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Sun Sacks UltraSparc V and 3300 Employees

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the cleaning-house dept.

bender writes "According to this article, Sun Microsystems has cancelled the next generation UltraSparc V processor even though the chip had already taped out. Perhaps this has something to do with the recent partnerships with AMD and Fujitsu?"

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  1. Old news? by Raven42rac · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    This seems like old news to me. I seem to recall Sun saying they were not going to produce their own chips anymore, and just use AMD 64 chips. I recall this happening ~6 months ago.

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    1. Re:Old news? by Raven42rac · · Score: 0, Flamebait

      How the fuck is this flamebait?

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  2. Re:Worse financial situation than we think? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    "Sure their HW and SW is top notch"

    If by top notch nardware, you mean overpriced and underperforming compared to Opteron, then yes, top notch

  3. Re:Perspective - Wrong by blair1q · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    If it wasn't for Liberal votes in the governments they answer to, they'd have mulched those oaks.

  4. M$ bought by sogoodsofarsowhat · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Sun for $2billion.... oh they called it a settlement....but then again isnt that how M$ settles things.

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