[geeks] Sun's new Server on a chip ;^)

[Patrick Giagnocavo]

On Aug 8, 2007, at 12:53 PM, Lionel Peterson wrote:

> For those who missed it - Sun introduced a new CPU yesterday (7  
> Aug., 2007), the UltraSPARC T2 CPU:
>
>  - 8 Cores, 64 Threads of execution
>  - dual 10 Gb/sec Ethernet on the chip
>  - one Crypto unit per core (8 per chip)
>  - PCI Express expansion built-in
>  - uses 95-125 Watts power
>
> Sounds like a nice core for my next desktop ;^)
>
>

It looks great - I think it has a memory controller on-chip as well,  
meaning you just need power and RAM and PCI slots.

With the price to OEMs being "under $1000" it would be pretty  
competitive against the current pricing that Intel has on their 5355  
and 5365 series quad-core designs.

They claim 60GB/s memory bandwidth - would like to know what the real  
world numbers are on that however.

Cordially

Patrick Giagnocavo
patrick at zill.net