Sun Microsystems today announced the introduction of the UltraSPARC(R) T1 - formerly known as "Niagara". The world's first high-performance, energy efficient processor will debut in a new line of Sun Fire servers before the end of 2005. Using patented CoolThreads chip multi-threading technology that leverages the threaded nature of Solaris 10, the world's most advanced operating system, the breakthrough chip is the world's first Eco-responsible processor: research shows that UltraSPARC T1 processor performance could eliminate the number of Web servers in the world by half, slashing power requirements and having the same effect in reducing carbon dioxide emissions as planting one million acres of trees.

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