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Sun To Use AMD Mobile Processor In Blade Servers

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the who'da-thunk-it dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Looks like AMD is finally making some headway into supplying 1st tier business computer makers which the announcement that Sun will use their chips in upcoming blade servers. Apparently CNET can't help but speculate what this means for AMD's 64 bit Hammer."

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  1. But what about the end of Sun? by stewartj · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Cringely seems to think that Sun won't last long though, so will there be long-term benefit to AMD?

  2. Sun wants Solaris to be known as the 64 bit OS by bartash · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Sun wants 64 bit capability to be a differentiator for Solaris. So they will not rush to use AMD's 64 bit offerings.

    OTOH who is going to try to make a go of AMD/64? For sure not any of the system vendors who have commited to IA64. That means no Dell, no IBM, no HP. So there is an opportunity for Sun.

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  3. Press by Fished · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Is it just me, or is 64-bit computing, the hammer, and AMD getting a lot of press for the past few days? I wonder if this is the start of a big media blitz.

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  4. Re:Good news for Linux by Geekboy(Wizard) · · Score: 4, Interesting

    No they are not. Sun still wants you to run Solaris. I am trying to buy a Sun machine (to run OpenBSD on), and they won't return my calls.

    Fine. Don't take my money. Don't save on the lack of support calls you'll get. Save money on my lack of downloading your service packs. Sun is retarded for ignoring those who just want hardware.

  5. This isn't the first time AMD has been here... by xenophrak · · Score: 5, Interesting


    Sun has used AMD CPU's before, although not in the primetime in their servers. They did use them in the SunPCi cards for workstations. I still have one.

    The reason that Sun used AMD (the K6-2, I believe) instead of a Pentium, like they did with the SunPCi 2, is that at the time it made more sense price-wise. I see no difference here.

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