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Sun Kills Rock CPU, Says NYT Report

Posted by timothy on from the what-we-meant-was dept.

BBCWatcher writes "Despite Oracle CEO Larry Ellison's recent statement that his company will continue Sun's hardware business, it won't be with Sun processors (and associated engineering jobs). The New York Times reports that Sun has canceled its long-delayed Rock processor, the next generation SPARC CPU. Instead, the Times says Sun/Oracle will have to rely on Fujitsu for SPARCs (and Intel otherwise). Unfortunately Fujitsu is decreasing its R&D budget and is unprofitable at present. Sun's cancellation of Rock comes just after Intel announced yet another delay for Tukwila, the next generation Itanium, now pushed to 2010. HP is the sole major Itanium vendor. Primary beneficiaries of this CPU turmoil: IBM and Intel's Nehalem X86 CPU business."

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  1. RPS by eldavojohn · · Score: 5, Funny

    Sun Kills Rock CPU, Says NYT Report

    Sun has instead moved on to develop the superior Paper CPU while critics argue about the hypothetical "Scissors CPU" that competitors may be secretly developing.

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    1. Re:RPS by dkleinsc · · Score: 2, Funny

      Actually, the real problem is that Rock CPU faced off with Guts CPU, Bomb CPU, Fire CPU, and Ice CPU, but hasn't been able to handle Cut CPU.

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    2. Re:RPS by moderatorrater · · Score: 4, Funny

      critics argue about the hypothetical "Scissors CPU" that competitors may be secretly developing

      I've seen the supposed specs for the scissors cpu, and I can attest that rock would have absolutely crushed it.

    3. Re:RPS by Foodie · · Score: 3, Funny

      Rock CPU couldn't compete with Paper CPU, so it was canned.

  2. Actually it was crap by Chrisq · · Score: 5, Funny

    Actually it was crap. Not for nothing was it known as "The Turd Rock from the Sun"

  3. Re:Very Interesting... by AdmiralXyz · · Score: 4, Funny

    You may want to check your internet connection, I think your post has ended up in an alternate-universe Slashdot. How's the economy over there?

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  4. IBM bought Sun? by characterZer0 · · Score: 4, Funny

    Oracle is gonna be pissed.

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  5. Sun kills Rock? by SailorSpork · · Score: 3, Funny

    Wait, so if sun kills rock, sun burns paper, and sun melts scissors... SUN IS INVINCIBLE!

  6. I'm sorry, what? by kurtmckee · · Score: 2, Funny

    Intel announced yet another delay for Tukwila, the next generation Itanium

    Please tell me that's not an actual product name. (apologies)

  7. Re:Very Interesting... by rodrigoandrade · · Score: 4, Funny

    Then Sun should give them negative feedback and move on.

  8. Re:What are these architectures good for... by Funk_dat69 · · Score: 1, Funny

    I totally agree with you!

    Now excuse me while I go pitch a Windows ME + celery + mySQL solution to eBay and give them the 'real' facts.

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