MAJC Faces Developer Hurdles
News Sun Microsystems revealed a few of the secrets behind its new MAJC processor architecture this week -- but the real trick will be in getting the new architecture established. To that end, Sun has outlined a four-year plan aimed at putting MAJC on...
[August 19, 1999, 9:27]
Sun Touts Its New Chip As Pure MAJC, Part II
News MAJC will then use a dynamic compiler technology, called HotSpot, to translate instructions to its own VLIW set -- except in certain applications in which customers will compile their operating system or applications directly to the chip.
[April 25, 2000, 8:40]
Sun Touts New Chip As Pure MAJC
News Sun Microsystems thinks it has produced some silicon that's pure magic -- er, MAJC, that is. Sun's MAJC chip -- the name is short for Microprocessor Architecture for Java Computing -- is aimed at delivering superior processing for multimedia, and...
[April 25, 2000, 8:05]
Sun Reveals MAJC Secrets
News Sun Microsystems revealed a few of the tricks behind its MAJC processor architecture Tuesday. The MAJC architecture allows for the execution of up to four instructions in parallel. MAJC supports the ability for multiple processors to be placed on a...
[August 18, 1999, 9:47]
Sun Sees More Visualisation
News Potentially far more important though, Sun last week said manufacturing had begun for its MAJC processor through partner IBM. MAJC, which stands for Microprocessor Architecture for Java Computing and is pronounced 'Magic', is intended to accelerate...
[April 26, 2000, 14:34]
Sun Claims Major Chip Breakthrough
News A brainchild of the company's chief scientist, Bill Joy, the new chip is dubbed MAJC, which is pronounced "magic" and stands for "microprocessor architecture for Java computing. Thanks to an unusual design that essentially turns a single chip into...
[August 2, 1999, 13:41]
PlayStation 3 Chip Nears Completion
News The first MAJC chip was originally slated for multimedia processing, a job similar to Cell's. But efforts to create similar, more generic multiple-core processors -- including MAJC (pronounced "magic"), a very similar effort by Sun Microsystems...
[August 6, 2002, 13:07]
Sun Reveals High-tech Rock
News The Rock chips combine technology from Sun's own MAJC chip with technology from Afara Websystems, which specialised in chips with multiple processor cores on the same slice of silicon, sources said. MAJC didn't succeed in its original intent...
[February 11, 2004, 8:50]
Ballmer And Gates Are Quitters, Says Sun Boss
Talkback Ask Scott about the demise of the following, each touted as ‘strategic’ in their day: ï‚· JOE ï‚· NEO ï‚· Enterprise Manager ï‚· Domain Manager ï‚· Site Manager ï‚· Job Scheduler ï‚· Java Management API (JMAPI) ï‚· Javastations 1 and 2 ï...
[August 4, 2003, 14:57]
Intel V AMD: Let The Battle Begin - Part2
News Also expected to be making announcements at the show are Sun Microsystems which will disclose additional details on its Microprocessor Architecture for Java Computing or MAJC chip. Also at the Microprocessor Forum AMD will discuss its plans to...
[October 4, 1999, 15:54]
Meet The New Amiga: It's Not Like The Old Amiga
News One such technology Amiga plans to evaluate is Sun Microsystems Inc.s MAJC chip, a processor aimed at use in graphically intense, thin-client or appliance applications. Amiga fans wondering whether their beloved brand will recapture its former...
[August 13, 1999, 9:06]
Intel: Heat Critical Issue In Chip Design
News Meanwhile, IBM will discuss a 1.1GHz Power4 server processor that contains two processor cores while Sun will present a paper on a dual processor chip from its MAJC family for devices. Heat is becoming one of the most critical issues in computer...
[February 5, 2001, 14:11]
Sun Chip To Mix Old And New
News Sun came out with a dual-core multimedia chip, called MAJC, earlier but it never made much of a dent commercially. Gemini, the first chip in a new line of "h series" microprocessors to be launched in 2004, will fit two processor cores -- the brain...
[August 18, 2003, 10:10]
