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On October 25, Fujitsu officially announced that it will release a version of Sparc64VI + processor - code-named Jupiter - integrated into four chip cores in 2008.

The new generation of chips will be developed according to Fujitsu's own manufacturing process using 65-nanometer technology, said Takumi Maruyama, Fujitsu's enterprise server development manager.

The Sparc64 chip is one of the most reputable chips with reliable features that are not commonly used but limited to the Japanese market. However, in 2004, Fujitsu partnered with Sun Microsystems to integrate this generation of chips to develop the Advanced Processor Line (APL). The alliance will officially go into operation in late 2006 with a generation of servers using Fujitsu's Sparc64 VI dual-core chips - codenamed Olumpus.

Maruyama said the company has completed the construction of the architectural design for the Olympus chip generation and has begun production. However, the chip was still one year later than the manufacturer or the manufacturer - two years ago Fujitsu said it could release Olympus chips in the second half of 2005.

The Sparc64 VI and VI + chips share the same system (bus) clock speed, allowing the new generation of processors to be used to replace the older ones. The manufacturer also ensures that the use of the bus is low but still has enough memory bandwidth for the four chip cores to run at the same time.

Each core of the Sparc64 VI + chip can handle different threads simultaneously. Fujitsu calls this VMT technology (vertical multithreading - vertical multi-threaded technology). 'VMT technology can help increase processor performance by 20%,' Maruyama said.

The Sparc64VI chip will be able to process 4 threads at the same time, while VI + will be able to handle 8 different threads. Based on this platform Fujitsu will develop a multi-threaded multi-core processor.

At the same time, Fujitsu's partner Sun is also developing its own multi-core processor. Expected to be introduced in early 2006 with the code name Niagara.

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