The Monthly Bulletin For Users Of SPARC Based Products
Issue No. 77
- SPARC INTERNATIONAL WELCOMES
NEW CHAIRMAN AND CEO
- SPARC INTERNATIONAL WELCOMES
NEW MEMBER TRANSTEC
- SPARC MACHINES WITH PREINSTALLED
LINUX GET SUN NOD
- INTEL, SUN IN RIFT OVER
INTEL'S ITANIUM CHIP
- TADPOLE-RDI INCREASES SELLING
AND FIELD TRAINING CAPABILITIES OF SUN COMPUTING SOFTWARE
AND E-COMMERCE VENDORS
- TATUNG UNVEILS NEW LINE
OF 450 MHZ ULTRA SPARC, QUAD-PROCESSING SERVERS
- RAVE COMPUTER ASSOCIATION,
INC., PROVIDES QUALITY CUSTOM INTEGRATION SERVICES FOR SPARC
INDUSTRY FEATURING INTEGRATED TOWER-ULTRA60
- TADPOLE-RDI AIMS TO HELP
FORSYTHE'S HEWLETT-PACKARD AND SUN MICROSYSTEMS CUSTOMERS
"WORK SMARTER, INVEST BETTER"
- RAVE COMPUTER ASSOCIATION,
INC. ANNOUNCES RAVE STORAGE SOLUTIONS
Santa Clara, CA--February 1, 2000--The
SPARC International (SI) Board of Directors has announced
the appointment of Karen Anaya as the new Chairman and CEO.
Ms. Anaya has been with SPARC International
for over 10 years, serving as Trademark Coordinator, Testing
& Branding Program Administrator, SPARCFLASH Editor & Chief,
and Web Editor.
"I look forward to serve our over
100 members of SPARC International, many of whom have been
members when I first joined SPARC International over 10 years
ago. My goal is to grow our membership list and provide even
more information to our membership by leveraging the internet
economy" said Ms. Anaya.
Ms. Susan Kunz, SI Board member representing
Sun Microsystems said, "Ms. Anaya was the obvious choice for
Chairman and CEO. Not only, is she intimately familiar with
the operations of SPARC International, but she brings incredible
enthusiasm and commitment to the job. This is good for SPARC."
Wegbeschreibung, Germany--February 8, 2000--Transtec
joined SPARC International.
Transtec is one of the leading computers
vertreiber direct in Europe. For almost 20 years we have produced
quickly, flexible and individually systems, computer and storage
solutions. Network components, accessories and periphery devices
round off our offer for Windows NT and UNIX. Next to the headquarters
in Germany (Wegbeschreibung), we are also in Austria, Switzerland,
France, Great Britain, that Netherlands Sweden represent and
in Belgium.
For more information visit their web site
at
www.transtec.de.
Suggested: SPARC systems will ship with
Linux -- but not Sun brand name
By Dominique Deckmyn
and Robin Robinson 02/07/2000 Sun Microsystems Inc. made another
cautious move into the Linux market at the LinuxWorld show
last week, announcing that Bell Microproducts Inc. in San
Jose will start shipping Linux servers based on Sun hardware.
The rack-mountable
servers won't bear the Sun brand name, but instead will feature
the "UltraSPARC Driven" logo that already appears on a variety
of devices such as printers (but thus far, no computers) that
have embedded Sun UltraSPARC processors.
Linux already runs
on SPARC systems, but until now there was no officially sanctioned
channel to buy systems with Linux preinstalled. The system
boards aren't the same design as those used in Sun's own servers.
Pricing starts at $2,099.
Palm Springs, CA (Reuters) - Intel Corp.
and Sun Microsystems Inc. are in a rift over Sun's commitment
to Intel's forthcoming Itanium chip.
Earlier on Tuesday, the San Jose Mercury
News reported that the two Silicon Valley companies are involved
in a quiet dispute over Sun's commitment to a new version
of its Solaris operating system that runs on Intel's new Itanium
processor, which is expected to be launched in the second
half of 2000.
``We don't see the momentum in terms of
support,'' Paul Otellini, an Intel executive vice president
and general manager of Intel's architecture business group,
said at a press briefing, when asked about the Mercury News
report.
Palo Alto, Calif.-based Sun is one of several
companies developing versions of their operating systems to
run on Intel's new 64-bit processor, called Itanium. Other
companies include Microsoft Corp. , International Business
Machines Corp. , and several companies working on a 64-bit
version of Linux in an effort called the Trillian Group.
The Itanium chip is expected to be initially
targeted to high performance servers running Web sites, conducting
transactions and other corporate server applications. The
chips will also be targeted to the engineering workstation
market, all of which are Sun's key target markets for its
own line of servers and workstations that run its Sparc processor
and Solaris. Solaris is Sun's version of the Unix operating
system.
