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Sun and AMD set to come together?
It seems AMD looks set to get another major OEM behind its Opteron line of CPU's.
[blockquote]Sun is buzzing at the moment with close to 20 new Opteron engineer hires. The boffins have been busy preparing a 64bit version of Solaris x86 for Opteron and tuning device drivers and the like. Wouldn't it be something to see Oracle join this march as well and chip in its clustering technology for an Opteron-based Unix system?
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[blockquote]For both Sun and AMD, the deal is vital for their near term aspirations. Sun is able to push its x86 line farther, expand Solaris into new markets and answer analysts' demands that it rely less on Sparc. In addition, it's a nice shot against Intel's Itanium chip, which is always appreciated in Sun country.
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[link=http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/61/33808.html]Read More[/link]
[blockquote]Sun is buzzing at the moment with close to 20 new Opteron engineer hires. The boffins have been busy preparing a 64bit version of Solaris x86 for Opteron and tuning device drivers and the like. Wouldn't it be something to see Oracle join this march as well and chip in its clustering technology for an Opteron-based Unix system?
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[blockquote]For both Sun and AMD, the deal is vital for their near term aspirations. Sun is able to push its x86 line farther, expand Solaris into new markets and answer analysts' demands that it rely less on Sparc. In addition, it's a nice shot against Intel's Itanium chip, which is always appreciated in Sun country.
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[link=http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/61/33808.html]Read More[/link]
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