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List:       opensolaris-xwin-discuss
Subject:    Re: [xwin-discuss] Petition to renew Sun's Sparc workstation
From:       Brandon Barker <brandon.barker () gmail ! com>
Date:       2008-12-30 17:44:35
Message-ID: 930660572.15081230687905188.JavaMail.Twebapp () sf-app1
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I'm not super keen on the performance ins and outs of the T1 and T2, but since the T1 \
only has one FPU and the T2 has eight, I think using a T1 for gaming consoles or \
workstations would be out.  The T2 or the Rock (whenever it is out) might be alright, \
but the T2 is currently pretty pricey (at least, Sun's  servers that use it are) and \
I'm sure the Rock will be even more so with 16 cores... =(  (maybe there will be \
models with fewer cores?)  That said, anyone know how much that ATX board costs?  \
I'll try to find out also.

Since ATI/AMD has been pretty open with their specs lately, I'm guessing that \
focusing on their graphics chipsets would be the best way to go.

I have to say Sun's workstation cases are excellent - the best I've ever seen.  Do \
they manufacture these or do you think it would be possible to buy the parts from the \
original manufacturer?  Not that important ... but it would be cool.

Another thing that could be nice for gaming:  the T2 has eight stream processing \
units, making it kinda similar to the Cell processor used in the PS3.  Someone that \
                knows more about these processors care to comment?
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