Sun teams with Intel, aims for broader x86 user base

29.01.2007

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Two-year hardware cycles

2003 Sun says it will start selling Solaris and Linux servers based on AMD's Opteron processor.

2005 The company drops a line of Intel-based servers and standardizes on Opteron for x86 hardware.

2007 Sun signs a new agreement to use Intel's Xeon chips in servers and workstations.