I am of the same opinion concerning the T1 & T2 CMT chips. At $WORK, we have been replacing V490's like crazy with T5K servers, and they do well for my application, at least IMHO, because it is very thread oriented.
I am not certain that a Niagra II chip would be optimal for general workstation loads. My initial thought is that the Sparc VII chip from Fujitsu, which is showing up in the M3K servers might provide a better experience in a workstation environment. I don't have any evidence to back that up on way or another though, and I also don't have any idea what type of price point Sun would have to put on such a system. thoughts???? Jerry Brandon Barker wrote: > I'm not super keen on the performance ins and outs of the T1 and T2, > but since the T1 only has one FPU and the T2 has eight, I think using > a T1 for gaming consoles or workstations would be out. The T2 or the > Rock (whenever it is out) might be alright, but the T2 is currently > pretty pricey (at least, Sun's servers that use it are) and I'm sure > the Rock will be even more so with 16 cores... =( (maybe there will > be models with fewer cores?) That said, anyone know how much that > ATX board costs? I'll try to find out also. > STUFF DELETED HERE.
