Sun’s Rock processor on track for this year

Mar 10th, 2009 | By Rosh PR | Category: Processor, Technology

Sixteen-core Rock server chip will have a new, multi-threaded design and double the core count from the UltraSparc T2. The processor will have a new, multi-threaded design and double the core count from Sun’s fastest server processor today, the UltraSparc T2 , which has eight cores. It will be targeted at enterprise servers that process data-intensive applications like databases.

The first 16-core chips will go into midrange servers, Fowler said. Sun currently offers a four-socket mid-range server called the Sparc Enterprise T5440, which uses the UltraSparc T2 processor, and Rock will debut in a system “above” the T5440, Fowler said.