<s>
The	O
SPARC	B-Application
Enterprise	I-Application
series	O
is	O
a	O
range	O
of	O
UNIX	B-Application
server	B-Application
computers	I-Application
based	O
on	O
the	O
SPARC	B-Architecture
V9	I-Architecture
architecture	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
They	O
were	O
marketed	O
and	O
sold	O
by	O
Sun	O
Microsystems	O
(	O
later	O
Oracle	B-Application
Corporation	I-Application
,	O
after	O
their	O
acquisition	O
of	O
Sun	O
)	O
,	O
Fujitsu	O
,	O
and	O
Fujitsu	O
Siemens	O
Computers	O
under	O
the	O
common	O
brand	O
of	O
"	O
SPARC	B-Application
Enterprise	I-Application
"	O
,	O
superseding	O
Sun	O
's	O
Sun	B-Architecture
Fire	I-Architecture
and	O
Fujitsu	O
's	O
PRIMEPOWER	O
server	O
product	O
lines	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Since	O
2010	O
,	O
servers	O
based	O
on	O
new	O
SPARC	B-Architecture
CMT	O
processors	O
(	O
SPARC	B-Device
T3	I-Device
and	O
later	O
)	O
have	O
been	O
branded	O
as	O
Oracle	B-General_Concept
's	O
SPARC	B-Architecture
T-Series	I-Architecture
servers	O
,	O
the	O
"	O
SPARC	B-Application
Enterprise	I-Application
"	O
brand	O
being	O
dropped	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Fujitsu	O
continued	O
to	O
sell	O
SPARC	B-Architecture
T-Series	I-Architecture
as	O
their	O
SPARC	B-Application
Enterprise	I-Application
product	O
line	O
until	O
December	O
2015	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Fujitsu	O
rebranded	O
the	O
product	O
line	O
to	O
"	O
SPARC	B-Architecture
Servers	O
"	O
since	O
SPARC	B-Architecture
M10	O
released	O
in	O
2013	O
and	O
continued	O
to	O
sell	O
SPARC	B-Architecture
M-Series	O
and	O
T-Series	O
with	O
their	O
new	O
brand	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
midrange	O
and	O
high-end	O
SPARC64	B-Device
VI	I-Device
,	O
SPARC64	B-Device
VII	I-Device
,	O
SPARC64	B-General_Concept
VII+	I-General_Concept
processor	O
based	O
servers	O
are	O
designated	O
"	O
M-series	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
"	O
M	O
"	O
indicates	O
RAS	B-General_Concept
features	O
similar	O
to	O
mainframe	O
class	O
machines	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
SPARC64	B-Device
VI	I-Device
is	O
a	O
dual-core	B-Architecture
processor	I-Architecture
,	O
with	O
each	O
core	O
featuring	O
two-way	O
vertical	O
multi-threading	O
(	O
VMT	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Each	O
core	O
in	O
the	O
SPARC64	B-Device
VI	I-Device
can	O
handle	O
two	O
strands	O
or	O
threads	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2008	O
,	O
Fujitsu	O
released	O
the	O
SPARC64	B-Device
VII	I-Device
,	O
a	O
quad-core	B-Architecture
processor	I-Architecture
,	O
with	O
each	O
core	O
featuring	O
two-way	O
simultaneous	B-Operating_System
multi-threading	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
Existing	O
M-class	O
servers	O
will	O
be	O
able	O
to	O
upgrade	O
to	O
the	O
SPARC64	B-Device
VII	I-Device
processors	O
in	O
the	O
field	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2010	O
,	O
Fujitsu	O
released	O
the	O
SPARC64	B-General_Concept
VII+	I-General_Concept
,	O
running	O
at	O
higher	O
frequency	O
and	O
with	O
a	O
larger	O
L2	O
cache	O
than	O
its	O
predecessor	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
SPARC64	B-Device
VII	I-Device
or	O
SPARC64	B-General_Concept
VII+	I-General_Concept
processor	O
module	O
includes	O
four	O
physical	O
cores	O
,	O
where	O
each	O
core	O
can	O
execute	O
two	O
threads	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
With	O
SMT	B-Operating_System
,	O
there	O
is	O
no	O
context-switch	O
time	O
and	O
the	O
two	O
threads	O
share	O
the	O
instruction	O
pipeline	O
smoothly	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
When	O
both	O
are	O
ready	O
to	O
run	O
,	O
they	O
alternate	O
cycles	O
for	O
superscalar	B-General_Concept
instruction	O
issue	O
,	O
and	O
share	O
the	O
functional	O
units	O
according	O
to	O
need	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
All	O
M-Series	O
servers	O
can	O
have	O
both	O
SPARC64	B-Device
VI	I-Device
and	O
SPARC64	B-Device
VII	I-Device
CPUs	O
installed	O
and	O
they	O
will	O
run	O
at	O
their	O
native	O
speeds	O
,	O
with	O
no	O
clocking	O
down	O
to	O
the	O
slowest	O
CPU	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
single	O
system	O
supercomputer	B-Architecture
at	O
that	O
time	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
May	O
2	O
,	O
2008	O
,	O
Sun	B-Architecture
SPARC	I-Architecture
Enterprise	O
M9000	O
server	O
achieved	O
a	O
world	O
performance	O
record	O
on	O
the	O
TPC-H	O
data	O
warehousing	O
benchmark	O
at	O
the	O
1	O
terabyte	O
scale	O
factor	O
using	O
the	O
Oracle	B-General_Concept
Database	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
UltraSPARC	O
T1-based	O
Sun	B-Architecture
Fire	I-Architecture
T1000	O
and	O
T2000	O
are	O
rebranded	O
to	O
SPARC	B-Application
Enterprise	I-Application
:	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
October	O
2007	O
,	O
Sun	O
added	O
the	O
UltraSPARC	O
T2-based	O
servers	O
to	O
the	O
SPARC	B-Application
Enterprise	I-Application
line	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
April	O
2008	O
,	O
Sun	O
added	O
the	O
UltraSPARC	O
T2	O
Plus-based	O
servers	O
to	O
the	O
SPARC	B-Application
Enterprise	I-Application
line	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
SPARC	B-Application
Enterprise	I-Application
models	O
are	O
licensed	O
to	O
run	O
Solaris	B-Application
10	I-Application
and	O
Solaris	B-Application
11	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
UltraSPARC	B-General_Concept
T1	I-General_Concept
,	O
UltraSPARC	O
T2/T2	O
+	O
models	O
partition	O
the	O
system	O
using	O
Logical	O
Domains	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Both	O
M-series	O
and	O
T-series	O
models	O
support	O
Solaris	B-Application
Containers	O
,	O
which	O
supports	O
a	O
maximum	O
of	O
8191	O
non-global	O
zones	O
in	O
each	O
Dynamic	O
Domain	O
or	O
Logical	O
Domain	O
.	O
</s>
