As a fan of both Apple an Sun equipment, yesterday was something of a red-letter day for me. Sun announced the release of their new UltraSPARC T2 processor, the successor to the popular (and my personal favorite) multi-core and multi-threaded CPU. The new T2 CPU supports 64 threads using four threads per core on an 8-core CPU. It also incorporates enhanced cryptographic acceleration (for your SSL enable websites and applications), and built-in 10GBbit Ethernet. Hopefully we'll be seeing systems using the T2 CPU that operate at the same level as the original T1-based T1000 and T2000. You can read (and watch) the announcement UltraSPARC T2 Processor. Both the T1000 and T2000 that I've used had an incredible amount of power that it was difficult, in a test environment, to maximize and measure.  Obviously I can't wait to get one of these to test.