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SUN AND FUJITSU will today show off a new, purportedly
energy efficient, line of server systems based on a multi core Sun chip for
high-performance and demanding tasks like server virtualisation and
consolidation.
The new server platform line, dubbed the SPARC Enterprise T5440, will
apparently use four Sun UltraSparc T2 chips with the Solaris 10 operating
system.
SUN AND FUJITSU will today show off a new, purportedly
energy efficient, line of server systems based on a multi core Sun chip for
high-performance and demanding tasks like server virtualisation and
consolidation.
The new server platform line, dubbed the SPARC Enterprise T5440, will
apparently use four Sun UltraSparc T2 chips with the Solaris 10 operating
system.
Because each individual chip can concurrently juggle 64 threads, the T5440
server will apparently be able to handle 256 threads at once and 512 gigabytes
of memory on a single platform.
This is a huge performance leap for Sun, which previously only sold servers
consisting of two UltraSparc T2 chips.
Because, in todays tech world, performance just isnt cool if it isnt
somewhat greener than the rest of the bunch, the server will apparently boast
several energy efficient features, including the ability to shut down un-used
cores, park idle threads and reduce instruction issue rates. Sun reckons these
features, as well as the servers spruced up power distribution subsystem, can
lead to power savings of up to 35 per cent.
The initial list price for the T5440 is currently said to start at $45,000.
We'll have three, then.
Read the original article: http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquirer/news/2008/10/13/sun-fujitsu-unveil-powerful
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