eWeek.com covers news from a Sun marketing exec that the Rock (insideHPC.com coverage here) processor is due out sometime in 2008.
Azhari would not release specific details about Rock’s configurations, but did say the processor will include up to 16 cores per chip. The UltraSPARC T1, which is also known as Niagara, has eight cores per chip. Azhari added that Sun is working to finalize the configuration in its new multithreaded processor and will release additional specifics during the rest of the year.
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