SANTA CLARA, Calif., July 16, 2007 – Intel Corporation today announced availability for Sun Microsystems' Solaris* Operating System on Intel-based telecommunications rack and blade servers just months after a broad agreement between the two companies. The systems are carrier grade rack mount servers that are Network Equipment-Building System (NEBS) Level 3 and European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI) compliant, and blades that adhere to the Advanced Telecom Computing Architecture* (ATCA), a series of industry specification standards for next generation carrier grade communications equipment.

The combination of Solaris 10 operating system (OS) on telecommunications servers from Intel increases the choices for service providers and telecommunications equipment manufacturers wishing to keep existing applications and deploy next-generation applications within their preferred operating system environment. The new Intel® Carrier Grade Rack Mount Server TIGW1U is the first Intel carrier grade server shipping today that supports both Linux and Solaris OS. The Intel® NetStructure® MPCBL0050 Single Board Computer (SBC), based on the ATCA architecture will ship in the third quarter of 2007 and also will support both Linux and Solaris OSs.

“Intel has worked closely with the communications industry for many years to promote more open, standards-based platforms,” said Doug Davis, vice president and general manager of Intel’s Embedded and Communications Group. “Collaborating with Sun to offer the highly reliable Solaris OS is another great choice to serve the needs of communications customers. We’re combining the benefits of the Solaris OS with the price performance and energy efficiency advantages of Intel architecture on carrier grade platforms.”

The TIGW1U and MPCBL0050 allow operators that require NEBS-certified platforms to deploy their applications in both a rack mount server and bladed architecture.

“Sun and Intel are collaborating to bring customers Intel telecommunications servers running the Solaris OS. Telco companies world wide have already adopted the Solaris 10 OS with features like Solaris Dynamic Tracing (DTrace), Solaris containers and predictive self healing,” said Marc Hamilton, vice president, Solaris Marketing at Sun Microsystems. “Intel is listening to their customers and adding Solaris to their product and support mix. This now allows Intel to deliver the price performance and efficiency of IA and the reliability of the Solaris OS on their new telco servers. We are excited about working with Intel and helping them deliver these new Solaris-based products to their telco customers.”

The Intel Carrier Grade Rack Mount Server TIGW1U has completed Solaris Hardware Certification Test Suite (HCTS) and is posted on Sun’s Hardware Compatibility List (HCL) Web site (www.sun.com/bigadmin/hcl). This server can now be deployed with the Solaris 10 OS or other carrier-grade operating systems, including MontaVista, Red Hat and Wind River. The Intel NetStructure MCPBL0050 SBC is also going through HCTS and is expected to be certified for the Solaris 10 OS when it is released.

The Intel Carrier Grade Rack Mount Server TIGW1U costs $1,898 and is presently available. The Intel NetStructure MPCBL0050 will cost $5,169 when available in the third quarter. Intel, the world leader in silicon innovation, develops technologies, products and initiatives to continually advance how people work and live. Additional information about Intel is available at www.intel.com/pressroom.