``They are just giving it a half-hearted
effort,'' said Ron Curry, director of marketing for Intel's
microprocessor products group. ``They are not out there driving
the ISVs (independent software developers), they are not out
there promoting Solaris on IA-64 (Intel's new architecture).''
A Sun Microsystems spokesman said he does
not agree with Intel.
``I would disagree with the comments that
we are not committed to the program,'' said David Harrah,
a Sun spokesman. ''That is entirely untrue.'' He also note
that Solaris was one of the first operating systems to boot
up on the first test systems that ran the first Itanium chips
last August. ``We are pushing ahead on the whole thing.''
Harrah also noted that many software developers
are downloading Solaris on Intel from Sun's Web site, since
the company made the source code available to developers.
``There are a lot of people out there taking it, looking at
it, kicking it around.''
With 440MHz UltraSPARC(R)-IIi processors
to power VoyagerIIi portable servers, software vendors can
demonstrate more compute-intensive enterprise applications
and solutions in the field at minimum cost Carlsbad, CA--February
9, 2000--Tadpole-RDI, Inc., today announced a twenty-two percent
increase in computing power for its Sun-compatible range of
portable VoyagerIIi servers. The upgrade of Tadpole's portable
server range takes effect immediately. Now powered by 440MHz
UltraSPARC-IIi processors, Sun computing software vendors
equipped with the latest VoyagerIIi specification will be
able to demonstrate more compute-intensive enterprise Solaris
applications and solutions at customer premises and trade
shows at minimum cost. VoyagerIIi servers powered by 360MHz
UltraSPARC-IIi processors will continue to be sold by the
vendor. "Providing Sun Microsystems customers with increasingly
powerful and effective tools that help them work smarter in
the field and improve their profitability is a fundamental
role of this business," says Una Richens, vice president of
sales and marketing at Tadpole-RDI. She adds: "The addition
of the 440MHz UltraSPARC-IIi processor to the VoyagerIIi range
is further demonstration of our commitment to Sun's technologies
and Tadpole-RDI's vision in extending the mobile applications
of 64-bit Solaris computing."
Milpitas, CA--February 14, 2000--Tatung
Science & Technology, Inc. (TSTI), celebrating more than 10
years of commitment to the SPARC(R) systems market, today
introduced the COMPstation U4MP Series Model 4450, a high-end
server that unleashes new levels of power, supporting up to
four 450 MHz UltraSPARC-II processors and 4 GB of memory.
The new system expands Tatung's use of the PCI I/O bus as
an integral design component of the company's SPARC-based
workstations and servers, which are installed at tens of thousands
of user sites throughout North America.
As Tatung's highest-performing quad-processing
system to date, the COMPstation 4450 is now shipping in both
rack mount and tower configurations. The compact, rack mount
servers meet the demanding needs of Internet Service Providers
(ISP), OEMs and industrial, commercial and communications
applications.
Tatung has also announced a price reduction
on the COMPstation U60-2450 series which is equipped with
a new motherboard that supports up to 4 GB of memory and dual
UPA graphics. Both features make the system ideal for Internet,
industrial and graphics-intensive applications such as CAD
or MCAD/MCAE design. The COMPstation U60-2450(1) shares these
features - support of up to 4 GB of memory and dual UPA graphics
slots - with Sun Microsystem's recent announcement, the Ultra
80 system, but boasts a space-saving design at a more attractive
price.
For more information, contact Tatung Science
& Technology, Inc., 1840 McCarthy Blvd., Milpitas, CA 95035.
Toll Free: 1-800-659-5902; Email: mkt@tsti.com
Web site: www.tsti.com.
Sterling Heights, MI--February 2, 2000--
Rave Computer Association, Inc., an authorized Sun(R) Master
value-added System Integrator, announces its expanded hardware
integration services for the SPARC industry worldwide.
Rave Computer Association, Inc., currently
integrates Sun Microelectronics dual processor Ultra60 board
into a mid-tower chassis. The mid-tower chassis allows for
two internal drive bays, one external 5.25 drive bay and two
external 3.5 drive bays, and a 350-Watt power supply.
The Ultra60 features up to 2 GB of memory,
onboard fast Ethernet and ultra SCSI interfaces, four 64-bit
PCI slots, three at 33MHz and one at 66MHz, and two 100/120MHz
UPA graphic slots. The Ultra60 supports from one to two UltraSPARC-II
processor modules ranging from 300MHz to 450MHz with variable
cache sizes, providing binary compatibility with Solaris operating
environment applications.
The Ultra60 is ideally suited for computing
applications in telecommunications, medical imaging, graphical
imaging, data analysis and networking systems. All of Rave
Computer integrated systems feature a one-year warranty.
