Paper arguing against generic location transparency systems (such as NFS) due to the need to take into account, at the application level, of problems specific to distributed systems.

Applied research and advanced development in asynchronous and high-speed circuits, optical interconnects, third-generation web technologies, sensors, network scaling and Java technologies.

Develops high-speed circuit technologies and design methods to enable novel architectures. Circuit technologies: asynchronous, low-power, communication links. Design methods: intellectual and computer-aided tools for design, implementation, test. [Sun...

Article on Marc Tremblay, chief architect of Sun's Scalable Systems Group, who began the multicore, multithread Throughput Computing program. Contrarian Minds Archive.

Article on David Yen, head of Sun's Scalable Systems Group, who directs the multicore, multithread Throughput Computing program. Contrarian Minds Archive.

Distinguished Engineer page, Sun Microsystems Laboratories.

Constraint solver benchmark, in Java; about 1000 lines of code. DeltaBlue first implemented by John Maloney at University of Washington, translated to many languages: C, C++, Java; Smalltalk. [Sun Microsystems Labs]

Article on Guy Steele, chief architect of Sun's new Fortress language, part of a larger Sun Labs effort to create a design for the supercomputer of the future. Contrarian Minds Archive.

Very detailed description of language; about 150 pages.

Research Java VM, examines better ways to build VMs. Most commercial VMs are coded in low level languages: C, assembly. Goal: write as much of VM as possible in Java, for portability, debugging, maintainability. Inspired by Squeak project.