Linked by Thom Holwerda on Wed 27th Aug 2008 22:13 UTC, submitted by rom508
SUN Microsystems OSNews reader rom508 sent us a note that apparently, Sun has ceased selling all of its UltraSPARC-based workstations, with only their x86 workstation offerings remaining. The Ultra 25 and Ultra 45 workstations, both UltraSPARC-based, are still listed on Sun's website, but are marked as 'end-of-life', with the notice that they are "superceded by the next generation Sun Ultra 24 Workstation [x86]". One must wonder if this means the end of Sun's UltraSPARC workstation line. As a proud owner of an indestructible Ultra 5, I must say, that would be rather sad.
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RE[3]: i would liek ot think so
by reflect on Thu 28th Aug 2008 00:09 UTC in reply to "RE[2]: i would liek ot think so"
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Fujitsu is developing an eight-core version of its Sparc64 processor, which should give a performance boost to the Sparc Enterprise Servers that Fujitsu jointly develops with Sun Microsystems.

Not once in the article you link to, do they state "workstation". Nor do they state "desktop" or anything like that, just like... the Sun chip. So what are you on about? Either you linked to the wrong article, or you're not talking desktop/workstation at all? Which is it?

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