BM Seer Unofficial thoughts from an anonymous Sun employee

Lots hitting the wires: UltraSPARC T2, the next generation

Monday Aug 06, 2007

Many news sources now covering UltraSPARC T2, the new high-performance chip from Sun. This new UltraSPARC T2 chip leads in many ways. I'll cover the performance numbers tomorrow.

For now:
http://www.computerworld.com.au/index.php/id;898889798
http://www.reuters.com/article/technologyNews/idUSN0625780420070806
http://www.channelweb.co.uk/vnunet/news/2195718/sun-lifts-lid-niagara-processor
etc..

For some of my previous comments:
http://blogs.sun.com/bmseer/entry/news_trickles_out_on_niagara2

Please remember that the previous generation chip, the UltraSPARC T1, just set an application-tier world record (all details at link). How many times has the "old" chip with half as many threads set a world record weeks before the new one is announced?

A final note. I venture that this chip is going to lead for database, application tier, and of course web tier, oh and don't forget HPC, yes it is that versatile.

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Posted at 06:20PM Aug 06, 2007 in Benchmarks
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From your second referenced article (http://www.reuters.com/article/technologyNews/idUSN0625780420070806):

"Scott Handy, an IBM vice president of marketing and strategy, said he believes that Sun's latest chip will only find a home in "niche" markets such as Web hosting."

Obviously, IBM still believes the Internet is a niche market.

Posted by 132.25.0.207 on August 07, 2007 at 02:36 AM PDT #

When the Sun UltraSPARC T1 came out it set all kinds of world records in performance at Database, Application, and web tiers. You are going to see the same with UltraSPARC T2, already preliminary runs on benchmarks show Sun as the world's fastest on general purpose CPU benchmarks, beating the Ultra-expensive-per-core 4.7GHz POWER6.

IBM can try "niche" name calling, but it won't get traction as the results keep coming.

Posted by BM Seer on August 07, 2007 at 12:47 PM PDT #

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