SPARC CMT Processors Reach New Markets and Customers
Earlier this week Sun announced that Themis will make and sell blade servers based on Sun's UltraSPARC T2 CMT(chip multithreading) processor running the Solaris 10 Operating System (OS). Called the T2BC, the blade further extends the proliferation of Sun's core technologies while helping to reach customers outside Sun's traditional enterprise data center.
This is exciting news for Sun because the microelectronics unit was formed to not only develop our own microprocessor technology, but also as a way to license and sell our silicon technology to other vendors and customers. It's also important to note that the UltraSPARC chip's features are critical to solving the virtualization and consolidation issues common in data centers.
According to Themis, the UltraSPARC T2 processor was selected over the UltraSPARC T1 because it has a more balanced floating-point performance . Another benefit of the T2 is that it has eight SPARC cores that can run the older Solaris applications in a native SPARC environment.
Themis mostly sells its hardware to the military/aerospace sector, various government agencies and telecommunication companies and has enjoyed a long partnership with Sun over the years. T2BC will be the first of several products Themis will develop based on our T2 processor.
"This is more than just consolidation", said Nathan Brookwood, research fellow with Insight64. Combining a Themis blade in an IBM BladeCenter means one chassis can hold Intel and AMD x86 processors, IBM processors and Sun's UltraSPARC all in one chassis, an incredible consolidation story."
"In the past, you would have to have separate boxes for each of those platforms. Now you can just mix and match blades to cover all those architectures. That's a huge story, " said Insight 64's Nathan Brookwood.
The CEO of Themis summed it up perfectly. "This blade isn't about microprocessor architecture or operating system wars, but rather about enabling Solaris applications to run natively within a BladeCenter Ecosystem. We see this product expanding markets for both IBM and Sun technology."
For more details on this week's Sun Microelectronics news,view the full press release .
This is exciting news for Sun because the microelectronics unit was formed to not only develop our own microprocessor technology, but also as a way to license and sell our silicon technology to other vendors and customers. It's also important to note that the UltraSPARC chip's features are critical to solving the virtualization and consolidation issues common in data centers.
According to Themis, the UltraSPARC T2 processor was selected over the UltraSPARC T1 because it has a more balanced floating-point performance . Another benefit of the T2 is that it has eight SPARC cores that can run the older Solaris applications in a native SPARC environment.
Themis mostly sells its hardware to the military/aerospace sector, various government agencies and telecommunication companies and has enjoyed a long partnership with Sun over the years. T2BC will be the first of several products Themis will develop based on our T2 processor.
"This is more than just consolidation", said Nathan Brookwood, research fellow with Insight64. Combining a Themis blade in an IBM BladeCenter means one chassis can hold Intel and AMD x86 processors, IBM processors and Sun's UltraSPARC all in one chassis, an incredible consolidation story."
"In the past, you would have to have separate boxes for each of those platforms. Now you can just mix and match blades to cover all those architectures. That's a huge story, " said Insight 64's Nathan Brookwood.
The CEO of Themis summed it up perfectly. "This blade isn't about microprocessor architecture or operating system wars, but rather about enabling Solaris applications to run natively within a BladeCenter Ecosystem. We see this product expanding markets for both IBM and Sun technology."
For more details on this week's Sun Microelectronics news,view the full press release .
