Ummm... TSMC is a replacement for TI, not Sun.
Umm... Aren't the newer SPARC chips being produced by TI because they can do a 45nm process and TI can't?
Also, can we stick to known facts? Oracle haven't indicated what they are going to do in terms of pricing of Sun products going forward. At least I haven't seen anything yet... I'd be happty to be corrected...
I suppose that the pricing model you put forward would be one way to kill the server and OS business that they are forking out a lot of money for. Make it so expensive that everyone thinks AIX is a bargain. ;-)
Biting the hand that feeds IT
