| What thoughts do you have looking back on the issues of development? |
With competition so intense, just that we must quickly deliver new servers to market.
As a matter of fact, development started on the SPARC64 V processor we are announcing, at the end of June 2003, and we are
now at the final quality assurance test stage in our Quality Assurance section(*1). In this development the density of work
was higher than our engineers had ever found necessary before. However, due to the accumulated levels of basic performance,
reliability of design style and the recycling of as much as possible, SPARC64 V development will be finished in a the relatively
short period of less than one year. The previous version of SPARC64 V was excellent, but I think we have exceeded our objectives
with these enhancements.
(*) Note: This interview occurred in the middle of May 2004.
| I assume that after such intense work and with little time to rest you are starting the next development, so what gives you
enthusiasm for the future?
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With the new processor it was possible to achieve world record positions in several efficiency benchmark tests. However, even
if you record a world No. 1, it is not for ever. Other companies continue to advance, so being satisfied with the current
position will fast see you left behind.
Therefore, we are already working on the next development aimed at "Always maintaining our competitive position in this
global fight with our competitors.”
Putting a processor that is highly competitive into the market is the raison d’etre for us as designers; our constant mindset
is that “loosing has no meaning.” There is very severe competition, but our design group is very determined and innovative.
| In light of its “inherited technology DNA(in-built/in-house skill/experience)”, the challenge continues for Fujitsu as the
only comprehensive Japanese manufacturer that can design and produce such CPUs.
In a second article, the spotlight is on 90nm process technology and its revolutionary effect on processor enhancement, introduced
by Katsuhisa Kubota the business manager for next generation LSI development.
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