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11-07-2003, 06:35 AM
Sun's AMD and Xeon blades stay tuned for delivery
By Ashlee Vance in Chicago
Close Sun watchers will recall that the company earlier this year announced an Athlon XP-M blade. In fact, Sun announced this product twice, giving a mid-2003 delivery date. But here we are in November, and Sun's Web site says the product is "Coming Soon."
It's unclear what could take Sun so long to prepare an Athlon-based blade. Sun attributes the delay to "stay tuned." We asked what that means, and a Sun representative explained it as "stay tuned." Was it a component problem? "Stay tuned."
We're as tuned as possible and suspect Sun wants to roll out both the Athlon blade and a dual-processor Xeon blade at the same time.
A top source points us to the B100x and B200x servers. The B100x is the one processor Athlon XP-M system, while the B200x is a two processor Xeon server. The availability of both servers is "imminent," according to our source.
Sun refused to comment on either product, but you can find mention of the systems on the company's Web site. (At least for the time being.)
(TheRegister.co.uk)
By Ashlee Vance in Chicago
Close Sun watchers will recall that the company earlier this year announced an Athlon XP-M blade. In fact, Sun announced this product twice, giving a mid-2003 delivery date. But here we are in November, and Sun's Web site says the product is "Coming Soon."
It's unclear what could take Sun so long to prepare an Athlon-based blade. Sun attributes the delay to "stay tuned." We asked what that means, and a Sun representative explained it as "stay tuned." Was it a component problem? "Stay tuned."
We're as tuned as possible and suspect Sun wants to roll out both the Athlon blade and a dual-processor Xeon blade at the same time.
A top source points us to the B100x and B200x servers. The B100x is the one processor Athlon XP-M system, while the B200x is a two processor Xeon server. The availability of both servers is "imminent," according to our source.
Sun refused to comment on either product, but you can find mention of the systems on the company's Web site. (At least for the time being.)
(TheRegister.co.uk)