The next-generation server Sun demonstrated, ideal for network services consolidation, compute services and database applications, will be widely available within 60 days. The server incorporates unique design elements that provide customers with extremely high density and energy efficiency, resulting in substantial savings in space and power costs. In the future, Sun will offer various systems based on the Quad-Core Intel Xeon processor 7300 series to meet the needs of multiple market segments.

"Sun's mission is to design and deliver the industry's most innovative, high performance, energy-efficient systems on the market", stated John Fowler, executive vice president of Sun Microsystems' Systems Group. "The Quad-Core Intel Xeon 7300 series platform enables us to build a whole new range of servers that integrate the very best features in system design, virtualization and system management. We will soon be introducing the industry's first 2U, four-socket quad-core systems based on the Xeon processor 7300 series, delivering benefits of common manageability, serviceability and maximum performance."