Kohout talked up Sun's Solaris 10 operating system's ability to handle "hundreds and hundreds of [software] threads." However,
it remains unclear how much work third-party application developers will need to do to have their software run fully optimized
on the UltraSparc T1 to take advantage of its multithreading capabilities.
The UltraSparc T1 processor is being manufactured by Texas Instruments (TI) to Sun's specifications, Kohout said. The chip
will be the second Sun chip to be made using a 90-nanometer production process. Sun released its UltraSparc IV+ processor,
previously code-named Panther, in September, the first of the company's processors to be made by TI using the 90-nanometer
process.
Kohout confirmed recent reports that Sun would debut a new performance metric Monday dubbed SWaP for space, watts and performance.
However, he wouldn't comment further on the metric in terms of how it was derived or how Sun will use it in relation to the
UltraSparc T1.
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