Linked by Thom Holwerda on Tue 3rd Oct 2006 22:09 UTC
Sun Microsystems says its new UltraSparc T1 microprocessor, nicknamed Niagara, is creating a big splash. Sun was set to report Monday that 60 percent of the trial units of Niagara, an open-source product, have been ordered by new customers. This indicates that the company is gaining market share from rivals such as IBM's Power and Intel's Itanium high-performance microprocessor architectures.
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2006-04-30
If Niagara really is just suited to this small niche then and works well at doing it why is this going to make Sun recover?
How can it prove Sun is taking market share when thes systems are very very unique?
I would not call high volume webservers a small niche market (It may be the largest niche). The Niagara machines have been Sun's fastest growing sales figures of any of Sun's hardware before it. You are correct in saying that the Niagara is unique, but the properties that make it unique are suited to a very very large market.