Observers have been pouring cold water on the prospects for the Sun Microsystems Inc Sparc microprocessor on the grounds that so few of the major companies that have declared for it seem to be progressing with their plans. But with chipmaking partners as powerful and Fujitsu Ltd in the Sparc camp, there’s no way that […]
Observers have been pouring cold water on the prospects for the Sun Microsystems Inc Sparc microprocessor on the grounds that so few of the major companies that have declared for it seem to be progressing with their plans. But with chipmaking partners as powerful and Fujitsu Ltd in the Sparc camp, there’s no way that the processor will not make its mark – witness the latest development on the Fujitsu front. Its Fujitsu Microelectronics Inc Advanced Products Division announced yesterday that it had made a financial investment in Via Technologies Inc, formerly Logicstar Inc, of Fremont, California as part of an agreement for the development of a complete peripheral chip set for building Sparc computers, the aim being to offer a much more highly integrated – and therefore cheaper – series of products for building Sun-4-compatible kit, from personal computers to top-end workstations.
