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Sun Microsystems, Inc. today announced the formation of a Microelectronics group to be
led by executive vice president, Dr. David Yen. The Microelectronics
group will oversee the developments in network, cryptography and
high-performance computing and serve as a supplier to Sun's existing
Systems businesses, in addition to serving OEM customers across the
globe. Yen, who previously led Sun's Storage business will be succeeded
by Jon Benson, a Sun senior vice president. Both Yen and Benson will
report to Jonathan Schwartz, Sun president and CEO.
Dr. David Yen to Drive New Microelectronics Group; Jon Benson to Lead Storage Sun Microsystems, Inc. today announced the formation of a Microelectronics group to be
led by executive vice president, Dr. David Yen. The Microelectronics
group will oversee the developments in network, cryptography and
high-performance computing and serve as a supplier to Sun's existing
Systems businesses, in addition to serving OEM customers across the
globe. Yen, who previously led Sun's Storage business will be succeeded
by Jon Benson, a Sun senior vice president. Both Yen and Benson will
report to Jonathan Schwartz, Sun president and CEO.
"The broad acceptance of the open source Solaris operating system
running on Dell, HP and IBM hardware shows that Sun's innovations have
value and appeal beyond our own servers and storage products," said
Schwartz. "With numerous successes including the success of our
UltraSPARC T1 processors fueling the growth of our chip multi-threaded
servers, the tapeout of our Rock processors defining new terrain in
high-productivity computing, and innovations like Project Neptune
opening entirely new markets for our technology. Now is the time to
fuel that same success with our Microelectronics products. As with our
software, decoupling our silicon from a strict reliance on Sun's
systems raises our profile and opportunity globally."
For more than 20 years Sun has been a leader in delivering
world-class silicon designs, a competency that has proven instrumental
in the competitive differentiation of generations of Sun products.
Innovations expected from the new Microelectronics group will range
from high-speed networking silicon designs to the next generation of
open-sourced chip multi-threading processors.
Yen takes the lead of the Microelectronics group with 27 years of
technology know-how, engineering vision and business management
expertise. His key roles at Sun have included serving as vice president
and general manager for Sun's enterprise server business, executive
vice president of processor and network products and executive vice
president of scalable systems. In the last five years, Yen successfully
refreshed the Company's SPARC® processor-based server line, introduced
the vision of throughput computing in the processor industry, and
released the world's first eco-friendly, multi-core/multi-thread,
open-sourced microprocessor, the UltraSPARC T1. Yen has a Ph.D. degree
in electrical and computer engineering and holds three U.S. patents.
Benson takes the helm of Sun's Storage business and will lead the
evolution of Sun's tape, SAN and archive solutions. As part of the
leadership transition, Sun's NAS and storage appliance portfoliokey
intersection technologies between Systems and Storagewill move to John
Fowler who manages Sun's Systems business unit. By leveraging the
expertise and processes used to build servers alongside Solaris, Sun is
positioned to build ever more innovative, compelling and competitive
products for the storage markets.
Benson, a 20-year veteran of the storage industry, most recently
served as vice president of engineering for Sun's virtual storage and
tape solutions business. Previously, he was vice president and general
manager of StorageTek's overall tape business. In this role, he drove
the architecture and development of Sun's award-winning tape automation
systems including the Sun StorageTek SL8500 and SL500 tape libraries
for which he holds several patents. Benson has a degree in electrical
engineering.
"The storage market continues to grow, in diversity and value, and
Sun continues to drive innovations at the convergence of the computing,
storage and networking markets," adds Schwartz. "Only Sun has the
ability to span the mainframe environment, with our legendary SL8500
libraries and crypto-ready T10000 tape drives, all the way through to
the emerging market for open source NAS appliances, via the
Solaris/ZFS-based Sun Fire x4500. We fully intend on leveraging those
assets as we continue to raise our profile and presence in the global
market for storage products."
Read the original article: http://www.sun.com/aboutsun/pr/2007-03/sunflash.20070327.2.xml
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