“Colm MacCarthaigh, an administrator for HEA Net, which oversees
computer networks for universities in Ireland, has tried both
servers running Intel’s Itanium and Sun’s eight-core Niagara
chip.“And he says the Niagara wins hands down. Granted, Sun was
trotting him around as Exhibit A at JavaOne in San Francisco, but
the results of his performance tests are fairly interesting…”