advanced product line articles, videos, photos and opinions

Sort by Relevance | Date | Popularity

Sun and Fujitsu merge Sparc lines

...said at a news conference. The new products, under the code name Advanced Product Line (APL), will replace Sun's Sun Fire line and Fujitsu... Read more

2 June, 2004 by Stephen Shankland

Sun CEO: Volume will drive value

Speaking at Sun's Asia-Pacific Executive Summit, Jonathan Schwartz shone some light on the company's growth strategy Read more

30 August, 2007 by Eileen Yu
Photos: Sun's Sparc Enterprise servers

Photos: Sun's Sparc Enterprise servers

...which is the new name for what was previously known as the Advanced Product Line. The Sparc Enterprise M4000 shown here accommodates as many as... Read more

18 April, 2007 by ZDNet UK

Sun-Fujitsu effort produces Sparc servers

...the companies began a partnership to build what was then called the Advanced Product Line (APL). It is now been renamed the Sparc Enterprise Server... Read more

17 April, 2007 by Stephen Shankland

Sun speeds UltraSparc amid analyst concerns

...introduce the most direct successor to the UltraSparc IV+ line, brand-new "Advanced Product Line" models co-developed with Fujitsu and using Fujitsu's Sparc64... Read more

4 April, 2007 by Stephen Shankland
Sun breathes new life into Sparc efforts

Sun breathes new life into Sparc efforts

Company has launched a new business unit to sell its Sparc processors, hoping to sell the chips to others Read more

28 March, 2007 by Stephen Shankland

Sun to ship dual-Niagara servers in 2008

Multithread efforts show no signs of slowing down at Sun, with the 'Victoria Falls' chip meaning 128 threads in a single server Read more

7 February, 2007 by Stephen Shankland

Sun and Fujitsu to boost Sparc speed

...chips are at the heart of a Sun-Fujitsu collaboration called the Advanced Product Line. The servers from that collaboration are now set to arrive... Read more

11 October, 2006 by Stephen Shankland

Sun to speed up low-end servers

...Sparc server strategy, adding low-end systems in early 2007 through the Advanced Product Line (APL) partnership with Fujitsu and then introducing Niagara 2-based... Read more

13 September, 2006 by Stephen Shankland

Fujitsu adds Montecito to its Itanium line

...Solaris operating system. A new generation of Sparc-based systems, called the Advanced Product Line and jointly designed by Sun, are scheduled to go on... Read more

18 July, 2006 by Stephen Shankland

Sun-Fujitsu collaboration plan slips

...until next year, a top Sun server executive said Wednesday. Under the Advanced Product Line (APL) deal the companies launched in 2004, Sun and Fujitsu... Read more

26 January, 2006 by Stephen Shankland

Sun's high hopes for Niagara

According to Sun, its home-grown chip fully embraces new technologies and so delivers massive performance gains Read more

27 October, 2005 by Stephen Shankland

Low-spec Niagara on the way

A senior Sun executive has indicated versions of his firm's latest server chip that aren't fully functional could find their way into commodity servers as a cheap option Read more

22 September, 2005 by Stephen Shankland

UltraSparc's future laid bare

Sun is going to unveil the latest addition to its server family next week, but the speed won't initially live up to previous promises Read more

15 September, 2005 by Stephen Shankland

Sun's bright future according to McNealy

...designer of the company's Opteron servers.) We've got the APL (Advanced Product Line) Sparc mainframe chip jointly developed with Fujitsu coming out early... Read more

27 June, 2005 by Stephen Shankland

Get ZDNet UK's daily newsletter

Enter your email address to sign up

ZDNet UK Live

Jack Strain

Just gimme a map to the fridge. :D

5 hours ago by Jack Strain via Facebook on Indoor navigation coming to a mobile near you soon
dede0202

Hello ALL USERS OF THE PIRATE BAY I WOULD PUT AN EXPLANATION ON PIRACY Story Idea ILLIGALE AND SHARING THOSE THAT NET Dissent NOT WELL BUT TO CA...

13 hours ago by dede0202 on The Pirate Bay infringes copyright, High Court decides
Sungwoo

do You know that? it can install 4G Ram. So i buy 4g and install It work! I can run call of duty 4,6,7 [Modern war... 1,2,3] Call of duty 1 was...

