UltraSparc gets a boost

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Aron Schatz
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July 17, 2002
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A much NEEDED boost.

Fitting two processors on a single piece of silicon helps boost the speed of servers, higher-end systems that can have dozens of processors and are used for tasks such as managing an automaker's parts inventory.

Sun's latest top-end chips, 1.05GHz products used in workstations, currently are manufactured from wafers 200 millimeters in diameter at TI's Kilby plant. TI announced Wednesday that it has begun making 1.05GHz chips from 300mm wafers at its DMOS 6 plant.

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