“The UltraSPARC IIe microprocessor provides the right balance of
performance, cost and power consumption to meet the needs of
next-generation intelligent network equipment, including
telecommunications system controllers, ISP equipment, local and
wide area network data communications control, and other
processor-intensive applications…”
“… the microprocessor will be supported by robust operating
systems like… Linux…”
“Sun is the first company to make 64-bit microprocessors for the
communications industry its design point. The UltraSPARC IIe
microprocessor’s performance, 64-bit address capability and large
memory bandwidth will provide the throughput and packet processing
ability needed for embedded communications applications..”