The ultraSPARC T1 is amazing

I’ve been reading this blog since the first linux ultraSPARC T1 dmesg was posted there and I must say that these processors seem amazing. I had read an article in InformationWeek about them a few weeks ago and was truely amazed. Each core can run 8 simultaneous threads at once and the processor only draws 72watts.

I hope that this architecture survives, it looks extremely fun to program for. I wait for the day that these processors come into some cheaper machines, as the cheapest machine right now is $2300. I don’t have $2300 just to play with, so I’m going to have to wait. Reading the docs though, I do think I’m going to try and obtain an older SPARC, they look extremely fun to port my OS to. >:)

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