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Futures and alternatives

The Sun Ray's big strength: server based everything, is also its biggest weakness. For example, home use of Sun Rays works beautifully for most business applications because the bandwidth and server computing loads for those are relatively minor. What happens, however, when the consumer wants to watch a movie is...

Tags: Sun Microsystems Inc., Smart Display, Sun Ray

Blog posts 2006-08-04

Here Jini, Here Jini, Jini, jini

Here Jini, Here Jini, Jini, jiniI was under the impressionthat Jini was just another way of doing device drivers. If what you say is true, then Jini is worse than .NET in being able to explain what it is.Price+perf is what matters, not number of coresCertainly mult-core has been around...

Tags: Java, Microsoft Corp., Jini, MAJC

Discussion threads 2006-03-23

Sun touts its new chip as pure MAJC

Company says its upcoming MAJC graphics processor will also boost broadband and the Web. Says one Sun exec: 'The Web is pretty boring.' Sun Microsystems Inc. thinks it has produced some silicon that's pure magic -- er, MAJC, that is. Sun's MAJC chip -- the...

Tags: Web, Sun Microsystems Inc., VLIW, Graphics, Chip, MAJC, MAJC Tremblay, Semiconductors, Network Technology, Processors, Hardware, Networking, Components, John Spooner, Technology News

News items 2000-04-24

What's the magic behind Sun's MAJC?

New chip architecture will appear in workstations this fall, but Sun hopes to expand its use in multimedia, parallel processing and system-on-a-chip apps. Sun Microsystems Inc. revealed a few of the secrets behind its new MAJC processor architecture this week -- but the real trick will be in getting...

Tags: Sun Microsystems Inc., MAJC, Processors, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components, John Spooner, Technology News

News items 1999-08-19

Sun reveals tricks of MAJC chip

New chip's architecture enables it to process complex graphics, ranging from voice data to video. Sun Microsystems Inc. revealed a few of the tricks behind its MAJC processor architecture Tuesday. The architecture, which will result in chips that can handle multimedia at high speeds,...

Tags: Sun Microsystems Inc., Chip, MAJC, MAJC Architecture, Semiconductors, Network Technology, Processors, Hardware, Networking, Components, John Spooner, Technology News

News items 1999-08-17

Sun claims major chip breakthrough

Sun says its MAJC's radical new architecture will rock the chip industry. Sun Microsystems Inc., which is already working to overturn the established order in the software world with its Java technology, is now readying a similar attack on the chip industry. Monday, Sun (Nasdaq:SUNW) ...

Tags: Sun Microsystems Inc., Microprocessor, Chip, MAJC, Semiconductors, Network Technology, Hardware, Networking, David Hamilton, Technology News

News items 1999-08-02

Additional Resources

Is Java Windows for Unix?

Java is an incredibly successful toolset - but what is it really and how did it get to be so popular? To understand what it is and how it got this way you have to start with the problem it was meant to solve: manufacturers working on...

Tags: Sun Microsystems Inc., Microsoft Windows, Unix, Programming Languages, Java, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Paul Murphy

Blog posts 2008-04-07

Decisions, Decisions

Suns Piazza died, at least temporarily, with the MAJC desktop dream but has a nice interface: the video caller annoying you just kinda fuzes into reality on your screen and you can slam your virtual office door on him if you want to. Wish I had... ...

Tags: General, Enterprise Policy, Vistabulations

Blog posts 2007-02-22

Scale, language, and perceptional change

For most of us, most of the time, a large file is something in the hundreds of megabytes while a significant database usually has a few tens of gigabytes of real data. In many science applications, however, files start in the gigabyte range and significant databases can start...

Tags: hardware

Blog posts 2007-01-29

Crushing dreams

Its common wisdom that less than one business idea or product per hundred ever makes it to market - so, have you ever wondered what were missing, and why? On the sad but not true side, Im glad to report that at least one of the big four...

Tags: plate, Apple iPhone

Blog posts 2007-01-18

Here Jini, Here Jini, Jini, jini

Right now the MulticoreExpo that's been going on at the Santa Clara Convention Center in California is wrapping up. ARM's John Goodacre, chair of EEMBC Multiprocessing benchmark group, was planning to present a session entitled A technical insight into the EEMBC MP benchmarks that I would have loved to attend....

