> We've added 3d graphics in anexternal box to m3000and > sharedviz > software to make a graphics server to run workstation > apps. It does > work well -much better than on niagara platforms.
Hmm...looks like the M3000 would make a very nice workstation (with the graphics board internal, a different case (don't want rack mounting for a workstation, and four disk slots is probably overkill)..._if_ the price for the resulting workstation was about 1/4 of that of the M3000! Oh, and as a workstation, it would need USB/FireWire at a minimum (have to be able to hook up the keyboard+mouse, and most folks would want the ability to add USB peripherals), and (once drivers are available) WiFi/Bluetooth at least as an option. I really want to see a good new SPARC workstation too. But I think the tough part is the chicken-and-egg problem of having a high enough volume of CPU manufacture to cut the costs down to levels close to (or preferably below) those of x86 CPUs. Server sales alone can't do that, and with no existing workstation sales of a suitable CPU (of which the SPARC 64 VII and probably the Rock when available seem the best choices), I just don't see how the CPU prices could be reduced by an order of magnitude (at least). -- This message posted from opensolaris.org
