<s>
The	O
Sun	B-Application
Blade	I-Application
series	O
is	O
a	O
computer	B-Device
workstation	I-Device
line	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
UltraSPARC	B-General_Concept
microprocessor	O
family	O
,	O
developed	O
and	O
sold	O
by	O
Sun	O
Microsystems	O
from	O
2000	O
to	O
2006	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
range	O
replaced	O
the	O
earlier	O
Sun	B-Device
Ultra	I-Device
workstation	B-Device
series	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Sun	B-Application
Blade	I-Application
1000	O
,	O
introduced	O
in	O
October	O
2000	O
,	O
was	O
the	O
first	O
system	O
to	O
use	O
Fireplane	B-Architecture
as	O
the	O
interconnect	O
between	O
its	O
single	O
or	O
dual	O
processors	O
and	O
the	O
I/O	O
subsystem	O
,	O
a	O
few	O
months	O
ahead	O
of	O
its	O
use	O
in	O
the	O
new	O
Sun	B-Architecture
Fire	I-Architecture
server	O
product	O
line	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Sun	B-Application
Blade	I-Application
series	O
was	O
supplanted	O
by	O
the	O
Sun	B-Device
Java	I-Device
Workstation	I-Device
line	O
in	O
2004	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
product	O
line	O
's	O
name	O
was	O
not	O
a	O
reference	O
to	O
"	O
blade	B-Architecture
server	I-Architecture
"	O
systems	O
,	O
a	O
term	O
not	O
yet	O
in	O
common	O
use	O
in	O
2000	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2006	O
,	O
Sun	O
did	O
introduce	O
an	O
unrelated	O
"	O
Sun	B-Application
Blade	I-Application
"	O
blade	B-Architecture
server	I-Architecture
product	O
line	O
.	O
</s>
