[desktop-discuss] Offering x64 based (host && guest) SunPCI board for Solaris x86/x64 as (affordable) product ever explored? _/_ WAS: OS's in VM

[Martin Bochnig]

Garrett D'Amore wrote:
> I'd love to see the reverse product. SPARC-on-a-card for my x86 ;)
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> Both devices have a substantial hurdle to overcome, which is the 25W
> power budget for PCI.  For PCIe the budget is higher, but IIRC its only
> on the order of 75W.
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Right.
On that very day when I can put a 64 thread T2 "system on a chip" into 
my Ultra20, I will agree to move over.
Poor little thing (the U20).

--martin

> You might have to some kind of creative power management to make it
> work.
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