At 27 Jul 2004 14:44:04 -0700, bronco_nagurski@hotmail.com (Bronco Nagurski) writes:

> When will the US-IV processor start appearing in workstations like
> Blade 2500, etc.?

You're asking *us*? Try talking to Sun under an NDA....

> The naming convention for these products is horrible (US-III, IIIi,
> and now these Opteron machines with the w's and z's, 20 vs. 200)
> and doesn't get better ...

It almost sounds like Sun is taking a page out of HP's naming
conventions. HP has a zx2000 (Itanium 2), Sun has a W2100z (Opteron).
Ah well, I suppose we can get used to it.