Preview: Sun’s two-way eight-way

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Apr 10, 20081 min

When it unwrapped the Niagara 2 (known as the T2), Sun upped the ante, addressing some of the flaws in the Niagara 1, and pushing even more smarts onto the CPU die.

“Now, with the introduction of the T5240, they’re doubling that up,” Paul Venezia writes. “Sun introduced the T5240 [on Wednesday], showcasing the 2U, dual-CPU system as the next step in SPARC-based server evolution. I’ve had a T5240 in the lab for a few days now, and will be writing a full review of the unit soon, but for now, I’ll stick to the highlights.”

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