Sun Unveils World's First Open Source Microprocessor Under GPL

RSA CONFERENCE, SAN JOSE, Calif.

NOTE: Sun, Sun Microsystems, the Sun Logo, Java, Solaris, Star Office,
N1, CoolThreads, and The Network Is The Computer are trademarks, registered
trademarks, or service marks of Sun Microsystems , Inc.lengkeek@sun. "We continue to embed more
intelligence and automation into our Platform Studio tools, so developers can
save time and focus their resources on bringing the highest quality,
differentiated systems to market faster. The new system assembly panel provides color-coded graphical
connectivity views to aid editing of bus connections, which can be used in
conjunction with the 'click-to-connect ' feature to prevent incompatible
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Kick-Start Development
To kick-start the design process, Platform Studio 8.xilinx.

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A singular vision -- "The Network Is The Computer"(TM) -- guides Sun in
the development of technologies that power the world's most important markets.

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Building walls is not an effective method of
addressing security, risk cannot be avoided.1i version offers enhanced support for C++
compiler/linker and scripts as well as new network installation capabilities.

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Kicking off the Open Source Business Conference , Jonathan Schwartz formally
unveiled the roadmap for Sun's OpenSPARC(TM) initiative -- the open source
project for Sun's innovative T1 processor -- and declared it will be licensed
under the GPL. "We're growing
our market opportunity by steadfastly open sourcing the entirety of our
software portfolio -- from the Solaris OS to Java developer tools -- and now
we're taking the next step by open sourcing the world's most innovative
microprocessor under the GPL.html . But, perhaps more importantly , they need to get new
systems up and running quickly," explains Mark Aaldering, vice president of
the Embedded Processing and IP Divisions at Xilinx.

Platform, Pricing and Availability
Platform Studio 8.1i supports PowerPC and MicroBlaze processor designs for
the Xilinx Virtex (TM)-4, Virtex-II Pro, Spartan(TM)-3 and Spartan-3E Platform
FPGAs.0.

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Meanwhile, Schwartz opened the Open Source Business Conference by
detailing the first stages of open sourcing the UltraSPARC T1 processor under
the GPL, publishing the chip architecture and HyperVisor API specification
that will enable multi-OS support and expand the overall market for Sun's
product offerings.com/cgi-bin /prnh/20020822/XLNXLOGO )
"Embedded engineers want access to all design options and features during
the development process.com/edk.

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Sun Microsystems' Top Executives Share Security and Open Source Vision to Empower the Participation Age

Additionally, Sun announced Solaris(TM) Trusted Extensions, expanding the
industry's most advanced and secure Operating System (OS) to deliver an
additional layer of government-grade security without sacrificing performance."

Intuitive Tool Suite
The improved menu-based graphical user interface and usability features
introduced with the 8.

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Scott McNealy, in his keynote presentation at RSA
Conference, discussed security by design and introduced new Sun solutions that
enable customers to embrace the opportunities provided by Internet expansion.
Sun's philosophy of sharing innovation and building communities is at the
forefront of the next wave of computing: the Participation Age . New
simulation and debug features enable execution tracing with hardware debuggers
and logic analyzers as well as processor register views from hardware logic
simulators.1i logic tools, ChipScope (TM) Pro
hardware debugger, and numerous third-party tools and technologies are also
included.

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In his presentation, "Tear Down the Walls - Embrace Risk and Opportunity
Through Security," McNealy discussed the importance of building a secure
infrastructure through a systemic approach that enhances performance and
provides new methods of business development."
"The free world welcomes Sun's decision to use the Free Software
Foundation 's GNU GPL for the freeing of OpenSPARC," said Richard Stallman,
founder of the Free Software Foundation .net.

