the development of next-generation Throughput Computing systems, Sun has decided to discontinue certain UltraSPARC projects (specifically Millennium and Gemini)."
		UltraSPARC V's death triggers yet another crow eating moment for McNealy.
	www.theregister.co.uk /2004/04/09/sun_kills_us5 (685 words)

	Sun talks up another chip - ZDNet UK News
		Sun first incorporated of on-chip cache in its UltraSparc IIIi "Jalapeno" processor for midrange computers that debuted in 2003.
		Under a vision variously called chip multithreading or throughput computing, Sun is designing processors that are better able to juggle multiple instruction sequences, called threads.
		The UltraSparc IIIi+ will have quadruple the on-chip cache, or 4MB, Yen said.
	news.zdnet.co.uk /hardware/chips/0,39020354,39146156,00.htm (685 words)

	Sun and TI Release Copper Interconnect-based UltraSPARC(tm) III Processors to Systems Manufacturing
		Sun and TI also confirmed today that after evaluating test chips using silicon on insulator (SOI) substrate technology offered by a number of vendors, they believe bulk silicon offers competitive performance at lower cost than SOI as UltraSPARC products move to smaller process geometries.
		The UltraSPARC III processor design is the only microprocessor on the market with an integrated memory controller supporting up to 16 Gigabytes of memory-per-processor and frequency isolation to allow mixed-speed CPU support within a single system.
		The UltraSPARC III microprocessor comprises 29 million transistors with features including an integrated memory controller and 9.6 Gigabyte-per-second system interprocessor bus for massive scalability; support for a large 8 Megabyte, Error Checking and Correcting (ECC)-protected external cache; and a unique error isolation and correction Uptime Bus for high-system reliability.
	www.ti.com /sc/docs/news/2001/01133.htm (685 words)

	Sun bets future on US IV and Opteron boxes The Register
		The UltraSPARC IV chip is a dual core version of the UltraSPARC III chip already shipping in Sun's Unix servers.
		Sun users can upgrade their existing systems on-the-fly, replacing UltraSPARC III boards with the new UltraSPARC IV boards.
		With the product launch Sun is touching on something old and something new.
	www.theregister.co.uk /2004/02/10/sun_bets_future_on_us (685 words)

	Sun Reveals UltraSPARC IV
		The first generation of Throughput, such as the UltraSPARC IV family of processors, will enhance current UltraSPARC III system throughput, initially by up to 2 times, and later by up to 3 to 4 times the current levels.
		One advantage Sun says it has is that each thread will be to make use of the available L2 bandwidth.
		The fourth-generation chip is made up off two UltraSPARC-III cores (code-named Cheetah) and includes on-chip tags for 8 MBs of off-chip 2-way set-associative Level 2 cache per core.
	siliconvalley.internet.com /news/print.php/3090801 (685 words)

	Domain home page
		Jonathan Schwartz, president of Sun Microsystems Inc., announced on February 14th at the Open Source Business Conference in San Francisco that Sun is releasing its UltraSPARC Architecture 2005 and HyperVisor API specifications to open-source under the GPL.
		One can find the latest in news, regular updates to the FOSS projects Sun sponsors, as well as links to those with which we are otherwise involved.
		During a press conference at Oracle's headquarters, Sun chief Scott McNealy and the Oracle at Selphi, Larry Ellison, announced that the two companies will continue to work closely for at least the next 10 years.
	www.sunsource.net (952 words)

	New top-end Sun chip arriving by October CNET News.com
		The glitch, which could cause incorrect mathematical calculations, showed up only in lab tests, but Sun determined the problem was significant enough to issue a patch that dampened the chip's performance.
		UltraSparc III chips are in less than 20 percent of server shipments at present, he estimates.
		Sun was unable to meet that deadline, but the company said Monday that the chip has passed qualification tests and will ship in workstations in the next 90 days.
	news.com.com /2100-1001-270800.html?legacy=cnet (952 words)

	Technology News: Hardware: Sun Unveils UltraSPARC IV Processor
		The Sun UltraSPARC IV has a dual-threaded architecture -- two UltraSPARC III cores -- and features an on-chip memory controller that supports up to 16 GB of DRAM and on-chip tags for 8 MB of off-chip Level 2 cache per core.
		Reynolds, who likened the technology to multiple processors on a single chip, said it was easier for Sun to build the multiple cores on one chip than to redesign a more advanced chip.
		It is part of a larger strategy that will include "a more radical chip multithreading design" by 2006, which may increase throughput of today's UltraSPARC IIIi by as many as 15 times.
	www.technewsworld.com /perl/story/31843.html (952 words)

	CPU Module - 750MHz UltraSPARC III Module
		Sun Blade 1000 UltraSPARC III CPU Module Installation Instructions, 816-0416.
		Mixing module speeds in the Netra 20 is not supported.
	sunsolve.sun.com /handbook_pub/Devices/CPU_Module/UltraSPARC_750MHz_UltraIII_A28.html (952 words)

	Sunnytech offers the Sun Community Mobile, Secure, Robust Workstations Powered by SPARC, Solaris, JDS, JES and Sunray Technologies.
		Proso 2000 supports Sun's XVR1200 for high-end graphics and a Sun PCi III coprocessor for Windows functionality.
		The Proso 2000 comes standard 15” UXGA TFT panel (1600 by 1200), up to two 1.28GHz UltraSPARC IIIi processors, 16 GB of DDR SDRAM with ECC.
		Proso 2000 provides dual Giga Bit Ethernets, a Smart Card Reader, 2 x USB 2.0 and 2 x SCSI ports.
	www.sunnytechus.com (952 words)

	SUN FIRE V880R
		Vibrantsun buys - sells new, used sun memory, drives, hardware, ultrasparc processors.
		Vibrantservers.com reseller of Enterprise Servers, Workgroup Servers and Ultra Sparc Workstations Manufactured by SUN Microsystems; including Sun V880, E6500, E6000, E4500, E4000, E3500, E3000, E250, E450, E220R, E420R, Ultra 5, Ultra 10.
	www.vibrantservers.com /v880.htm (952 words)

	Sun ready to Rock without UltraSparc V
		A Sun spokeswoman confirmed that as part of Sun's reorganization announcement last week, the UltraSparc V and the Gemini processor will no longer be brought to market.
		Sun will make improvements to the UltraSparc IV over the next few years, and plans to shift engineers from the UltraSparc V project to the Rock and Niagara projects in hopes of speeding up the chips' development, Guttman said.
		UltraSparc V was the planned successor to the UltraSparc IV, a dual-core processor designed for high-end servers.
	www.nwfusion.com /news/2004/0409sunready.html (952 words)

	TBG Software Downloading
		SOLARIS_64 OpenGL (Sun Solaris 8 (64-bit UltraSPARC) with harware OpenGL)
		IRIX6 OpenGL (SGI IRIX 6.5 using hardware OpenGL + CAVE)
	www.ks.uiuc.edu /Development/Download/download.cgi?PackageName=VMD (952 words)

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