Sun is using 55-watt Quad-Core AMD Opteron processors to help amp down (not a typo) its latest Sun Fire and Sun Blade systems. The new models include the Sun Fire X4140 and Sun Fire X4240 (which are being positioned as storage solutions for things like database applications, high-performance computing or business intelligence and priced starting around $2,500 and $3,100, respectively) and Sun Fire X4440 (a 4-socket, x64 AMD Opteron server in a 2U form factor priced starting at just under $6,000 and positioned as an optimal technology for running server-side Java applications).

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