About Xilinx
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Solaris Trusted Extensions, building on the Solaris 10 OS, provides security
features traditionally reserved for classified or high-security organizations
to any organization that requires higher levels of protection. Giving our customers more choice and driving
community innovation expands our economic opportunity and is forcing our
competitors to sit up and take notice -- we are back on offense. Sun can be
found in more than 100 countries and on the Web at sun. in the United States
and other countries.Award-Winning Platform Studio Tool Suite Accelerates Embedded
Development with Intuitive, Easy-to-Use Environment

Embedded World Conference, NUREMBERG, Germany,
Xilinx, Inc. Simplified filtering capabilities also enable developers to
rapidly generate custom design views. For complete information on the Platform Studio tools and EDK, visit
http://www. is the worldwide leader of programmable solutions.

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If
people can not trust the network they will be less inclined to share," said
Scott McNealy, chairman and CEO of Sun Microsystems.
"Proprietary technology relegates you either to a niche or to the ditch ,"
said Jonathan Schwartz, president and COO of Sun Microsystems.com

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Security needs to be built into every
layer of the infrastructure, from hardware, to software, to the operating
system, without sacrificing flexibility or performance. This latest release incorporates a new graphical user interface that
streamlines platform-based design by making common, repetitive tasks both easy
and intuitive.

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This step also opens up the breakthrough CoolThreads(TM)
architecture and enables an entirely new community built around 64-bit, thread

rich implementation to bring more choices and applications to the market
faster."
More information on the OpenSPARC initiative can be found at
http://www. More information about Sun's announcements and activities
at RSA Conference and the Open Source Business Conference can be found at
http://www.1i provides automated
board support with its Base System Builder wizard for Xilinx development
boards (including floating point support for the MicroBlaze processor), as
well as reference and evaluation boards from numerous embedded partners.

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This integration helps reduce the time it
takes to complete online transactions and offers new opportunities to connect
to the network using devices such as cell phones, PDAs and wireless sensors.

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and OPEN SOURCE BUSINESS CONFERENCE, SAN
FRANCISCO, Sun Microsystems, Inc. The new system block diagram viewer
enables engineers to visualize the entire system hierarchy, and then
automatically create detailed design documentation using the design report
generator. Additionally, the 8.9/5.1i release of the Xilinx Embedded
Development Kit (EDK) for $495 US list.

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(Nasdaq:
SUNW) executives Scott McNealy, chairman and CEO, and Jonathan Schwartz,
president and COO, today keynoted the technology industry's premiere security
and open source conferences. While the network has changed
the way business is conducted , bringing new opportunities to collaborate,
share and communicate, organizations must be able to mitigate the risks these
new opportunities present. For more
information, visit http://www.

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Contact: Dana Lengkeek
Phone: 650-786-4017
email: dana. Platform Studio 8.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20060214/SFTU075
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Security solutions
should extend business opportunities, not restrict them.0.
(Photo: http://www.1i release encompass virtually all aspects of the tool
suite, making it easier and faster for embedded developers to construct
systems that meet their requirements. Other enhancements include new,
intuitive intellectual property (IP) core configuration dialogs and IP core
search capabilities.
The Platform Studio suite is conveniently bundled with a processing IP
library, software drivers, documentation, reference designs and the MicroBlaze
soft processor IP core in the new 8.

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"We'd love to see other hardware
companies follow in Sun's footsteps.

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newscom. It is immediately available for the following computing platforms:
Windows(R) 2000 SP2 , SP3, SP4, and XP SP1, SP2, Solaris(R) 2.

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"Security is an integral component in fueling the Participation Age. "Bolting on security
pieces is not sustainable in the future."
McNealy introduced solutions that expand Sun's security platform,
announcing support for Elliptic Curve Cryptography (ECC), the next generation
cryptographic technology selected by the National Security Agency, in Sun
Java(TM) System Web Server 7.

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Xilinx Streamlines Embedded System Design With New Platform Studio Version 8.1i

1i
version of the Xilinx(R) Platform Studio tool suite for embedded processing
design.1i also delivers an extensive array of
usability features to further simplify, abstract and accelerate embedded
system development with the Xilinx PowerPC (TM) hard processor and
MicroBlaze(TM) soft processor cores.