Sun Takes UltraSPARC Past 1GHz

From TheRegister: “Sun is expected to announce the introduction of Gigahertz processors on Monday, the first time Sun has shipped SPARCS clocked higher than 1GHz. The SunBlade 1000 will be the first to receive the 1,050MHz SPARC IIIs. It isn’t the first RISC chip to reach the milestone: Compaq’s Alpha can claim that prize…”