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Sun Microsystems, Inc. today unveiled its Sun Multithreaded 10 Gig E Networking Technology,
the first network interface specifically designed to accelerate
multi-threaded application performance by optimizing I/O throughput
within environments that utilize parallel threads. Sun's silicon
innovation represents a revolutionary multi-threaded approach to
connecting processors to the network.
Sun First to Offer 10 Gigabit Multi-Threaded Network
Performance with Innovative Silicon Technology; Compliments Performance
Advantages Of Solaris 10 Operating System And CMT Processors
Sun Microsystems, Inc. today unveiled its Sun Multithreaded 10 Gig E Networking Technology,
the first network interface specifically designed to accelerate
multi-threaded application performance by optimizing I/O throughput
within environments that utilize parallel threads. Sun's silicon
innovation represents a revolutionary multi-threaded approach to
connecting processors to the network. Today's application and network
environments are increasingly threaded, a trend Sun saw years before
anyone else when it built the industry's first multi-threaded operating
system (OS): Solaris. Today, Sun is the undisputed leader in
multi-core, multi-thread technology, with the Solaris OS, and the UltraSPARC T1 processor.
Sun can now extend its multi-threaded leadership from the operating
system, to the processor, and onto the network. While Sun's new Sun
Multithreaded 10 Gig E Networking Technology is optimized for chip
multi-threading (CMT) environments, it improves network performance for
all processors.
Also today, Sun is introducing the first product based on the Sun
Multithreaded 10 Gig E Networking Technology, the Sun Multithreaded
Networking Card. It is ideal for virtualization because you can assign
the right amount of network bandwidth to all virtualized applications.
It also speeds other network intensive applications and services, such
as: fast database access and backup, large data warehousing, web
infrastructure, cluster computing, and video streaming. Sun plans to
incorporate its unique Sun Multithreaded 10 Gig E Networking Technology
across all product lines, including in future processors, motherboards,
blades and switches. The Niagara 2 processor - scheduled to be
introduced in the second half of this year - will incorporate the
networking technology directly on the processor. The card supports
Linux now and will support Windows in the future.
"When we started developing multi-core processors we discovered a
fundamental challenge: networking devices were designed to speak with
one processor, not multiple cores or threads, which limited overall
performance," said John Fowler, executive vice president, Sun's Systems
group. "The Sun Multithreaded 10 Gig E Networking Technology solves
this problem: its the first network interface that speaks fluently with
today's advanced processors. No one knows more about multi-threading
then Sun. And with the tight integration between the Solaris OS, our
CMT processors, and our new 10Gb Ethernet technology, we can deliver an
integrated, optimized network environment with unmatched throughput."
More On The Sun Multithreaded 10 Gig E Networking Technology
The Sun Multithreaded 10 Gig E Networking Technology is designed to
work in multi-threaded environments by employing multiple DMA channels
to reduce the need for CPU resources for I/O processing. When paired
with SPARC or X64 based multi-core servers, the Sun Multithreaded 10
Gig E Networking Technology can deliver application performance
improvements of up to four times Sun's current network interfaces and
has significantly higher throughput than the competition. The Sun
Multithreaded 10 Gig E Networking Technology is also designed to take
advantage of the Solaris OS' threaded design for maximum throughput,
regardless of the processor. The new Sun Multithreaded 10 Gig E
Networking Technology leverages Sun's tradition of design innovation
for high performance and has resulted in 22 patents being awarded to
Sun for this technology.
New Network Card
The Sun Multithreaded Networking Card - now available - can deliver
up to 10 times the throughput at 1/3 the cost per gigabit, as compared
to the equivalent number of 1Gb Ethernet cards. The Sun Multithreaded
Networking Card features dual 10Gb Ethernet ports that can deliver a
true line-rate of 10Gb when used with a CMT server, such as the Sun
Fire T1000 and T2000.
Pricing for the Sun Multithreaded Networking Card starts at $498US per
10Gb Ethernet port. The card can be tried risk-free for 60 days throughSun's Try and Buy program.
To purchase the Sun Multithreaded Networking Card or to learn more
about how Sun can deliver an entire, end-to-end multi-threaded
computing environment, please visit: http://www.sun.com/products/networking/ethernet/10gigethernet/get_it.jsp
Read the original article: http://www.sun.com/aboutsun/pr/2007-02/sunflash.20070220.1.xml
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