Comments on: The End of an Era for Sun UltraSPARC http://sweetconsulting.org/blog/the-end-of-an-era-for-sun-ultrasparc/ Open Source IT Solutions Mon, 21 May 2012 07:58:52 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: sv rocket http://sweetconsulting.org/blog/the-end-of-an-era-for-sun-ultrasparc/#comment-674 sv rocket Wed, 17 Dec 2008 06:37:22 +0000 http://sweetconsulting.org/blog/the-end-of-an-era-for-sun-ultrasparc/#comment-674 You said in your blog entry "UltraSPARC’s power hungry, heat belching chips". That statement is not supported by the facts. Compare the published specs of Intel's Xeon or Pentium 4 with Sun's Ultrasparc III or IIIi of the same vintage - the INTEL P4 was the hottest, fire-breathing and electricity guzzling monster of its time. To say nothing about Apple and it's G4 iBook that BURST INTO FLAMES in 2006. Sheesh, talk about a HEAT PROBLEM. Now bring the focus to the present, 2008. Last time I looked, my Intel Core 2 Quad QX9650 and the AMD Phenom was 140W - the Sun Niagara T1/T2 cpu is 60W. Who's got 'power hungry, heat belching chips' now? You said in your blog entry “UltraSPARC’s power hungry, heat belching chips”. That statement is not supported by the facts. Compare the published specs of Intel’s Xeon or Pentium 4 with Sun’s Ultrasparc III or IIIi of the same vintage - the INTEL P4 was the hottest, fire-breathing and electricity guzzling monster of its time. To say nothing about Apple and it’s G4 iBook that BURST INTO FLAMES in 2006. Sheesh, talk about a HEAT PROBLEM.

Now bring the focus to the present, 2008. Last time I looked, my Intel Core 2 Quad QX9650 and the AMD Phenom was 140W - the Sun Niagara T1/T2 cpu is 60W. Who’s got ‘power hungry, heat belching chips’ now?

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