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Is Sun's Niagara Server Viagra?

Posted by simoniker on from the best-title-evah dept.

argonaut writes "Ace's Hardware has an in-depth article on Niagara -- Sun's upcoming parallel server processor with 8 cores and 4 threads each. The article discusses the chip's radical architecture and what kind of performance can be expected from it in traditionally thread-heavy server applications like web hosting, databases, and other multi-user applications. Given the recent cancellation of the UltraSPARC V, it seems this is going to be Sun's new direction for its in-house CPU design efforts. Furthermore, both Intel and IBM are working on other highly parallel processors and AMD is expected to eventually introduce a dual-core Opteron. So, will more threads prop up Sun's performance?"

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  1. Will more threads prop up Sun's performance? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Redundant

    Not sure, but many threads here will discuss.

  2. Imagine a beowulf cluster of... by rokzy · · Score: -1, Redundant

    not these, probably far too expensive.

    but a cluster of AMD64FX's... mmmmmmmmm...

  3. As long as you wish. by modifried · · Score: -1, Redundant
    THE BENEFITS OF NIAGARA
    • 1. Gain Up To 3+* Full Inches In Length!
    • 2. Increase Your Band Width (Girth) By 20%!
    • 3. Stop Premature Ejaculation!
    • 4. Produce Stronger, Rock Hard Connections!
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    • 10. FREE Bottle Worth Almost $60!
  4. yup by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Redundant

    those servers do give me a hard-on