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New Server Chip Niagara

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the sounds-like-and-still-gets-you-excited dept.

* * Beatles-Beatles writes "Sun recently announced their latest release in server technology. The UltraSparc T1 processor, code-named Niagara, has eight computing engines on a single chip, with each core capable of handling up to four tasks at once." With this new processor Sun hopes to get a leg up on the competition. The Niagra chip is being billed as an "eco-friendly" chip because of its low power requirements. From the article: " [...] removing the world's Web servers and replacing them with half the number of UltraSparc T1-based systems would have the same effect on carbon dioxide emissions as planting 1 million trees."

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  1. planting trees versus carbon dioxide emissions by John_Sauter · · Score: 0, Redundant
    ...would have the same effect on carbon dioxide emissions as planting 1 million trees.
    I hope everyone realizes that planting one million trees has no effect on carbon dioxide emissions. Trees absorb carbon dioxide as part of the photosynthesis cycle, they don't emit it.
    John Sauter (J_Sauter@Empire.Net)