Sun Ultra 45
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Technical Specifications
| Model: | Sun Ultra 45 |
|---|---|
| Codename: Platform: |
Chicago (A70) sun4u |
| Processor: Math Copro: |
2x UltraSPARC IIIi (in CPU) |
| Clock Speed: | 1.6GHz |
| RAM: | max. 16GB |
| Graphics: | |
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The Sun Ultra 45: The Last of a Line
Sun Microsystems released the Ultra 45 in 2006 alongside the single-processor Ultra 25. The two models were among the last workstations Sun developed using its own SPARC architecture, concluding the company's in-house desktop hardware line.
The system was powered by one or two 1.6 GHz UltraSPARC IIIi processors. By 2006, competing x86 processors from Intel and AMD had altered the workstation market, and Sun configured the Ultra 45 around expandability for users dependent on the Solaris operating environment.
Built in a tower chassis, the computer supported multiple SATA or SAS hard drives and up to 16 GB of RAM. Expansion options included both PCI-X and PCI Express slots, which accommodated add-in cards such as the XVR-300 graphics accelerator.
The Ultra 45 ran Solaris 10. Sun marketed the workstation to technical computing, software development, and enterprise customers, though x86 systems running Linux and Windows were increasingly dominant. Sun discontinued the Ultra 45 in 2008, two years before Oracle acquired the company.