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July 7, 2008 Article #20254 Volume 125, Issue 2 News
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The UltraSPARC Tx line has turned into the shining star of Sun's SPARC server business 
Sun's Niagara 3 to Feature 16 Cores and 16 Threads per Core
The Register's Ashlee Vance Expects Sun to Set Multi-core Lead
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Writing in The Register, Ashlee Vance reports that "Sun Microsystems looks poised to lead the 'mainstream' multi-core race for at least a couple more years. By late 2009, the server maker should deliver a third major revision of its Niagara processor which will have 16 cores and an astonishing 16 threads per core."
Sun currently sells an eight-core "Niagara" chip that can handle eight software threads per core, she continues, noting that customers can fit two of these UltraSPARC T2+ chips, as they're officially called, into a server, providing up to 128 threads in a 1U system.
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