[rescue] What Linux can run on Sun Fire V890 (UltraSparc IV+) server
Jonathan Groll
lists at groll.co.za
Thu Dec 3 03:21:42 CST 2009
On Thu, Dec 03, 2009 at 11:07:51AM +0200, Jonathan Groll wrote:
> On Wed, Dec 02, 2009 at 05:39:09PM -0500, nate at portents.com wrote:
>> Speaking of fast SPARC hardware, how about Fujitsu's SPARC64 VIIIfx CPU (8
>> cores, 128 gigaflops)?
>>
>
> Something I've been unable to gauge accurately in my web wandering is
> - how much better are Fujitsu's SPARC processors, when compared to the
> recent Sun offerings?
>
> The wikipedia SPARC page(1) lists them in a column ranked by processor
> freq. and cores, is this something like the actual performance
> ability?:
>
> Name (codename) Model Frequency (MHz) Arch. version Year
Total threads
>
> UltraSPARC IV (Jaguar) Sun SME1167 1050b1350 V9 2004
> 1C2=2 UltraSPARC IV+ (Panther) Sun SME1167A 1500b2100 V9 2005
> 1C2=2 UltraSPARC T1 (Niagara) Sun SME1905 1000b1400
> V9 / UA 2005 2005 4C8=32 SPARC64 VI (Olympus-C) Fujitsu
> 2150b2400 V9/JPS2 2007 2C2=4 UltraSPARC T2 (Niagara 2)
> Sun SME1908A 1000b1600 V9 / UA 2007 2007 8C8=64
> UltraSPARC T2 Plus (Victoria Falls) Sun SME1910A 1200b1600 V9 / UA
> 2007 2008 8C8=64 SPARC64 VII (Jupiter) [10]
> Fujitsu 2400b2520 V9/JPS2(?) 2008 2C4=8 UltraSPARC
> RK (Rock)[11] Sun SME1832 2300 V9 / UA__?__ canceled?[12]
> 2C16=32 SPARC64 VIIIfx (Venus)[13][14] ? ? V9 TBA
> 8 cores
>
> Also, anyone able to comment on the future of UltraSparc RK (Rock) ==
> is it still going to be produced?
>
A (somewhat) tidier version of the above table:
Name (codename) Model Frequency (MHz) Total
threads
UltraSPARC IV (Jaguar) Sun SME1167 1050b1350 1C2=2
UltraSPARC IV+ (Panther) Sun SME1167A 1500b2100 1C2=2
UltraSPARC T1 (Niagara) Sun SME1905 1000b1400 4C8=32
SPARC64 VI (Olympus-C) Fujitsu 2150b2400 2C2=4
UltraSPARC T2 (Niagara 2) Sun SME1908A 1000b1600 8C8=64
UltraSPARC T2 Plus (Victoria Falls) Sun SME1910A 1200b1600 8C8=64
SPARC64 VII (Jupiter) [10] Fujitsu 2400b2520 2C4=8
UltraSPARC RK (Rock)[11] Sun SME1832 2300 2C16=32
SPARC64 VIIIfx (Venus)[13][14] ? ? 8 cores
Apologies for the tabs originally,
Jonathan.
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