Sun Niagara 2 Processor

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Learn More

• View the Niagara 2 presentation at ISSCC Chip Conference in February 2007.
• Rick Hetherington, Distinguished Engineer and Chief Architect for Niagara, discusses Energy Efficiency and Chip Design at the Energy Forum
• Read Mark Tremblay's article on New approaches to efficient computing
• Read MPR's coverage of Niagara 2 at the Fall Microprocessor Forum
• View the Niagara 2 presentation at Fall Microprocessor Forum in October 2006.
• View the Niagara 2 presentation delivered at Hot Chips in August 2006.
• Listen to Sun's Chief Niagara architect discuss Niagara 2 in this podcast.
• Join the OpenSPARC community to learn more about the latest developments in multi-core SPARC technologies.

News

• Sun, allies broaden open-source chip push -- CNet, 5/15/07
• Sun Details Server Chip Roadmaps at Analyst Summit -- IT Jungle, 02/07/07
• Sun Dual-Niagara Servers Due in 2008 -- CNET, 02/06/07
• Sun Expands Solaris/SPARC CMT Innovation Leadership -- Sun Microsystems, 01/18/07
• Niagara2 - will blow away SQL-Server Clusters -- ZDNet blog, 12/11/06
• Niagara sequel more power-efficient -- CNET, 12/05/06
• Sun Talks Up Niagara-2 Sparcs, Begins Work on Niagara-3 -- IT Jungle, 10/26/06
• Sun Begins Work on Niagara 3 Chip -- CNET, 10/18/06
• Fall Processor Forum: Niagara, Act Two -- Heise Online, 10/11/06
• Sun's Niagara 2 doubles down with twice the threads -- CNET, 08/23/06
• Sun will generate UltraSPARC T2 with CoolThreads in 2007 -- Enterprise Networks and Servers, 04/19/06
• Sun Microsystems Completes Design Tape-Out for Next-Generation, Breakthrough UltraSPARC T2 CoolThreads Processor -- Sun Microsystems, 04/12/06
• Sun Lights New UltraSparc Server -- Internet News, 04/12/06
• Looking ahead to Niagara 2 -- Aces Hardware, 12/08/05
• Niagara 2 on Wikipedia