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Sun Microsystems
| Sun Microsystems | |
| |
| Type | Public |
| Founded | February 24, 1982 Stanford University in Palo Alto, California |
| Founder | Vinod Khosla Andy Bechtolsheim Bill Joy Scott McNealy |
| Fate | Acquired by Oracle |
| Defunct | January 27, 2010 |
| Headquarters | Menlo Park, CA |
| Website | http://www.sun.com/ |
Sun Microsystems, Inc. was an American fabless semiconductor company that sold computers and computer hardware as well as software and services. Sun has developed many notable technologies including the SPARC RISC ISA and the Java programming language.
On April 20 2009, Oracle announced they will acquire Sun for $7.4 billion. The acquisition was completed on January 27 2010.
Processor Families[edit]
- microSPARC
- SuperSPARC
- UltraSPARC
- ... continued as Oracle's SPARC
Other topics[edit]
Facts about "Sun Microsystems"
| company type | public + |
| defunct | January 27, 2010 + |
| fate | Acquired by Oracle + |
| founded | February 24, 1982 + |
| founded location | Stanford University in Palo Alto, California + |
| founder | Vinod Khosla +, Andy Bechtolsheim +, Bill Joy + and Scott McNealy + |
| full page name | sun microsystems + |
| headquarters | Menlo Park, CA + |
| instance of | semiconductor company + |
| name | Sun Microsystems + |
| website | http://www.sun.com/ + |
| wikidata id | Q14647 + |