Tadpole-RDI's new channel partner, Forsythe
Solutions Group, launching first nationwide portable Unix
campaign to improve operational efficiency and returns on
IT investments of customers
Carlsbad, CA--17 February 2000--Tadpole-RDI,
Inc., the mobile hardware business unit of Tadpole Technology
plc, today announced the appointment of Forsythe Solutions
Group, Inc. of Skokie (IL) as a channel partner for its ranges
of portable Unix workstations and servers.
The appointment signals the launch of Forsythe's
nationwide "work smarter, invest better through portable Unix"
campaign aimed at making anytime-anywhere computing professionals
at its fifteen hundred plus Hewlett-Packard and Sun Microsystems
corporate customers more productive. Forsythe also aims to
show its customers how portable Unix can be a generator of
better returns on future IT investments.
Forsythe's campaign addresses the computing
needs and practices of numerous groups within an enterprise.
A particular focus will be system administrators, software
and e-commerce application developers and network managers,
whose roles are increasingly field-based or undertaken outside
corporate offices, such as at home. Traditional Hewlett-Packard
or Sun Microsystems desktops are ill-suited for the increasing
mobility and round-the-clock availability required of these
Unix computing professionals desktops are too bulky to carry,
require too much space for home use, and, being unable to
withstand the rigors and demands of "field" computing, incur
regular maintenance costs. The small footprint, reliability
and low weight of designed-to-travel portable Unix hardware
resolve these issues.
The trend towards increasing mobility of
workforces is a subject high on the corporate agenda; a recent
Gartner Group study suggested that the proportion of a corporation's
workforce undertaking tasks outside office walls will rise
from its current fifteen percent to some forty percent by
2002.
For more information visit their web site
at www.tadpolerdi.com.
Sterling Heights, MI--February 9, 2000--Rave
Computer Association, Inc. today announces Rave Storage Solutions
designed to provide storage systems connectivity and complete
storage solutions for the growing information storage requirements
of its customers. Rave Storage products offer tape back up,
RAID, and JBOD sub-systems configuration solutions. Fiber
channel connectivity and interoperability support will be
provided for all products from its partnered suppliers and
for its own Rave family of custom-configured systems. By leveraging
partnership resources with its own Rave Storage solutions,
will provide virtually any state of the art configuration
of JBOD, RAID or tape automation for Network Application Support
(NAS) or Storage Area Networks (SAN) storage solutions.
Rave Computers partners include alliances
with component manufacturers for fiber channel connectivity,
enclosures, RAID controllers, disk and tape drives, and RAID
and tape automation sub systems. As client/server concepts
continue to gain popularity, customers are asking for more
sophisticated solutions for storage, storage retrieval, and
data backup. With the diverse growth of applications and increased
demands for high availability storage solutions, Rave Computer
is uniquely positioned with the right product mix and technical
knowledge.
In the years to come, the demand for storage
will intensify. Technology will evolve into being automated
with superior data management capabilities, said Bev LeBoeuf,
director of marketing for Rave Computer Association, Inc.,
Rave will continue to offer the latest solutions that our
customers can build upon for their computing and storage requirements.
More information about Rave Computer Association,
Inc., and Rave Systems can be found on the worldwide web at
www.rave.net or by calling
1-800-966-7283.
The SPARC Compliant brand, awarded
by SPARC International, assures end users that systems so
branded will work with any other product branded to the same
level of the "SPARC Compliant Definition (SCD)." This list,
updated monthly, includes changes made to the master list
of SPARC Compliant products. To view the master list, please
access our web site at www.sparc.org
or send email to info@sparc.org.
