Apple, IBM, Motorola Sponsoring Software Pavilion at COMDEX POWERPC SOFTWARE APPLICATIONS GAINING GROUND.LAS VEGAS Las Vegas (läs vā`gəs), city (1990 pop. 258,295), seat of Clark co., S Nev.; inc. 1911. It is the largest city in Nevada and the center of one of the fastest-growing urban areas in the United States. , Nev., Nov. 2, 1994--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Apple, 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) and Motorola are sponsoring the PowerPC(a) Pavilion, a venue packed with independent software vendors (ISVs) demonstrating PowerPC applications running native on PowerPC microprocessor-based systems at COMDEX/Fall '94, November 14-18. Dozens of applications for word processing word processing, use of a computer program or a dedicated hardware and software package to write, edit, format, and print a document. Text is most commonly entered using a keyboard similar to a typewriter's, although handwritten input (see pen-based computer) and , spread sheet analysis, financial management, software development tools, and others will be showcased on a variety of operating systems Operating systems can be categorized by technology, ownership, licensing, working state, usage, and by many other characteristics. In practice, many of these groupings may overlap. , including AIX (Advanced Interactive eXecutive) IBM's Unix-based operating system which runs on its Intellistation workstations and pSeries, p5, iSeries and i5 server families. (a), OS/2 for the PowerPC, Mac OS, Solaris and Windows NT (Windows New Technology) A 32-bit operating system from Microsoft for Intel x86 CPUs. NT is the core technology in Windows 2000 and Windows XP (see Windows). Available in separate client and server versions, it includes built-in networking and preemptive multitasking. . The pavilion will feature an array of PowerPC microprocessor-based systems from Apple, IBM, Motorola and other vendors. The pavilion, located at the entrance to the Las Vegas Convention Center The Las Vegas Convention Center is owned and operated by the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority and is located in Clark County, Nevada. It is one of the largest Convention centers in the world. At the end of 2004, the center had 3. , also will have a theater showing a six-minute video about PowerPC microprocessors and the software and hardware solutions available today. Designed to be a price/performance leader, the PowerPC RISC-based scalable architecture addresses a wide range of computing requirements, from portable and desktop computers, to midrange workstations and servers, to multi-processing, and supercomputing systems. The superior price/performance of PowerPC microprocessors will enable new classes of advanced applications, including multimedia, graphics, speech recognition, visualization, and collaborative computing to emerge that will forever change the way people work. ISVs are responding to the increased performance and capabilities of the PowerPC architecture by developing new types of applications for end-users. "PowerPC microprocessors are taking the industry by storm as the preeminent microprocessor today and for the future," said Ian Diery, executive vice president and general manager of Apple's Personal Computer Division. "The superiority of PowerPC microprocessors over Pentium is conclusive -- PowerPC outperforms Pentium processors of comparable clock-speed. Software developers are reporting tremendous business opportunities by porting products to the PowerPC architecture." "The Apple, IBM, Motorola pavilion clearly shows we are building software momentum for PowerPC microprocessors," said John M. Thompson, IBM senior vice president. "The variety and sheer growth of available applications will accelerate because the alliance is fully committed to creating a new and tremendously powerful computing environment for end-users worldwide." "The alliance members' heavy investment in the PowerPC architecture ensures its long-term, industry-defining success. Building the PowerPC infrastructure is a decade-long proposition," said Barry Waite, senior vice president and general manager, the Motorola Microprocessor and Memory Technologies Group. "This pavilion shows the breadth of support for that effort as ISVs and OEMs join the PowerPC camp and decide to develop for the emerging PowerPC standard." To date four PowerPC microprocessors have been delivered, all on time. They include the PowerPC 601(a) and PowerPC 604(a) for desktops, midrange servers and high-performance graphics workstations; the PowerPC 603(a) for notebook and other energy-efficient computers; and the recently announced PowerPC 620(a), the first 64-bit implementation for servers and high-end workstations. PowerPC microcontrollers also will be used for embedded control applications in automotive, entertainment and consumer products. Among the operating system environments being supported by the PowerPC architecture are Apple's Mac OS, IBM's AIX and OS/2 for the PowerPC, Solaris, and Windows NT. DOS and Windows operating system environments are also supported through enhanced software applications. Since March, Apple has shipped more than 600,000 desktop systems incorporating the PowerPC microprocessor. More than a year ago IBM introduced the first PowerPC systems in the industry in its RS/6000 workstation and server line. In October 1994 IBM announced new lower-cost workstations and powerful multiprocessing servers all running on PowerPC microprocessors. IBM PowerPC-based personal computers will be available next year. The Motorola Computer Group introduced its PowerPC microprocessor-based workstations and file servers in October 1994 and has announced plans for a line of personal computers based on the PowerPC family of RISC RISC in full Reduced Instruction Set Computing Computer architecture that uses a limited number of instructions. RISC became popular in microprocessors in the 1980s. microprocessors. Other companies developing PowerPC systems and subsystems include 3DO, ADP (1) (Automatic Data Processing) Synonymous with data processing (DP), electronic data processing (EDP) and information processing. (2) (Automatic Data Processing, Inc., Roseland, NJ, www.adp. Autonom Computer GmbH, Amdahl, Canon, Datatech Enterprises (DTK DTK Deception Tool Kit DTK Desired Track DTK Developer's Tool Kit DTK Deployment Tool Kit DTK Diverse Tool Kit ), DayStar Digital, FirePower Systems, Ford Motor Co., Formosa Industrial Computing, Groupe Bull, Harris, Hitachi, ISG ISG Iraq Study Group ISG Iraq Survey Group ISG International Steel Group ISG Integrated Security Gateway ISG Information Systems Group ISG Information Systems Group (IBM) ISG Integrated Starter/Generator Technologies, Mercury Computer Systems Mercury Computer Systems, Inc. NASDAQ: MRCY provides high-performance embedded, real-time digital signal and image processing solutions. Mercury designs and builds embedded multicomputers, which may be considered to be either loosely coupled , Parsytec, Scientific Atlanta, Shannon Computer, Tadpole tadpole, larval, aquatic stage of any of the amphibian animals. After hatching from the egg, the tadpole, sometimes called a polliwog, is gill-breathing and legless and propels itself by means of a tail. Technologies, Taiwan Auto Design Co., Taiwan New PC Consortium, Tatung, THOMSON-CSF, Toshiba, Umax and YARC YARC You're Absolutely Right, Commander (military slang) . IBM, Motorola and third parties also offer comprehensive software, development tools and support packages for the PowerPC family to enable hardware and software developers to reduce overall design time substantially. Many of today's top suppliers of core logic chip sets, graphics controllers and other systems components are also supporting PowerPC platforms. -0- (a) AIX, PowerPC, PowerPC 601, PowerPC 603, PowerPC 604 and PowerPC 620 are all trademarks of International Business Machines Corp. All other trademarks are owned by their respective companies
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