Sun makes new server chip designs open source

Posted by tadelste on Dec 8, 2005 6:00 AM EDT
ComputerWeekly.com; By Antony Savvas
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Sun Microsystems is to make the designs of its new UltraSparc T1 server processors open source in an attempt to win greater support for its hardware in the developer community.

Specifications for the Sparc chip family have previously been available to those who pay a licensing fee to the company, but Sun now plans to release both the specs and the designs, written in the Verilog hardware description language, for free.

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