Sun Microsystems announces new T1 microprocessor
Sun Microsystems has released the Niagara processor and have given it the name UltraSparc T1. The processor has eight cores and can run 32 instruction sequences at once. Can’t wait to see these in some servers!
The UltraSparc T1, code-named Niagara, uses about 70 watts of electricity, closer to that of standard household light bulbs, and less than the 150 watts to 200 watts that most microprocessors in servers consume. The T1, which has eight processing “cores” on a single piece of silicon to give it more computing power, will be the brains of a line of forthcoming Sun Fire servers due by year’s end and that run Sun’s Solaris version of the Unix operating system. The T1’s eight cores can each handle four instruction sequences for a total of 32.
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