New UltraSparc server chip

Sun debuted the UltraSparc T1, also known as the Niagara chip, touting that it uses only about 70 watts of electricity -- which the company claims is at least half the power of most server chips on the market. The T1 also features eight so-called processing cores on one chip to boost power.
Sun expects to have servers out that use the T1 by the end of the year. The servers, part of Sun's SunFire product line, also will run the company's own Solaris version of the Unix operating system that is common in the server marketplace.