Sun upgrades servers with UltraSparc IV+ debut

Sun Microsystems, despite its recent pushing of AMD-based servers, still has plenty of loyal Sparc users. The newest version is UltraSparc IV+ which is expected to debut next week. It will run in servers of four-to-24 processors and includes 2MB of on-chip cache memory -- the prior UltraSparc IV chip had none. Despite the improvements, this is probably the final high-end Sparc chip of the original designs. Sun is moving to all-new designs for 2006 and beyond.

For more on the new hardware:
- read this News.com article