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To: Carmine Cammarosano who started this subject	8/6/2001 8:39:08 PM
From: E_K_S	of 64865

Sun's UltraSparc V chip has a split-personality By Stephen Shankland Special to ZDNet News August 6, 2001 9:18 AM PT Sun Microsystems has only just started delivering its UltraSparc III processor, but already the company is touting the split-personality of its upcoming UltraSparc V chip. (http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,2801816,00.html?chkpt=zdnnp1tp02) =========================================================== It is not clear to me if this new design will significantly outperform other designs (like Intel's) currently under development but rather just be more efficient when processing certain types of data. I would like to see SUNW also work on porting Solaris to Itanium as it becomes available. Sunw has a very valuable asset in Solaris and everything they can do to promote it's use will allow customers more choices based on their applications. Solaris machines using the new Ultra V chip will have a more powerful set of extended commands even if they port the OS to Itanium. It certainly would be a challenge for SUNW to support both processors but I think it would be worth the investment. EKS

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