Date: 26-Nov-2009 URL: www.sun.com/desktop/workstation/sunblade2000/index.xml

Overview

Sun ushers in another exceptional tool for technical professionals with the Sun Blade 2000 workstation. The Sun Blade 2000 system accommodates up to two Superscalar, 64-bit, high-performance UltraSPARC III Cu CPUs. It features a high-performance, crossbar-switch system interconnect that provides high bandwidth (up to 4 GBps) for ultra-high-speed processors and graphic subsystems. It also delivers plenty of internal disk and memory and a 64-bit PCI bus for incredibly fast I/O. The Sun Blade 2000 workstation provides both USB and IEEE 1394 interfaces for connectivity to leading-edge third-party peripherals. With high-end 3-D graphics, dual-monitor capabilities, and support for Sun's storage systems, this workstation is truly a powerful, flexible next-generation desktop.

At a Glance

Key Applications	Key Industries
	Education Energy Financial Services Global Government Manufacturing Communications

Key Features

Multiprocessor support of high-speed 64-bit UltraSPARC III Cu¹ processors.
8 MB Level 2 cache per CPU.
8 GB RAM capacity.
The Sun Blade 2000 workstation supports Sun XVR-100², Sun XVR-500³, Sun XVR-1000⁴, and Sun XVR-1200⁵ graphics accelerators. This workstation also allows many combinations of graphics solutions such as dual displays for graphics-intensive use or quad displays for vertical markets.

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Specifications

Architecture : Up to two 900 MHz or 1.2 GHz UltraSPARC III Cu processors (64-bit). Mixed Processor speeds (MHZ) are not supported
Cache per processor : 8 MB External Cache
Main Memory : 8 GB maximum, ECC error correction
Eight Sun 232-pin SDRAM DIMM slots
Serial : Two RS-232C/RS423 (DB25-F) ports
Four USB (Type A) connectors
Two IEEE 1394 (6-pin) connectors
PCI : Four 64-bit PCI slots, full-size, three at 33 MHz, one at 66 MHz

Links Mentioned on This Page

This page is located at: http://www.sun.com/desktop/workstation/sunblade2000/index.xml

Additional links mentioned are:

UltraSPARC III Cu: http://www.sun.com/processors/UltraSPARC-III/index.html
Sun XVR-100: http://www.sun.com/desktop/products/graphics/xvr100/
Sun XVR-500: http://www.sun.com/desktop/products/graphics/xvr500/
Sun XVR-1000: http://www.sun.com/desktop/products/graphics/xvr1000/
Sun XVR-1200: http://www.sun.com/desktop/products/graphics/xvr1200/