Sun Microsystems Inc launched the first server computers based on its newest microprocessors as it tries to boost sales of energy-efficient, high-performance computers for businesses.

The servers, typically used for hosting Web sites and running corporate networks, use Sun Microsystems' UltraSparc T2 chip, which Sun introduced in August as the world's fastest commodity microprocessor.

Sun says the new servers deliver the same performance in a quarter of the space and at less than half the cost of competing systems.

The servers are Sun's latest attempt to gain share in a market in which it lags behind International Business Machines Corp and Hewlett-Packard Co. Sun, based in Santa Clara, California, had 13 percent of worldwide server revenue in the second quarter, compared with IBM's 31 percent and HP's 28.2 percent, researcher IDC estimated.

By: DocMemory
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