| Tatung |
COMPstation 4MP U45445QR |
Solaris 7 |
2.1 |
02/21/00 |
|
| Tatung |
COMPstation 4MP U45445T |
Solaris 7 |
2.1 |
02/21/00 |
| Sun |
Ultra 5 PGX24 |
Solaris 8 |
2.1 |
02/22/00 |
| Sun |
Enterprise Ultra 5S |
Solaris 8 |
2.1 |
02/22/00 |
| Sun |
Ultra 10 Elite3D m3 |
Solaris 8 |
2.1 |
02/22/00 |
| Sun |
Ultra 10 PGX24 |
Solaris 8 |
2.1 |
02/22/00 |
| Sun |
Ultra 10 Creator |
Solaris 8 |
2.1 |
02/22/00 |
| Sun |
Ultra 10 Creator3D |
Solaris 8 |
2.1 |
02/22/00 |
| Sun |
Ultra 10 Elite3D m3 |
Solaris 8 |
2.1 |
02/22/00 |
| Sun |
Ultra 10 Elite3D m6 |
Solaris 8 |
2.1 |
02/22/00 |
| Sun |
Ultra 60 1360 Creator3D |
Solaris 8 |
2.1 |
02/22/00 |
| Sun |
Ultra 60 1360 Elite3D m3 |
Solaris 8 |
2.1 |
02/22/00 |
| Sun |
Ultra 60 1360 Elite3D m6 |
Solaris 8 |
2.1 |
02/22/00 |
| Sun |
Ultra 60 2360 Creator3D |
Solaris 8 |
2.1 |
02/22/00 |
| Sun |
Ultra 60 2360 Elite3D m3 |
Solaris 8 |
2.1 |
02/22/00 |
| Sun |
Ultra 60 2360 Elite3D m6 |
Solaris 8 |
2.1 |
02/22/00 |
| Sun |
Ultra 60 1450 Creator3D |
Solaris 8 |
2.1 |
02/22/00 |
| Sun |
Ultra 60 1450 Elite3D m3 |
Solaris 8 |
2.1 |
02/22/00 |
| Sun |
Ultra 60 1450 Elite3D m6 |
Solaris 8 |
2.1 |
02/22/00 |
| Sun |
Ultra 60 2450 Creator3D |
Solaris 8 |
2.1 |
02/22/00 |
| Sun |
Ultra 60 2450 Elite3D m3 |
Solaris 8 |
2.1 |
02/22/00 |
| Sun |
Ultra 60 2450 Elite3D m6 |
Solaris 8 |
2.1 |
02/22/00 |
| Sun |
Ultra 80 4450 Creator3D |
Solaris 8 |
2.1 |
02/22/00 |
| Sun |
Ultra 80 4450 PGX32 |
Solaris 8 |
2.1 |
02/22/00 |
| Sun |
Ultra 80 4450 Elite3D m6 |
Solaris 8 |
2.1 |
02/22/00 |
| Sun |
Ultra Enterprise 2 1400 |
Solaris 8 |
2.1 |
02/22/00 |
| Sun |
Ultra Enterprise 2 2400 |
Solaris 8 |
2.1 |
02/22/00 |
| Sun |
Enterprise 250 |
Solaris 8 |
2.1 |
02/22/00 |
| Sun |
Enterprise 3500 |
Solaris 8 |
2.1 |
02/22/00 |
| Sun |
Enterprise 4500 |
Solaris 8 |
2.1 |
02/22/00 |
| Sun |
Enterprise 5500 |
Solaris 8 |
2.1 |
02/22/00 |
| Sun |
Enterprise 6500 |
Solaris 8 |
2.1 |
02/22/00 |
| Sun |
Ultra Enterprise 10000 |
Solaris 8 |
2.1 |
02/22/00 |
SPARC-related documents are available through
SPARC International's bookstore, SPARCSHOP. Access to SPARCSHOP
is available several ways,
- email sparcshop@sparc.org
- phone us at 1-408-748-9111 x240
Currently available
| The SPARC Architecture Manual, Version
8 |
$50.00 |
| SPARC-V8E Embedded Supplement to SPARC-V8 |
$25.00 |
| The SPARC Architecture Manual, Version
9 |
$55.00 |
| Implementation Characteristics of Current
SPARC-V9 based products |
$25.00 |
| Mbus Interface Specification (Version
1.2) |
$40.00 |
| SPARC Compliance Definition (SCD 1.1) |
$20.00 |
| SPARC Compliance Definition (SCD 2.1
& 2.1A) |
$20.00 |
| SPARC Compliance Definition (SCD 2.2) |
$20.00 |
| SPARC Compliance Definition (SCD 2.3
& IS) |
$20.00 |
| SPARC Compliance Definition (SCD 2.4
& IS) |
$40.00 |
| SPARC Compliance Definition (SCD 2.4.1
& IS) NEW!! |
$40.00 |
| SPARC Technical Papers |
$56.00 |
| SPARC Strategy & Technology |
$40.00 |
| Type 5 Keyboard Interface License |
$99.00 |
|
Please contact SPARC International's SPARC
Shop at <sparcshop@sparc.org>
or Tel: 408 748-9111 x240 for lead times on the manuals.
Thank you.
SPARC-FLASH is distributed by SPARC International.
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- Managing Editor -
Cheryl Hostetler
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or via email <info@sparc.org>.
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hardware and software standards; enables compatibility across SPARC-branded
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brand names.
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newsletter. Information in this newsletter has been provided by
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of such claims. Users may want to obtain references, documentation,
and/or demonstrations before purchasing any products or services.
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| SPARCcompiler® |
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| SPARCluster 1® |
SPARCplug® |
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| SPARC Verification ™ |
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EuroSPARC™ |
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