SPARC Technology Business ships 75MHz SPARCengine 20; highest-performance RISC-based motherboards available to embedded OEMs.SUNNYVALE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--January 31, 1995--Sun Microsystems' SPARC (Scalable Performance ARChitecture) A family of RISC CPUs from Sun that runs mostly under Sun's Solaris, but also under Linux and BSD operating systems. After development began in the mid-1980s by David Patterson of the University of California at Berkeley and Bill Technology Business today announced shipment of 75MHz (MegaHertZ) One million cycles per second. It is used to measure the transmission speed of electronic devices, including channels, buses and the computer's internal clock. A one-megahertz clock (1 MHz) means some number of bits (16, 32, 64, etc. SPARCengine 20-71 motherboards for integration into workstations, networks and embedded systems Embedded systems Computer systems that cannot be programmed by the user because they are preprogrammed for a specific task and are buried within the equipment they serve. . The 20-71 models are the highest-performance RISC-based motherboards currently on the market for embedded system Any electronic system that uses a CPU chip, but that is not a general-purpose workstation, desktop or laptop computer. Such systems generally use microprocessors, or they may use custom-designed chips or both. applications, at 125.8 SPECint92 and 121.0 SPECfp92. The motherboards provide original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) across a range of industries with a high-performance solution for applications that include wide-area networking, next-generation medical imaging technology and compute-intensive military requirements. The SPARCengine 20-71 offers nearly a two-fold increase in performance through the product's multiprocessing capabilities, to a SPECrate_int92 of 2,985. By adding a second 75MHz SuperSPARC-II module running under the standard Solaris synchronous multiprocessing operating system operating system (OS) Software that controls the operation of a computer, directs the input and output of data, keeps track of files, and controls the processing of computer programs. (version 2.3 or later), designers and OEMs can expect dramatic increases in processing speed See MHz. as well as improved data throughput. For example, by concurrent processing See multiprocessing. Concurrent processing The simultaneous execution of several interrelated computer programs. A sequential computer program consists of a series of instructions to be executed one after another. of multiple network protocol streams in a switched hub or wide-area network server application, OEMs can enhance system productivity during compute-intensive operations. The SPARCengine 20-71 is compatible with existing SPARCstation 10 and SPARCstation 20 workstation hardware and requires no application or operating systems changes. It is binary-compatible with over 9,400 software solutions developed for the SPARC platform. The SuperSPARC-II microprocessor family was designed for plug-compatibility with SPARCengines to enable quick and easy performance upgrades for systems designers and OEMs seeking the advantages of multiprocessing. "The SPARCengine 20-71 is designed to keep our systems and embedded applications partners at the forefront of their industries," said Art Swift, SPARC Technology Business vice president of marketing. "By offering them significant performance increases through multiprocessing technology and the investment protection of SPARC Technology Business' flexible MBus and SBus architectures, we can ensure that those partners get product to market faster, with fewer costs, and that they stay ahead of their OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer) The rebranding of equipment and selling it. The term initially referred to the company that made the products (the "original" manufacturer), but eventually became widely used to refer to the organization that buys the products and competitors." The SPARCengine 20 model 71 with one 75MHz SuperSPARC-II module and a Solaris right-to-use license is US$10,300 for list quantity one. The SPARCengine 20 model 71B, without the Solaris right-to-use license, is US$9,700. The products are available immediately. SPARC Technology Business, a division of Sun Microsystems Inc., was formed in April 1993 to develop, design and distribute SPARC technologies and products worldwide. SPARC Technology Business' portfolio includes microprocessors, chipsets, modules, boards technology licenses, silicon and system packages and consulting services. SPARC Technology Business has more than 500 employees working in product development, engineering marketing and international sales and support. -0- NOTE TO EDITORS: Sun, the Sun logo, Sun Microsystems, and Solaris are trademarks of Sun Microsystems, Inc. All SPARC trademarks are trademarks of SPARC International, Inc. Products bearing SPARC trademarks are based on an architecture developed by Sun Microsystems, Inc. All other products or services mentioned herein are trademarks of their respective owners. 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