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http://www.reuters.com/article/pressRelease/idUS112570+13-Oct-2009+BW20091013

Enhanced Server Line With Faster SPARC64 Processors Sets Four New World Records, Delivers Best Investment Protection on the Market TOKYO & SANTA CLARA, Calif.–(Business Wire)– Sun Microsystems, Inc. (NASDAQ:JAVA) and Fujitsu (TSE:6702) today announced new quad-core SPARC64(TM) VII processors and an Enhanced memory controller for the SPARC Enterprise(R) server line. The faster SPARC64 VII processors deliver up to 25 percent better performance than the previous generation and with new memory access enhancements, the updated SPARC Enterprise systems have delivered outstanding performance on key enterprise benchmarks. These results further prove the updated SPARC Enterprise servers with the Solaris(TM) Operating System (OS) are ideal platforms for consolidation and mission-critical enterprise applications including large-scale databases, BIDW, ERP and human capital management (HCM). The new processors are the second in-box upgrade delivered for this product family and are available as an option for seamless upgrades in existing SPARC Enterprise servers.

Running at 2.88GHz for the SPARC Enterprise(TM) M9000 and M8000 servers and 2.53GHz for SPARC Enterprise M5000 and M4000 servers, the new processors provide increased single-thread and overall system performance, while the enhanced memory controller in the SPARC Enterprise M8000 and M9000 servers improves throughput under memory-intensive workloads.

Any developments of the SPARC processor has to be a good thing for the end user community in terms of product choice and possibilities as well as SPARC itself in terms of development paths and commitment to the platform. The benchmarks included with the press releases are impressive and I note that the new processors continue their commitments in terms of compatibility and in supporting Solaris containers, very cool.  I remain a fan of the SPARC platform, I’m off to Fujitsu and Sun to check out more.

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