ALR Revolution Q-SMP is named VARBusiness hardware product report "winner" for Pentium-based servers.IRVINE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 29, 1994--Advanced Logic Research, Inc. (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on :AALR AALR American Association for Leisure and Recreation AALR General Company for Land Reclamation, Development and Reconstruction (stock symbol) ) announced today that the ALR ALR Administrative License Revocation ALR Agricultural Land Reserve (Canada) ALR Automatic Locking Retractor (seat belts) ALR Australian Law Reports (University of Tasmania Library) Revolution Q-SMP has emerged as the Pentium-based server of choice in a recent VARBusiness survey of resellers nationwide. Value added resellers rated top-selling servers from ALR, AST (AST Computer, Irvine, CA) A PC manufacturer founded in 1980 by Albert Wong, Safi Quershey and Tom Yuen (A, S and T). It offered a complete line of PCs that sold through its dealer channel. , AT&T, Acer, Compaq, Digital, and Wyse, comparing both "Product Features" (such as performance and value) and "Business Features" (such as support and profitability). In the area of "Product Features", the ALR Revolution Q-SMP captured six out of eight categories, with top scores in Upgradability, Memory Capacity, Disk Drive Capacity, Processor Speed, Ease of Network Integration, and Overall Value. In the "Business Features" arena, the ALR system earned top marks in three out of six categories, including Technical Support, Availability, and Profitability. David Kirkey, ALR's Vice President of Worldwide Sales and Marketing, helps put this most recent award into perspective, "At fall Comdex, the Revolution Q-SMP won PC/Computing's "MVP (Multimedia Video Processor) A high-speed DSP chip from Texas Instruments, introduced in 1994. Officially introduced as the TMS320C80, it combines RISC technology with the functionality of four DSPs on one chip. " award, demonstrating our ability to engineer and manufacture high-end servers. The VARBusiness Product Report shows how this engineering, combined with our product reliability and support efforts, have helped make this the server of choice in mission critical network environments." The Revolution Q-SMP, with its proprietary QuadFlex SMP (Symmetric MultiProcessing) A multiprocessing architecture in which multiple CPUs, residing in one cabinet, share the same memory. SMP systems provide scalability. As business increases, additional CPUs can be added to absorb the increased transaction volume. modular architecture, has already earned extensive media attention as the first system capable of supporting up to four 90- and 100-MHz Pentium processors. In addition to the PC/Computing and VARBusiness commendations, this international award winner has also garnered top honors in Europe, including PC User's "Gold Award" and Chip magazine's "Chip Tip" award. One of the first systems engineered in compliance with Intel's MP Specification version 1.1, the Revolution Q-SMP has become a product development tool for many of the industry's major OS vendors. As a result, it is also one of the first servers to support all leading multiprocessor operating systems, including MS-Windows NT, IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) OS/2 for SMP, SCO UNIX with MPX MPX - Multiplexor Channel , Sun Solaris SMP, and soon to be released UnixWare 2.0 (SMP). -0- NOTE TO EDITORS: Please also see today's release announcing ALR's Revolution Q-SMP Symetrical Multiprocessing PC Server as PC/Computing's "Most Valuable Product" CONTACT: Advanced Logic Research, Irvine
Dave Kirkey, Vice President, Marketing or
Genevieve Ortegon, Senior Marketing Manager
714/581-6770; fax, 714/581-9240
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