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Sun To Build Opteron Servers

Posted by timothy on from the getting-in-on-the-new-deal dept.

geekee writes "According to an article at CNET, Sun is planning on creating Opteron-based servers. These are expected to include 2-processor and 4-processor models running either Solaris or Linux. This move isn't surprising, given the performance and cost gaps between the Opteron and UltraSPARC processors. A move to Opteron would allow them to be more competitve in cost and focus more on what they're good at, designing systems, not processors."

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  1. Re:another dell/HP by the_2nd_coming · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    last time I checked, DELL and HP did not have all the other Ancillary Business units that SUN has going. and comparing a Dell system to a SUN is just wrong headed. I am sure SUN will have al the best interconnects and such on a board that hey build for performance, where DELL just takes crap off the heap and slaps it together.

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  2. The question all slasdotters want to know ... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    will it run SCO Unix ???