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| by Jake Widman | |
| Saturday, 09 May 2009 | |
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Ellison cited the success of the company's Exadata "database machine" -- built by HP and based on Intel chips -- as an example of the kind of system he thinks Oracle can build. However, he implied that new systems would be built using Sun's SPARC chips, developed to run Oracle software. "Right now, SPARC chips do some things better than Intel chips and vice-versa," Ellison wrote. "For example, SPARC is much more energy-efficient than Intel while delivering the same performance on a per-socket basis." That reduces the power requirements (and cost) for a data center run on SPARC machines, Ellson said. But the main attraction for Oracle of designing its own chips, he continued, was to be able to implement some system features in the chip for improved performance. Ellison also claimed that Oracle would keep Sun's storage and backup businesses. Meanwhile, though, Sun faces three lawsuits aimed at blocking the merger. For more on Oracle and Sun, see Page 2. |
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