Sun SPARC T3 Servers
Oracle announced their new line of Sun SPARC T3 powered servers at Oracle Openworld 2010. The SPARC T3 processor includes several improvements on T2 and T2+ processors including:
| T2 / T2+ | T3 |
|---|---|
| 65 nm manufacturing process | 40 nm manufacturing process |
| 4MB L2 Cache | 6MB L2 Cache |
| 8 Cores (8 threads/core) | 16 Cores (8 threads/core) |
| 8 Crypto Accelerators (1/core) | 16 Crypto Accelerators (1/core) |
| DDR2 FB-DIMMs | DDR3 |
| 1 On Board PCIe x8 v1 Port | 2 On Board PCIe x8 v2 Ports |
It is interesting to note that the T2 processor was only used in single socket systems. The T2+ processor removed the T2's on board 10 GbE ports and other components to make room for the SMP glue. With the T3 processors, the 10 GbE ports have returned and the chip has built in glueless support for 4 way servers.
All in all they have packed more T-Series goodness in a smaller package but I'm not making goo-goo eyes yet.