Sun annonce la "
libéralisation" de son processeur UltraSparcT1
In the coming months we plan to post source code, documentation, and tools based on our 64-bit, multithreaded UltraSPARC T1 processor. The UltraSPARC T1's CoolThreads technology has set a whole new standard for the industry in terms of throughput and energy efficiency, and now you can join the revolution. It's worth a peek; it's free. Welcome to the world of 64-bit computing, and 32 threads.
Yes, you read that right. The Verilog source code, tools and more behind the UltraSPARC T1 (the "design point") will be released under an OSI-approved open source license next year - OpenSPARC - and a community will hopefully be forming to use that design point for any purpose that's ***spam***. I think that's revolutionary.