Sun Introduces 300MHz Performance and Offers New, Lower Prices on Popular Workstation Line; Prices Reduced by Up to 30 Percent.MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 29, 1997--Sun Microsystems, Inc., today unveiled two new 300MHz (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. Ultra(TM) 2 workstations, offering a 30 percent performance boost over the Ultra 2 200MHz workstations (the company's prior most powerful systems) and reduced prices across most of its existing workstation product lines by as much as 30 percent. These new workstations, the first to use the 300MHz UltraSPARC(TM)-II microprocessor, enable unparalleled application performance and allow the company to lower the prices on its existing workstations. Sun, a leader in technical workstations, has reduced prices on the Ultra 2 Creator, Ultra 1 Creator, Ultra 1 and the SPARCstation(TM) 5. These high performance desktop workstations offer new performance values for Sun's customers using applications in the MCAD MCAD Microsoft Certified Application Developer MCAD Mechanical Computer Aided Design MCAD Medium-Chain Acyl-CoA Dehydrogenase (inherited metabolic disease) MCAD Minneapolis College of Art and Design , MCAE MCAE Mechanical Computer-Aided Engineering (mechanical engineering, design or analysis) MCAE Massachusetts Coalition for Adult Education MCAE Minnesota Center for Arts Education MCAE Mitchell College of Advanced Education , EDA (1) (Electronic Design Automation) Using the computer to design, lay out, verify and simulate the performance of electronic circuits on a chip or printed circuit board. , financial analysis and software development arenas. "Our goal is to continue to be the price/performance volume leader in power workstations, and to continue delivering increased scalability in UltraComputing(TM) performance," said Gene Banman, Vice President and General Manager of Sun's Desktop Systems group. "Our new 300MHz Ultra 2 workstations provide a significant performance boost to the high end of our product line. Since it's introduction in November 1995, UltraComputing has been enormously successful and is now shipping in volume. This, in turn, has allowed us to continue to realize cost savings due to efficient materials management Materials management is the branch of logistics that deals with the tangible components of a supply chain. Specifically, this covers the acquisition of spare parts and replacements, quality control of purchasing and ordering such parts, and the standards involved in ordering, and supply planning. These cost savings, combined with the success of UltraComputing and the introduction of our new flagship products have enabled us to cut our prices on the rest of the workstation product line to the most competitive levels in the industry." "With its new 300MHz workstations, Sun is delivering high- performance, scalable, well-priced solutions to the market's sweet spot," said Peter ffoulkes, Principal Analyst, Advanced Desktop and Workstation Computing for Dataquest. "In expanding its Ultra 2 workstation product line, Sun continues to implement the company's well-proven strategy of simultaneously delivering more advanced technology and bringing prices down." Sun's new Ultra 2 Model 1300 and Ultra 2 Model 2300 workstations start at $26,495 and $38,495, respectively. Pricing with 3D graphics is $27,495 and $39,495. These new systems, which provide a 30 percent performance boost over the company's 200MHz former flagship models, are being offered at the same price the 200MHz systems were before the new price cuts. (Please see pricing appendix for further detail -- attached) -0- Model Old Price New Price % Change ----- --------- --------- -------- Ultra 2 Model 1200 $26,495 $20,995 23 128MB memory 4GB hard drive 20" color monitor 1MB E cache Creator graphics Model Old Price New Price % Change ----- --------- --------- -------- Ultra 1 Model 170e $18,495 $12,995 30 128MB memory 2GB hard drive 20" color monitor .5MB E cache Creator Graphics -0- In addition, the Ultra 1 Model 140 workstation, which listed for $9,995, has now been replaced with the Ultra 1 Model 170 workstation, with a list price of $9,195. The Model 170 is architecturally the same as the Model 140 but includes a 167MHz processor instead of a 143MHz processor. Sun has also reduced prices for the SPARCstation 5 workstation as a result of lowering monitor prices. The SPARCstation 5 with a 20" monitor, which previously sold for $6,895 now sells for $5,895. In addition, Sun is lowering prices for many graphics and monitor options. The Creator3D graphics is now available with a high- quality 20" premium monitor for $4,695, a price reduction of more than 33%. This is part of Sun's market-leading strategy of continuing to provide workstation-class graphics and monitors at ever-increasing price/performance levels. Sun has also lowered prices on its premium color aperture grille The technology used for illuminating phosphors in Sony's CRT Trinitron monitors. Its results were especially valued in desktop publishing and graphic design circles for its color purity, color saturation and brightness levels. monitors. The Sun(TM) 20" premium monitor is now $2,100, down from $2,900 and the Sun 17" premium monitor is now $1,400, down from $1,900. These new monitor prices will provide Sun customers with the highest quality monitors available in the market at prices typically associated with lower performance monitors. About Sun Microsystems Sun Microsystems, Inc. (NASDAQ: JAVA[3]) is an American vendor of computers, computer components, computer software, and information-technology services, founded on 24 February 1982. Since its inception in 1982, a singular vision, "The Network Is The Computer(TM)," has propelled Sun Microsystems, 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 : SUNW SUNW Sun Microsystems, Inc (former stock symbol; now JAVA) SUNW Stanford University Network Workstation (Sun Microsystems, Inc) ), to its position as a leading provider of hardware, software and services for establishing enterprise-wide intranets and expanding the power of the Internet. With more than $7 billion in annual revenues, Sun can be found in more than 150 countries and on the WorldWide Web at http://www.sun.com . Sun, the Sun logo, Sun Microsystems, "The Network is the Computer", Ultra and UltraComputing are trademarks or registered trademarks of Sun Microsystems, Inc. in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. and other countries. All 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 trademarks are used under license and are trademarks or registered trademarks of SPARC International See SPARC. , Inc. in the United States and other countries. Products bearing SPARC trademarks are based upon an architecture developed by Sun Microsystems, Inc. Press announcements and other information about Sun Microsystems are available on the Internet via the World Wide Web using a tool such as Netscape or NCSA (1) (National Center for Supercomputing Applications, Urbana-Champaign, IL, www.ncsa.uiuc.edu) A high-performance computing facility located at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Mosaic. Type http://www.sun.com at the URL URL in full Uniform Resource Locator Address of a resource on the Internet. The resource can be any type of file stored on a server, such as a Web page, a text file, a graphics file, or an application program. prompt. CONTACT: Sun Microsystems Computer Company Joanne Sperans Hartzell, 415/786-5404 joanne.hartzell@corp.sun.com or Thomas Associates for Sun Rebecca Ritter rit·ter n. pl. ritter A knight. [German, from Middle High German riter, from Middle Dutch ridder, from r , 415/596-2700 rebecca@thomaspr.com |
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