Tags: Java, Jini, Jini system

Blog posts 2006-03-23

Sun: Thriving on goofy genius

Mathematically, Sun should not be able to survive. But discounting Sun's ability to mount a comeback might be a historical mistake. COMMENTARY--When some look at Sun, they see a stumbling has-been surrounded by aggressive, hungrier competitors. Others see a technology visionary willing to take on...

Tags: Michael Kanellos, Technology News, Warning: DOMDocument::loadXML() [domdocument.loadxml]: Empty string supplied as input in /var/opt/include/classes/traxapi.class.php on line 47, Warning: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in /var/opt/include/classes/traxapi.class.php on line 55

News items 2003-03-10

Sun: Innovation is the big payoff

Sun Microsystems tries to make clear at its two-day annual analyst conference that innovation pays--yet much of the company's biggest plans today came from innovation outside Sun. SAN FRANCISCO--Sun Microsystems tried to make clear one message at its two-day annual analyst conference here this week: Innovation pays....

Tags: Stephen Shankland, Hardware, Warning: DOMDocument::loadXML() [domdocument.loadxml]: Empty string supplied as input in /var/opt/include/classes/traxapi.class.php on line 47, Warning: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in /var/opt/include/classes/traxapi.class.php on line 55

News items 2003-02-27

New 'Cell' chip reveals many talents

Can processors have multiple personalities? Engineers from IBM, Sony and Toshiba say their 'supercomputer on a chip' chip will be put to work on graphics--or in networks. Collaborating engineers from IBM, Sony and Toshiba have wrapped up the design for the inner workings of a mysterious new chip...

Tags: Talent, Cell, IBM Corp., Chip, Processors, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components, John G. Spooner

News items 2002-08-06

Chip trio allows glimpse into 'Cell'

Can processors have multiple personalities? Engineers from IBM, Sony and Toshiba think so. They say their mysterious new chip can be put to work on graphics--or in networks. Collaborating engineers from IBM, Sony and Toshiba have wrapped up the design for the inner workings of a mysterious...

Tags: Cell, IBM Corp., Chip, Chip Trio, Processors, Semiconductors, Network Technology, Hardware, Components, Networking, News.com, Processors & semiconductors

News items 2002-08-06

Chip designers taking the heat

Heat is becoming one of the most critical issues in semiconductor design. With today's technology, a 30GHz chip could solve the California energy crisis. The technology industry is headed for a meltdown, warns Intel's chief technology officer. Heat is becoming one of the...

Tags: Technique, Chip Designer, Transistor, Server, Microprocessor, Intel Corp., Chip, Technology Industry, Semiconductors, Network Technology, Processors, Hardware, Networking, Components, Michael Kanellos, Technology News

News items 2001-02-05

Will Sun's new chip be pure MAJC?

Sun Microsystems Inc. is high on its upcoming MAJC graphics processor, saying it will also boost broadband and the Web. Said one Sun exec: 'The Web is pretty boring.' Full story. -- John G. Spooner, ZDNet News by ZDNN Staff

Tags: Sun Microsystems Inc., Chip, Channel Management, Network Technology, Marketing, Networking, ZDNN Staff, Technology News

News items 2000-04-24

Intel, AMD: Full speed ahead

Chip competitors to hold dueling announcements: AMD's Athlon chip vs. Intel's Coppermine technology. The latest round of the Intel Corp. versus Advanced Micro Devices Inc. megahertz battle begins Monday. AMD (NYSE:AMD) will announce its latest Athlon processor, running at 700MHz, is shipping in systems...

Tags: Coppermine, AMD Athlon, Intel Pentium, Intel Pentium III, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Intel Corp., Chip, Processors, Semiconductors, Network Technology, Hardware, Components, Networking, John Spooner, Technology News

News items 1999-10-04

Meet new Amiga: Not like old Amiga

Can the reconstituted company recapture its former glory? If it does, Linux, Java and Jini will loom large. Amiga fans wondering whether their beloved brand will recapture its former glory will need to wait a bit longer for a definitive answer. No, Amiga is not getting...

Tags: Amiga, Linux, Wi-Fi, Wireless And Mobility, Operating Systems, Software, John Spooner, Technology News

News items 1999-08-13