Wednesday, June 17, 2009

Game Over for Sun's "Game Changing" 16-Core Rock CPU [Sun]

Game Over for Sun's "Game Changing" 16-Core Rock CPU [Sun]

In the wake of their buyout by Oracle, Sun Microsystems has canned their 16-core Rock chip project—once touted by the company as a "game changer," and their answer to IBM's latest Power CPUs—after five years of development. This represents the second major chip offering from Sun to be shelved in recent years. [NYT]