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• Sun open-sources UltraSparc T1 processor design
  Tuesday 21 March 2006 – 11:04
  Sun today delivered on the promise to open-source the processor design of its multi-core UltraSparc T1 CPU under a free GNU GPL license. The announcement follows an earlier publication of "Hypervisor" API specifications, which allow companies to port Linux, BSD and other operating systems to the UltraSparc T1 platform.
• Sun launches UltraSparc T2 servers
  Tuesday 9 October 2007 – 10:21 in Consumer Electronics
  Las Vegas (NV) – Sun is rolling out the first three servers based on its 64-thread UltraSparc T2 processor, previously code-named Niagara. he first systems integrating the T2 CPU will be the rackmount servers T5120 and 5220 as well as the T6320 blade mo ...
• Sun UltraSparc III chip glitch found
  Thursday 5 April 2001 – 07:58
  Sun Microsystems has issued a software patch for a design glitch in its new UltraSparc III processor.
• Sun and TI Push Copper UltraSPARC III Processors For Systems Manufacturing
  Tuesday 31 July 2001 – 08:46
  Sun Microsystems and Texas Instruments told us yesterday that copper interconnect-based versions of the 900 MHz UltraSPARC III microprocessor have passed all internal qualifications tests and are planned for shipment in Sun Blade 1000 workstations within the next 90 days.
• Sun tapes out 64-thread T2 processor
  Wednesday 12 April 2006 – 06:53
  Buried in a press release that touts the availability of a new entry-level T1000 server, Sun indicated that it is preparing mass production of the next-generation UltraSparc T2 CPU, which will be able to process up to 64 threads simultaneously - or up to 256 threads in a four-way server system.