Sun set to tape out Rock
Fanny More  |  by www.theinquirer.net. All rights reserved. 11.12 | 20:52

SUN'S NEXT processor line will pack 16 cores and tape out by the end of the year, according to a report on News.com. With all the fuss over Intel versus AMD, it is sometimes forgotten that multicore processors are nothing new and that IBM and Sun had the lead on both of the best names in x86 design.

Codenamed Rock, the Sun chip will double the core count of the current UltraSparc T1 generation, still better known by its Niagara codename.

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