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Multi-thread SPARC chip soon to be released!!, Sun releasing Gemini in 2004!

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Posted: Aug 19 2003, 09:49 AM

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Sun to blast off Gemini in 2004
By Ashlee Vance in Chicago
Posted: 18/08/2003 at 17:23 GMT

Sun isn't getting radical just yet, but it is prepping the first of its multicore low-end processors for delivery in 2004.

As expected, the Gemini processor will combine two UltraSPARC II cores on a single piece of silicon. The chip is due sometime next year, coming in at about 1.2GHz and consuming but 32 Watts of power at maximum load. This product was built by Sun staffers but future multicore designs will come from work originally done by Afara WebSystems - a small company Sun acquired last year.

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