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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. eeek. by termos · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    First these solarflares, and now this?!

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  2. Re:NEO KILLS TRINITY by yomegaman · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Whatever. The truth is that at the end Neo wakes up next to Suzanne Pleschette and realizes it was all just a dream.

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  3. Re:departure from R&D by Morologous · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Haha! Forte... Haha! Forte. Ha!... ehm.