PodTech News: Sun Comes Out Swinging with Processor Upgrade
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Sun has come out swinging with a major update of its UltraSparc line of microprocessors. IBM says the chips are narrow in capability and lock users into Sun’s Solaris operating system. But Sun, ever the vigilant problem-solver techie, says the T1 chip is a very lucrative answer to real world server questions.
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SAN FRANCISCO, December 6, 2005 (PodTech News) – Sun Microsystems says its Sun Fire servers, outfitted with new UltraSparc T1 microprocessors, will make the company more competitive with Dell. The chips, code-named Niagra, operate on less power — generating less heat — with eight microprocessing cores.
Sun CEO Scott McNealy, in a press conference, openly addressed criticism of Sun’s business moves since Internet bubble burst in 2000. The company dramatically fell from its position as a pillar of Internet and enterprise computing.
According to IDC, in the Q3 of 2005 Sun lost share (down 1.5 percentage points from Q3 2004 to 8.7 percent) compared to IBM, Hewlett-Packard, and Dell which all gained. But, Sun promises it will out-engineer its competitors and return to its former stature.
Jason Lopez filed this PodTech podcast about the issues facing Sun.
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December 7th, 2005 at 12:05 am
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December 7th, 2005 at 10:53 am
John, I’m a regular Podtech listener of your podcasts and wanted to simply say that the two Jason Lopez reports I listened to this morning (including this one) were very well done. You are planning to break these out into a separate feed since they vary from your own interview format? Or will Podtech be an amalgam of various shows?
December 7th, 2005 at 10:58 am
Dave,
I will be breaking all the shows down into separate feeds and PodTech News and Jason will be separate but for now you can subscribe to Jason under the PodTech News Feed via iTunes or Yahoo podcasts. For now I’m including Jason’s stories in the main feed just to get it out there. I agree the stories are the mark of a true professional. I’m excited to have Jason on the team.
December 7th, 2005 at 11:40 am
Let us know when it’s split off so I don’t miss his reports. Heck, I’m not even a Sun fan and I enjoyed this show.