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Sun Moves Into Commodity Silicon

Posted by kdawson on from the whole-lotta-threads dept.

Samrobb writes "According to Sun Microsystems CEO Jonathan Schwartz, Sun has decided to release its UltraSPARC T2 processor under the GPL. Schwartz writes, 'We're announcing the fastest microprocessor we've ever shipped this week — delivering 89.6 Ghz of parallel computing power on a single chip — running standard Java applications and open source OS's. Simultaneously, we've said we're entering the commodity marketplace, and opening the chip up to our competition... To add fuel to the fire, the blueprints for our UltraSPARC T2... the core design files and test suites, will be available to the open source community, via its most popular license: the GPL.'" Sun is still working on getting these released; early materials are up on OpenSPARC.net.

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  1. Sweet by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    Finally a chip that you can run Java on.

    1. Re:Sweet by Lindsay+Lohan · · Score: 3, Funny

      Finally a chip that you can run Java on.
      Will these "Java chips" make me look fat?
    2. Re:Sweet by bugnuts · · Score: 4, Funny

      Will these "Java chips" make me look fat? Not if you add a little silicon(e) to the right places.
    3. Re:Sweet by larry+bagina · · Score: 5, Funny

      fortunately, the moderation system exists so we don't have to independently decide if a post is funny , informative, offtopic, etc.

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  2. Irony by Dachannien · · Score: 4, Funny

    Clicking the OpenSPARC.net link returned the message: "This Account Has Exceeded Its CPU Quota"

  3. You don't have to fab it by Wesley+Felter · · Score: 5, Funny

    Apparently Sun will sell the chips to you already manufactured if you want.

  4. Upgrade complete by Sta7ic · · Score: 3, Funny

    I always wanted a Tech 2 processor.

    Oh wait...

    1. Re:Upgrade complete by Zeebs · · Score: 3, Funny

      Get back to Eve-Online!

      /me wants a Jovian processor.....

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  5. Re:AMD and Intel just shit their pants by JamesRose · · Score: 2, Funny

    To be fair, its a bit harsh expecting the guys at Sun to meet the minimum system requirements of vista on only their second atttempt at this chip.=)

  6. Re:Sparc co-processor? by the_B0fh · · Score: 2, Funny

    T2000 huh. The last time I played with one of those, I had to freaking melt it.

    -John Connor

  7. pfft by shaitand · · Score: 3, Funny

    'We're announcing the fastest microprocessor we've ever shipped this week'

    I bet its the only chip they've shipped this week.

  8. Re:FPGAs by mrchaotica · · Score: 3, Funny

    Yes, but where in Hell are you going to find an FPGA big enough/fast enough to run a full OpenSPARC implementation?

    In the bottom of Cracker Jack boxes, 20 years from now?

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