In a bid to keep up with rivals Intel and IBM, Sun has revealed more of its “Throughput Computing” strategy by unveiling the new UltraSPARC IV processor that uses multithreading to speed performance twofold compared with the UltraSPARC III. Sun said the UltraSPARC IV will begin shipping in systems during the first half of next year. It is part of a larger strategy that will include “a more radical chip multithreading design” by 2006, which may increase throughput of today’s UltraSPARC IIIi by as many as 15 times.
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Sun Unveils UltraSPARC IV Processor
Posted by: Jay Lyman October 13, 2003 02:29 PMIn a bid to keep up with rivals Intel and IBM, Sun has revealed more of its “Throughput Computing” strategy by unveiling the new UltraSPARC IV processor that uses multithreading to speed performance twofold compared with the UltraSPARC III. Sun said the UltraSPARC IV will begin shipping in systems during the first half of next year. It is part of a larger strategy that will include “a more radical chip multithreading design” by 2006, which may increase throughput of today’s UltraSPARC IIIi by as many as 15 times.