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Sun Microsystems, Inc. and Wind River Systems,
Inc. today announced that Wind River will port its
Carrier Grade Linux (CGL) and Workbench development suite to Sun's UltraSPARC T2 chip multithreading (CMT) processor.
Wind River Platform for Network Equipment, Linux Edition, will be the
first carrier grade Linux for Sun's CMT processors. With this
announcement, Sun and Wind River will be providing the networking
industry with a fully integrated, optimized and tested solution of the
industry's leading multicore processing hardware and CGL, enabling
companies to quickly develop and deploy next-generation enabled
networking applications. Sun's Netra Carrier Grade rack servers and ATCA blades will be the first CMT systems to run Wind River Carrier Grade Linux.
Platform Helps Customers Accelerate Delivery of High-Performance Multicore-Enabled Applications, Sun Netra Systems Will Be First
SAN JOSE, CA Embedded Systems Conference Booth #1929 and #2118, April
16, 2008 Sun Microsystems, Inc. (NASDAQ: JAVA) and Wind River Systems,
Inc. (NASDAQ:WIND) today announced that Wind River will port its
Carrier Grade Linux (CGL) and Workbench development suite to Sun's UltraSPARC T2 chip multithreading (CMT) processor.
Wind River Platform for Network Equipment, Linux Edition, will be the
first carrier grade Linux for Sun's CMT processors. With this
announcement, Sun and Wind River will be providing the networking
industry with a fully integrated, optimized and tested solution of the
industry's leading multicore processing hardware and CGL, enabling
companies to quickly develop and deploy next-generation enabled
networking applications. Sun's Netra Carrier Grade rack servers and ATCA blades will be the first CMT systems to run Wind River Carrier Grade Linux.
"Sun has taken an important step today in becoming a mainstream
processor vendor for the embedded market," said Mike Knudsen, vice
president of marketing for Sun's Microelectronics unit. "The embedded
industry is at the cusp of a shift toward CMT architectures, and Sun is
poised to be a serious player in that market. Today is a milestone in
our emergence as a processor vendor to the broader industry."
"Today's device designs demand more processing power, higher
reliability, and increased application intelligence," said John
Bruggeman, chief marketing officer for Wind River. "Combining Sun's CMT
processing technology with Wind River's industry-leading Carrier Grade
Linux platform and tool suite for multicore application development,
delivers a solid foundation from which device software developers can
design smart, high-performance applications with a competitive edge."
CMT and Embedded Market
With today's announcement, Sun can deliver the benefits of CMT
processor technology to embedded systems designers, enabling them to
increase system throughput performance by as much as three times
compared to competing, network-based processor designs. CMT also
dramatically lowers processor parts counts by a third or more and cuts
power and heat emissions.
In August 2007, Sun introduced the UltraSPARC T2 processor, the
world's fastest commodity processor. An eight-core, 64-thread
processor, the UltraSPARC T2 is powered by less than 95 watts (nominal)
with less than two watts per thread, boasts the most functionality, and
lowest wattage per core and thread of any processor in its class.
Read the original article: http://www.sun.com/aboutsun/pr/2008-04/sunflash.20080416.3.xml
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