Sun Microsystems on Tuesday revamped its mainstay Unix servers with the new UltraSparc IV+ processor, a chip that doubles server performance but that soon will face new competitors. As first reported ...

Big Blue will announce new midrange Unix servers Monday amid a tightening market that has the company and its chief competitor at each others' throats. Stephen Shankland worked at CNET from 1998 to ...

As Intel’s server chips become more powerful and Microsoft addresses lingering doubts about how far its operating system can scale reliably, enterprise customers face an increasingly tough choice over ...

The UltraSparc IV+ processor will double the performance of Sun's Unix servers. The chip, however, soon will face competition. Stephen Shankland worked at CNET from 1998 to 2024 and wrote about ...