Oracle released new SPARC S7 CPU and
SPARC S7-2 and S7-2L servers. This is really interesting SPARC CPU if you need low-end servers, the first one in many, many years which can compete with x86 both in performance and price. It has some unique features as well.
See
launch video.
Various articles on S7:
TheNextPlatform
The Register
PCWorld
ComputerWorld
Also see some benchmarks already published:
SPECjbb2015
SPECjEnterprise2010
Database: S7 vs x86
Yahoo Cloud Serving Benchmark