Sun Microsystems has
moved back to using Intel processors for a new enterprise
offering.
Sun had previously relied on AMD processors after dumping
Intel’s chips two years ago when it left the commodity server
space.
It will now offer a mix of both AMD- and Intel Xeon-driven
servers to address customer demand, said Sun.
The new servers will see the two companies work together to
promote server packages consisting of the Solaris OS, Java and
Sun’s Netbeans software.
The alliance includes joint engineering, design and marketing
efforts. As part of the deal, Intel will endorse Solaris as a
mainstream OS and the enterprise class, mission critical Unix OS
for Intel Xeon processor-based servers.
Intel will also get more heavily involved in the Opensolaris
project and the open Java communities.
Sun said it planned to launch the first Intel-driven servers
optimised for Solaris in the first half of this year.
Sun updates Solaris 10
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