Sun Niagara 2 CPU Now Open Source

downix writes "Late last night Sun Microsystems announced the immediate availability of the UltraSPARC T2, also known as the Niagara 2 CPU. While we all might not have a silicon fab in the basement, the access to this source code reaffirms Sun's commitment to open source, and in addition gives us FPGA-lovers something new to play with. The source code can be downloaded (with registration) from OpenSPARC.net. Already the previously open sourced T1 has spawned spin-off projects, such as the Simple RISC S1."

This is...

[larpon]

Sun Viagra 2 CPU... Ok.. I need glasses

Re:I just witnessed a minor miracle, I think

[eulernet]

Yes, and I read Viagra. It's time to go to bed !

Re:This is...

[Anonymous Coward]

Sun Viagra 2 CPU... Ok.. I need glasses

Sun should market it as such, after all, you never want your server to go down.

Spice model of this chip

[Anonymous Coward]

I've translated this chip design into an LTSpice model. I now run all my software on this spice model..

    and my computer is 100 times faster!

OSFPPC!!

[syousef]

While we all might not have a silicon fab in the basement

You don't? How tragic. I'm afraid you'll have to hand in your geek card. In the meantime I wonder if the OLPC guys would consider a OSFPPC (One Silicon Fab Plant Per Child) program.

All right...

[sootman]

who's the considerate jerk who tagged this story 'thanks'? We don't work that way here at Slashdot, buddy. When a company does something like this, you're supposed to tag it 'whocares' or 'toolittletoolate' or something equally dismissive. Damn noobs...

Re:Is the hardware any good though?

[Anonymous Coward]

I work for Sun, but I manage to be completely clueless about many things

"but"?