Starfire

Starfire definition - computer

The code name for Sun's high-end Ultra Enterprise 10000 server, which was introduced in 1997. It was an SMP-based system that supported up to 64 processors and 64GB of RAM. Widely used and visible during the dot-com bubble, the server family was superseded by the Sun Fire line beginning in late 2001.



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