__/ [ Stuart Krivis ] on Friday 18 August 2006 18:16 \__
> On Fri, 18 Aug 2006 08:28:13 +0100, Roy Schestowitz
> <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>>>
>>> Well, the SPARC alwas was an open standard. If I understand correctly,
>>> Sun contracted various vendors to manufacture SPARC processors, Fujitsu
>>> being one of them.
>>
>>Interesting. *smile* I never realised this and I suppose the implication
>>may be that projects such as the Open Source GPU can reuse some SPARC
>>sub-units for quicker development. Imagine having such complexity
>>(gates/transistors) re-used in Open Source designs. Maybe they could start
>>a project hosting
>
> SPARC International. http://www.sparc.com/
Ta.
> Sun has done some very cool things over the years.
Yes, I know.
http://www.sun.com/software/looking_glass/
http://www.sun.com/jsp_utils/ipr.jsp?elink=http://mfile.akamai.com/9191/rm/feedroomgen.download.akamai.com/9191/t_assets/20060807/85641df23ae3fbbb15dd1fe4e7c5fa6cbbfee48e.rm?s=sun_n&c=Hidden2&ilink=http://webcast-mpk1.sfbay.sun.com/interchange/index.html?GSN-1312_01_200.rm
And that's just the visual...
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