Sun Microsystems Awarded $44 Million Department of Defense Contractto Develop Microchip Interconnect System; DARPA Project Advances Chip Communications Via Proximity and Optical Connections to Create Potential for Virtual Supercomputer from Network of Low-Cost Chips.

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M2 PRESSWIRE-24 March 2008-Sun Microsystems Inc: Sun Microsystems Awarded $44 Million Department of Defense Contractto Develop Microchip Interconnect System; DARPA Project Advances Chip Communications Via Proximity and Optical Connections to Create Potential for Virtual Supercomputer from Network of Low-Cost Chips(C)1994-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD

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SANTA CLARA, CA -- Sun Microsystems, Inc. (NASDAQ: JAVA) today announced that the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has awarded Sun $44.29 million funding for a five and a half-year research project focused on microchip interconnectivity via on-chip optical networks enabled by Silicon photonics and proximity communication. Part of DARPA's Ultraperformance Nanophotonic Intrachip...