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To: The Duke of URL© who wrote (165742)	6/4/2002 1:49:54 PM
From: wanna_bmw	Respond to of 186894

Duke, Re: "Sun Microsystems will launch two new low-end servers Tuesday that use an upgraded UltraSparc IIi processor--systems that will compete with future Sun servers that will employ chips from Sun rival Intel." ROFLMAO. UltraSparc IIi??? These are yesterday's processors. What has Sun done with their supposed USIIIi processor, called Jalapeño, that they introduced at last year's Microprocessor Forum? Slipping farther and farther behind, I'll bet. Sun is in some serious trouble with the lack of competitiveness within their chips. Just look at these lack-luster configurations. "The V120 supports 4GB of memory to the V100's 2GB, and it comes with 36GB hard drives instead of 18GB. The V120 comes with a 550MHz or 650MHz UltraSparc IIi compared with the V100's 500MHz UltraSparc IIe. The new processors also come with 512k of high-speed "cache" memory, compared to 256k on the V100." Might have been a compelling platform.... in 1999. At this rate, Sun will have to become more dependent on another source for CPUs within the next year or two. My prediction is that they will go with an Intel line of Sun branded computers by the end of next year. wbmw