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Microsystems

Microelectromechanical systems, miniature electronic and mechanical systems less than a millimeter in size


BlackBox Component Builder

After Steve Jobs' return to Apple and the death of OpenDoc, Oberon Microsystems dropped the support for Apple with Release 1.3.3 around 2001.

Bryan Cantrill

Upon completing his B.Sc. in 1996, he immediately joined Sun Microsystems to work with Jeff Bonwick in the Solaris Performance Group.

Cranbrook Schools

Cranbrook has many notable alumni, including designer Florence Knoll, former U.S. Senator Alan K. Simpson, Heisman Trophy winner Pete Dawkins, Pentagon Papers whistleblower Daniel Ellsberg, former Massachusetts governor and 2012 Presidential candidate Mitt Romney and his wife Ann Romney (née Davies), columnist Michael Kinsley, Sun Microsystems founder Scott McNealy, former professional soccer player Alexi Lalas, and actress Selma Blair.

Dmitry Burkov

While a student, he worked in the Microsystems Laboratory of the Russian Academy of Sciences on modeling and development of various systems and networks.

InView Unmanned Aircraft System

The "InView Unmanned Aircraft System" is an Unmanned aerial vehicle that has been developed by Barnard Microsystems Limited in the United Kingdom specifically for use in scientific, commercial and state applications.

Nanomorphic cell

The Nanomorphic Cell can be considered as an extreme example of a class of systems known generically as Autonomous Microsystems, for example WIMS (Wireless Integrated Microsystems) 3, PicoNode 4, Lab-on-a-Pill 5 and Smartdust 6.

Ross Technology

It was an emergency engineering-wide Ross hyperSPARC upgrade which enabled Steve Jobs' Pixar to complete and deliver their animated movie Toy Story to Disney on schedule after the existing Sun Microsystems machines were overwhelmed in the late product development stage by Pixar's demanding new technology.

STK

Storage Technology Corporation (StorageTek), a data storage company acquired in 2005 by Sun Microsystems

Sumaya Kazi

Upon graduation, Kazi worked at Sun Microsystems where she was the senior social media manager for the Global Communications division.

Sun-1

The Sun 1 workstation was based on the Stanford University SUN workstation designed by Andy Bechtolsheim (advised by Vaughan Pratt and Forrest Baskett), a graduate student and co-founder of Sun Microsystems.

Sunfire

Sun Fire, brand of server computers introduced by Sun Microsystems in 2001


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