Sun, withdrawing from development competition of multi-core CPU for high-end

At GIGAZINE in AprilOracle has acquired SunWe reported that it is possible that Sun may withdraw from the development competition of multi - core CPU for high - end CPU.

NEC underwent a global deterioration of the economyWithdrawing from the manufacturing stage of the "next generation supercomputer" that becomes the world's most advanced and highest performanceAlthough it became clear, is the background of the deterioration of the world economy again?

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Sun Is Said to Cancel Big Chip Project - Bits Blog - NYTimes.com

According to this article, Sun competing in the development of high-end CPUs for IBM and Intel and servers may discontinue the multi-core CPU development project "Rock chip project" that has been working for more than five years.

This was not an official announcement, it was clarified by a leak of internal information made anonymously, Sun's spokesperson Michelle Parkinson did not comment.

Although Sun's multi-core CPU was scheduled to be released last year, sales have been postponed many times since then, and it is said that complaints from inside have been raised about numerous obstacles to delay product launch.

By the way, Sun is expected to use Fujitsu's CPU for servers, and it seems that research and development on small server CPUs will continue.