Thread-level Parallelism for the Masses::
File Format: PDF/Adobe Acrobat - View as HTMLExamined several UltraSPARC II, III, IV, and Niagara. designs, accounting for differing Afara Websystems (2000). Acquired by Sun Microsystems (2002)
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Sun Microsystems Tuesday said it has acquired Afara Websystems, Inc., for an undisclosed amount of stock and options.
The San Jose, Calif.-based startup develops next-generation, SPARC-based (define) microprocessor technology, which the Palo Alto, Calif.-based networking giant said would fit nicely in its UltraSPARC development.
Sun's workstations based on the SPARC chips include the SPARCstation, SPARCserver, Ultra1, Ultra2 and SPARCcluster.
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Sun acquires Afara Websystems, a company that develops next-generation Sun's UltraSPARC III processor debuts in Sun Blade 1000 workstations and Sun Fire
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What Is UltraSPARC? Competitive Scenario: UltraSPARC III ? Sun's Current Installed Base: The Afara Websystems Acquisition: A Closer Look at Sun's UltraSPARC
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"Afara brings to Sun a seasoned and talented team of SPARC chip designers, whose advancements in SPARC design will help accelerate Sun's development of future generations of UltraSPARC chips," said Sun Processor and Network Products group executive vice president David Yen.
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Meanwhile, Sun continues to integrate all its software products into Solaris and of Afara Websystems Inc. to produce over the next two years UltraSparc
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Last month, Sun renewed its efforts on the UltraSPARC product line. The company's processor strategy comes a time when Intel is rolling out its high-speed server chips.
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The UltraSPARC T1 is notable for its use of eight cores (with four threads In 1997 Sun acquired Diba, Inc., followed later by the acquisition of Cobalt
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Phillip Fayers: Technology: Sun's Niagara II Ahead of Schedule::
The multicore, multithreaded Niagara acrhitecture is based on work which was done by a company called Afara, which Sun acquired in 2002.
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While Sun has been criticized for the slow rollout of successive UltraSparc versions, the processors are considered a primary component of Sun's overall product portfolio and continue to maintain a respectable level of market share in the Unix server market.
In addition to working with SPARC, Afara was in the middle of developing IP traffic management systems for Ipv6, the next generation of IP access infrastructure. Venture companies, Sequoia Capital and Raza Foundries, primarily funded Afara.
Under the terms of the agreement, Sun acquired all of the outstanding stock and assumed the outstanding options of Afara Websystems. Also as part of the agreement, Sun hired nearly all of Afara's employees.
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