doesn't fundamentally change UltraSparc and Sun's positioning in any way. It's the type of incremental upgrade that computer makers sort of have to deliver.

[Despite the promised performance improvements, the new processor] doesn't fundamentally change UltraSparc and Sun's positioning in any way, ... It's the type of incremental upgrade that computer makers sort of have to deliver.

That really is going to be an attempt to change the playing field, at least for a certain class of systems.

Intel let a competitor sneak into a market where they weren't before. Still, it was hard to believe that AMD would be able to maintain the kind of performance lead that they have enjoyed over the past one to two years.

Intel woke up from its frequency delusion and is now going full-bore on dual-core.

Enterprises must either adopt multi core or stick with slower chips.