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Oracle unveils SPARC servers with fastest microprocessor in the world

Wednesday, April 24th, 2013

The new SPARC T5 and M5 servers redefine the economics of Enterprise Computing by delivering extreme performance and value for database and enterprise applications.

They trump the competition on multiple business-critical workloads.

Oracle SPARC T5-8 server and SPARC M5-32 server. Not shown to scale.

Oracle SPARC T5-8 server and SPARC M5-32 server. Not shown to scale.

Oracle today announced a complete refresh of their midrange and high-end SPARC server lines with new SPARC T5 and M5 servers running Oracle Solaris.

“Oracle has refreshed its SPARC family with the world’s fastest processor and launched the world’s fastest single server for Database, Java and multi-tier applications,” said John Fowler, executive vice president, Systems, Oracle.

Oracle’s new SPARC T5 midrange servers are based on the SPARC T5, the world’s fastest microprocessor.

Businesses today need the computing power to exploit Big Data to maximum advantage, in order to use analytics to discover growth and opportunities, and turn social streams into market intelligence.

Traditional systems simply don’t have the horsepower to handle those demanding tasks.

Oracle’s new SPARC T5 servers have set 17 world records(1) – awarded by independent industry organisations.

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