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Technology Stocks : Advanced Micro Devices - Moderated (AMD)
AMD 209.12+0.7%3:59 PM EST

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To: maui_dude who wrote (71455)2/11/2002 10:12:27 PM
From: Joe NYCRead Replies (3) of 275872
 
Sun to use X86-based MPUs as it supports Linux

By Crista Souza
EBN (02/11/02, 02:03:50 PM EST)

Sun Microsystems Inc. has ended more than a year of speculation by announcing it would for the first time adopt X86 microprocessors in its server products.

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Still uncertain is whether Sun will endorse the IA-64 architecture from longtime rival Intel Corp., or side with Advanced Micro Devices Inc., which is about six months away from releasing its 64-bit Hammer device. The Hammer, in particular, is said to be well suited for database server applications of the kind that Sun's products address, analysts said.

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Sun's anti-X86 stance may have softened with its September 2000 acquisition of Cobalt Networks, which used AMD and MIPS-based processors in its server appliances.


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