14 hours ago by Sungwoo on Loose Ends - Upgrading the Aspire One 522
itsajob

2. Bad idea. Making up patch cables loses you your commission from the cable supplier. 3. If you tidy up, other people can understand where the...

20 hours ago by itsajob on Ten IT jobs to save up for those rare lulls
Roberto_Store

Now On Sale, Unlocked iPhone 4S / Galaxy Note In Factory Box. Roberto-Techie(UK) ”Now on Sales” Smartphone, Android,Tablets,Gadget &...

24 hours ago by Roberto_Store on Samsung Galaxy S III lined up for sale
Paul Smyth

Is this classic FUD? One thing I would definitely have notice is a Mozilla threat to stop supporting GNU/Linux.

1 day ago by Paul Smyth via Facebook on Firefox rapid release improves Fedora Linux
UnderINK

I agree with the previous commenter wholeheartedly. I couldn't say it better myself. This is very 'Big Brother'. And while I agree with protecting...

1 day ago by UnderINK on European e-identity plan to be unveiled this month
Simon Bisson and Mary Branscombe

Nice to see that Turing's idea of a general purpose computer doing once-hardware-powered tasks in software is now universal ;-) Mary

1 day ago by Simon Bisson and Mary Branscombe on Software with everything
Jason Burchell

seriously now. I've only bothered to read a small bit of the comments. do me and the rest of the world a favour. stop saying it does not work or...

2 days ago by Jason Burchell via Facebook on Music industry negotiating over 24-bit downloads
Philip Charles Cohen

Read about it and weep, John Donahoe ... In addition to Visa’s V.me, there is now MasterCard’s PayPass digital wallet soon to arrive; another...

2 days ago by Philip Charles Cohen via Facebook on PayPal takes phone-based payments to the high street
apexwm

Leslie Satenstein : Where have you ever seen Mozilla even mention this? Firefox is the most popular browser in the GNU/Linux OS, so I don't see...

2 days ago by apexwm on Firefox rapid release improves Fedora Linux
songmaster

SHleG: Do you remember building a clockwork scorpion kit (I'm pretty sure I have a photo of it somewhere) — I think it was called something like...

2 days ago by songmaster on Software with everything
Chris Wortman

Good I love Yahoo! Their search engine is getting better than Google as of late. I find more of what I want on the first page, and usually within...

2 days ago by Chris Wortman via Facebook on Linux Mint 13 ramps up for KDE release
PatrickG

openhgs has made the point for Windows 8 multiple monitors without realising it! With Windows 7 you have to switch the mouse and so your focus...

2 days ago by PatrickG on Windows 8 could speed multi-monitor uptake
Leslie Satenstein

Mozilla has threatened to stop supporting Linux. I guess that UBUNTU is going with another browser. I indicated that if Mozilla stops supporting...

2 days ago by Leslie Satenstein via Facebook on Firefox rapid release improves Fedora Linux
Andy Bolstridge

Much as I abhor Microsoft's licensing practices, this is almost certainly down to purchasing IT equipment via 3rd party consultants - you get the...

2 days ago by Andy Bolstridge via Facebook on 6 million wasted licences and £1,200 PCs: welcome to government IT
Jack Schofield

@openhgs Windows users have had multiple desktops since Linus started writing Linux. They just haven't shipped as standard because not enough...

3 days ago by Jack Schofield on Windows 8 could speed multi-monitor uptake
Jack Schofield

@Phil at Cloud4 What, Microsoft gets £1,200 per PC and £1,622 per server? Gosh, I'm amazed....

3 days ago by Jack Schofield on 6 million wasted licences and £1,200 PCs: welcome to government IT
craigsc

You guys have no idea what is going on at Autonomy. Autonomy could have been a much more profitable organization. The sales operations at Autonomy...

3 days ago by craigsc on HP cuts 27,000 staff as Autonomy chief Lynch leaves
Moley

How does this impact on dual or multi booting? Seems to me to more or less prohibit this, from Windows 8 anyway. Will Grub 2 recognise Windows 8,...

3 days ago by Moley on Windows 8 start-up speed forces USB boot workaround