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Sun Microsystems Inc. said it will begin selling chips it designs to other companies and not just use them for its own server systems.
Sun, of Santa Clara, Calif., tried and dropped a similar approach in the 1990s with its Sparc chip technology.
One difference now, said CEO Jonathan Schwartz, is
that Sun's latest Sparc chips can be used for networking devices and
other products that won't directly compete with Sun's servers.
Sun Microsystems Inc. said it will begin selling chips it designs to other companies and not just use them for its own server systems.
Sun, of Santa Clara, Calif., tried and dropped a similar approach in the 1990s with its Sparc chip technology.
One difference now, said CEO Jonathan Schwartz, is
that Sun's latest Sparc chips can be used for networking devices and
other products that won't directly compete with Sun's servers.
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