Sun Labs Open House Highlights Community Contribution to Research
Projects
High Productivity Programming Tools, Virtual Workspaces, Massively
Scalable Online Game Server, New Web Programming Environments, and Other
Projects Discussed; Community of Research Partners Can Participate at www.research.sun.com
SANTA CLARA, Calif. (Business Wire EON) April 10, 2008 --
Sun Microsystems, Inc. (NASDAQ:JAVA) today opened the doors of Sun Labs
for its annual open house. Founded in 1991, Sun Microsystems
Laboratories is an applied research facility and an integral part of
Sun's overall research and development program. Many of Sun Labs
innovative technologies are available as open-source software and
hardware, welcoming communities of research partners to participate in
the development of next-generation technologies. To see video
presentations and download the latest open source code from Sun Labs,
visit http://www.research.sun.com.
Guests at the Open House attended talks and demos given by 44 of Sun's
leading research scientists, Sun Fellows and Distinguished Engineers.
Highlights of the day included the project Sun(TM) Small Programmable
Object Technology (SPOT) hands-on lab, and technology demos which
included the Sun(TM) Labs Lively Kernel project, Project Wonderland,
Project Aura, and OpenSPARC(TM), and provided a behind-the-scenes view
of Sun's most innovative research.
"Sun Labs has delivered measurable and results-oriented innovation
through its history and by increasingly adding collaboration to our
innovation, we’re taking the our research
projects even further," said Bob Sproull, director of Sun Labs and a Sun
Fellow. "Our open sourced prototypes are effectively building
communities of research partners, inviting participation and disruptive
thinking from developers outside of Sun Labs and the broader Sun
community.”
Research projects displayed at the 2008 Sun Labs Open House include:
-
Project Fortress – Led by the Sun Labs
Programming Language Research Group, Fortress is a new programming
language designed for high-performance computing (HPC) designed to
deliver high programmer productivity. Project Fortress Version 1.0 was
released March 31, 2008, as open source and is available at http://projectfortress.sun.com/Projects/Community/
-
Project Darkstar - A Java(TM) technology-based software infrastructure
to simplify the development and operation of massively scalable online
games, virtual worlds, and social networking applications., Project
Darkstar is open source and is available at http://www.projectdarkstar.com/
-
Project Sun(TM) SPOT – An experimental
platform for developing wireless sensor, robotics and swarm
intelligence applications entirely in Java technology. The entire
system, including hardware, operating system Java Virtual Machine,
drivers and applications is available as Open Source on Java.net. Sun
SPOT Developer Kit available at http://www.sunspotworld.com/
-
Project Wonderland – A toolkit for building
3D virtual worlds, powered by Project Darkstar, is the basis for
research into collaborative work and education environments. More
information at https://lg3d-wonderland.dev.java.net/
-
Project Caroline – Ongoing research into
technologies for rapid and efficient development and delivery of
dynamically scalable Internet-based services. Learn more: https://www.projectcaroline.net/main/
About Sun Microsystems, Inc.
Sun Microsystems develops the technologies that power the global
marketplace. Guided by a singular vision –
"The Network is the Computer(TM)," Sun drives network participation
through shared innovation, community development and open source
leadership. Sun can be found in more than 100 countries and on the Web
at http://sun.com.
Sun, Sun Microsystems, the Sun logo, Java, Solaris and The Network Is
The Computer are trademarks or registered trademarks of Sun
Microsystems, Inc. in the United States and other countries.
All SPARC trademarks are used under license and are trademarks or
registered trademarks of SPARC International, Inc. in the US and other
countries. Products bearing SPARC trademarks are based upon an
architecture developed by Sun Microsystems, Inc.
MULTIMEDIA GALLERY http://www.businesswire.com/cgi-bin/mmg.cgi?eid=5653694
Post Comment:
Trackback URL: http://eon.businesswire.com/pingpr.php/WmV0YS1TdW1tLVpldGEtUHJvZi1TdW1tLVplcm8=
Bookmark -
Del.icio.us |
Digg |
Furl It |
Spurl |
RawSugar |
Simpy |
Shadows |
Blink It |
My Web
|
