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| [SPARC T5, courtesy Oracle Corporation] |
Abstract:
John Shell, Senior Director of Systems Partner Enablement for Oracle, hosts Rick Hetherington, VP of Hardware Development for Oracle, to discuss Oracle’s SPARC T5 Processor.
Interview Notes:
SPARC T4 Summary:
- S3 Cores, clocked at 3.0 GHz
- Crypto Cores inserted into Core with additional instructions, highest level of crypto performance in the industry
SPARC T5 Summary:
- Same S3 Cores
- Faster clock rate, more cores
- Improvement in 1 year
Solaris Summary:
- Solaris 10 and Solaris 11 have both been optimized for T4 & T5
- Enhanced security library, thread scheduling, improved vm system
- Adding additional features into SPARC for Oracle stack optimizations
- Industry leading performance on long list of ISV's
Partner Summary:
- Oracle continues to invest hevily into SPARC and Solaris
- Continual flow of ever improving SPARC processors
- SPARC processors will continue to form heart of engineered systems
Q-A
- Is T5 a Systems on a Chip? Yes
- What is the value of 28nm? Transistors are smaller, more functionality on die, improved cycle time
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