Lab Test: Sun's octo-core SPARC is made to multitask
I've had a Sun SPARC Enterprise T5120 serverin the lab for a few months now, and I've found it to be a very solid platform, as expected, and much like its predecessor based on the "Niagara" T1 processor, it's very, very good at some tasks, and not so good at others. The reasons for this performance lie in the CPU itself. The T5120 runs the UltraSPARC T2 processor, which is a single CPU running four, six, or eight cores. This architecture is a significant departure from the rest of the industry, and positions these servers to fill specific, highly transactional roles, foregoing the rest. In that capacity, they do quite well. - By the author, Paul Venezia
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