Sun Fire is a series of
server computers introduced in 2001 by
Sun Microsystems (since 2010, part of
Oracle Corporation). The Sun Fire branding coincided with the introduction of the
UltraSPARC III processor, superseding the
UltraSPARC II-based
Sun Enterprise series. In 2003, Sun broadened the Sun Fire brand, introducing Sun Fire servers using the Intel
Xeon processor. In 2004, these early Intel Xeon models were superseded by models powered by AMD
Opteron processors. Also in 2004, Sun introduced Sun Fire servers powered by the
UltraSPARC IV dual-core processor. In 2007, Sun again introduced Intel Xeon Sun Fire servers, while continuing to offer the AMD Opteron versions as well.