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To: wanna_bmw who wrote (83081)6/20/2002 4:35:06 PM
From: Jim McMannisRead Replies (1) | Respond to of 275872
 
RE:"Sun prices these systems with 900MHz UltraSparc III processors, and 8-way systems start at $234k. The mid-planes get 9.6GB/s of bandwidth, so the system is configured for reasonably high performance. But contrast that against the estimated base cost of a 4-way Itanium 2 system, whose base cost is supposed to be ~$40k. With 4x the performance at less than one fifth the cost, I can see why Reuters is enthusiastic about Itanium 2."

I can see why Tony said SUN is toast a few years ago. And why they could use Opteron...
...So much more fat to trim from tech........

Jim



To: wanna_bmw who wrote (83081)6/20/2002 5:30:47 PM
From: TGPTNDRRead Replies (1) | Respond to of 275872
 
Wbmw, thanks for the response. I was looking under 'high end' servers. PT also pointed these out to me.

In looking at the specifications it looks like the Sun box might be carrying some equipment not included in the Itanium 2 base cost.

-tgp


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