Data General co-sponsors historical UniForum exhibit highlighting major industry technology transitions; Virtual exhibit available on the Web.WESTBORO, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 13, 1996--Data General Corp. is co-sponsoring an exhibit with the Intel Museum and the Computer Museum at this year's UniForum '96 in San Francisco that highlights major historical technology shifts in the computer industry. The exhibit, entitled "Generations" will be on display in Moscone Center's South Hall, booth no. 2416. "Generations" was previously shown at the Fall 1995 COMDEX The former, premier computer trade show in the U.S. Although it grew into an end user event, it was originally created for dealers and distributors (it was the COMputer Dealers EXposition). tradeshow and received much public acclaim. The collection features original hardware to chronicle the history of the industry. Such notable machines as an 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) 360, a PDP-8 and VAX (Virtual Address eXtension) A venerable family of 32-bit computers from HP (via Digital and Compaq) introduced in 1977 with the VAX-11/780. VAX models ranged from desktop units to mainframes all running the same VMS operating system, and VAXes could emulate PDP models 11/780 from Digital Equipment Corp., Data General's NOVA, a Xerox Alto, an MIT's Altair 8800, Osborne 1, Apple II, an early Compaq Transportable, and a Sun workstation highlight "building block" transitions from transistors to integrated circuits to microprocessors, an don't to Standard High-Volume (SHV SHV Shareholder Value SHV Standard High Volume SHV Sheave SHV Steenkolen Handels Vereeniging SHV Shreveport, LA, USA - Regional Airport (Airport Code) SHV Sport Horse Versatility SHV Supersonic/Hypersonic Vehicle SHV Super Hybrid Vehicle ) servers. As an example of this new system building block, the exhibit includes Data General AViiON AViiON was a series of computers from Data General that were the company's main product from the late 1980s until the company's server products were discontinued in 2001. Earlier AViiON models used the Motorola 88000 CPU, but later models moved to an all-Intel solution when 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. systems based on Intel Pentium Pro SHV server boards. In late 1996, Data General will introduce scalable, high-end systems built from multiple SHV boards using the Cache Coherent Non-Uniform Memory Access (architecture) Non-Uniform Memory Access - (NUMA) A memory architecture, used in multiprocessors, where the access time depends on the memory location. A processor can access its own local memory faster than non-local memory (memory which is local to another processor or shared (ccNUMA) architecture and linked with the high-speed, industry-standard Scalable Coherent Interface (hardware, protocol) Scalable Coherent Interface - (SCI) The ANSI/IEEE 1596-1992 standard that defines a point-to-point interface and a set of packet protocols. The SCI protocols use packets with a 16-byte header and 16, 64, or 256 data bytes. (SCI (Scalable Coherent Interface) An IEEE standard for a high-speed bus that uses wire or fiber-optic cable. It can transfer data up to 1GBytes/sec. (hardware) SCI - 1. Scalable Coherent Interface. 2. UART. ) interconnect. These large-scale servers will bring processing power and price/performance undreamed of in previous eras to thousands of today's enterprise SMP applications. Virtual Exhibit on the Web For those who cannot attend UniForum '96 or want to preview the exhibit, Data General offers a virtual tour at its World Wide Web server. Web visitors to the exhibit first connect to the company's home page at http://www.dg.com, click on the "Featured Events" button, and then take either a "guided" tour or pick and choose the exhibit items they want to learn about. About the Computer Museum The Computer Museum is an independent, non-profit organization founded in 1982. It is the only museum in the world devoted solely to people and computers and their impact on one another. Located in Boston, Mass., it has the most comprehensive collection and exhibition on this subject in the world. Visit the Computer Museum's home page for more information at http://www.tcm.com. About Data General Data General is an open systems company which specializes in providing commercial servers, storage systems and related software and services to information systems users worldwide. The company is headquartered in Westboro, Mass. Additional information on the company, its products, and services is available on the World Wide Web at http://www.dg.com -0- AViiON is a registered trademark of Data General Corp. All brand and product names appearing in this press release may be trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders. CONTACT: Data General Corp. Jim Dunlap, 508/898-6546 jim_dunlap@dgc.dg.com or Edelman Public Relations Debbie Young, 415/968-4033 dyoung@av.edelman.com |
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