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===Decline of RISC workstations=== By January 2009, all [[RISC]]-based workstation product lines had been discontinued: * Hewlett-Packard withdrew its last [[HP 9000]] PA-RISC-based desktop products from the market in January 2008.<ref>{{cite web |title=Discontinuance Notice: c8000 Workstation |date=July 2007 |url=http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=c01123759&lang=en&cc=us&taskId=101&prodSeriesId=408101&prodTypeId=12454 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120708122439/http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=c01123759&lang=en&cc=us&taskId=101&prodSeriesId=408101&prodTypeId=12454 |url-status=dead |archive-date=July 8, 2012 |publisher=HP }}</ref> * IBM retired the [[IntelliStation POWER]] on January 2, 2009.<ref>{{cite web |title=Hardware Withdrawal Announcement: IntelliStation POWER 185 and 285 |url=http://www-01.ibm.com/common/ssi/rep_ca/0/897/ENUS908-170/ENUS908-170.PDF |publisher=IBM}}</ref> * SGI ended general availability of its MIPS-based [[SGI Fuel]] and [[SGI Tezro]] workstations in December 2006.<ref>{{cite web |title=End of General Availability for MIPS® IRIX® Products |date=December 2006 |url=http://www.sgi.com/services/support/irix_mips.html |publisher=Silicon Graphics}}</ref> * Sun Microsystems announced end-of-life for its last [[Sun Ultra]] SPARC workstations in October 2008.<ref>{{cite web |title=A remarketed EOL Sun Ultra 45 workstation |url=http://www.solarsystems.com/products/sun/workstations/multi_processor/ultra_45_workstation |publisher=Solar systems |access-date=2012-04-11 |archive-date=2012-01-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120102074837/http://www.solarsystems.com/products/sun/workstations/multi_processor/ultra_45_workstation/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> In early 2018, RISC workstations were reintroduced in a series of [[IBM]] [[POWER9]]-based systems by Raptor Computing Systems.<ref>{{cite web |title=Raptor Launching Talos II Lite POWER9 Computer System At A Lower Cost |url=https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Raptor-Talos-2-Lite |publisher=Phoronix}}</ref><ref>{{Citation |title=Raptor Announces "Blackbird" Micro-ATX, Low-Cost POWER9 Motherboard |url=https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Raptor-Blackbird-Announced |publisher=Phoronix}}</ref> In October of 2024 System 76 introduces The Thelio Astra an Arm workstation aim for autonomous car industry.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Davenport |first=Corbin |date=2024-10-22 |title=System76 Thelio Astra Combines Linux With a 128-Core ARM CPU |url=https://www.howtogeek.com/system76-thelio-astra-reveal/ |access-date=2024-10-22 |website=How-To Geek |language=en}}</ref>
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