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Jonathan Schwartz Shows 32-Way UltraSPARC Chip

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the much-that-is-hidden dept.

Megaslow writes "The latest entry in Jonathan Schwartz's blog has pictures of Sun's Project Niagra chip, with 8 cores * 4 threads per core for a 32-way computer on single chip. He also shows what looks to be a test rig reportedly already up and running Solaris 10."

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  1. I'd be ALL SET FOREVER by gunnk · · Score: 5, Funny

    I'd be all set FOREVER if I could only get 20 of these! I mean...

    640 Processors should be enough for anyone! :-)

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  2. Re:Wow by Mysticalfruit · · Score: 5, Funny

    When I first read the headline, I thought it said "Nigeria" not "Niagra" and all I could think of was what the boot messages would look like....

    I am of great luck that I have found you in my booting time of need. ...
    Before my father passed away he moved 32 MILLION BYTES of CACHE to a daughter board on the pci bus. I have contacted the pci controller, and explained your GRANT request. ...
    I need you to send me a copy of your PID, your UID, your address and your IRQ.

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