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EtotheC
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24 Jun 2009, 4:38 pm

http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/06/1 ... p-project/
Damn you Oracle!
If this is true I say they should release the VHDL code to an open source/ publicly viewable license. I want to see the specs for that thing.Anyone with me?



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25 Jun 2009, 2:54 am

so in not getting the chips to work, they've commited Eryn Sun...;)



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25 Jun 2009, 10:43 pm

There are some interesting ideas on that design but do they actually intend to build that thing on 65nm? Even if the fpus are shared, 16 cores would still make a huge chip on that node. If it's an indication that they've used a simple core design, then performance would be as pathetic as the Niagara. I kind of think that Oracle is just being sensible. After all, when was the last time Sun's cpu being competitive.