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The Monthly Bulletin For Users Of SPARC Based Products

May 31, 2000

Issue No. 80

I. SPARC NEWS

  1. TATUNG SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, INC. MOVES TO NEW CORPORATE HEADQUARTERS

  2. DATARAM SEES STRONG GROWTH, ADDS CAPACITY

  3. EMPRESS DATABASE NOW AVAILABLE ON REAL-TIME PLATFORM, QNX NEUTRINO

  4. FORCE ANNOUNCED THE CPCI-540 FAMILY OF SPARC® PROCESSOR-BASED COMPUTERS FOR THE CompactPCI®

  5. TADPOLE PARTNERS WITH POINTBASE TO ENHANCE ITS JAVA-BASED OFFERINGS FOR MOBILE MARKETS

II. PVT VERIFIED TESTING ADDITIONS IN MAY

III.SPARCSHOP


I. SPARC News

I. A. - TATUNG SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, INC. MOVES TO NEW CORPORATE HEADQUARTERS

Fremont, CA - May 8, 2000 - Tatung Science and Technology, Inc. (TSTI), celebrating more than 10 years of commitment to the SPARC systems market, today announced that the Company has moved its corporate headquarters to a new office and manufacturing complex, located at 436 Kato Terrace, in Fremont, California.

The new facility consolidates all of Tatung's SPARC workstation and server production, support, marketing and sales operations. According to TSTI president Kam Chan, the new headquarters includes a larger, more efficient manufacturing area capable of handling higher production capacity at lower cost.

"Tatung has experienced strong sales growth over the last several years, especially due to the wide acceptance of Tatung servers throughout the Internet market," Chan said. "The new facility has been designed to streamline production and pass on manufacturing cost savings to our customers."

About Tatung Science and Technology, Inc. Tatung Science & Technology, Inc., is the leading provider of SPARC compatible workstations and Web servers and U.S. subsidiary of the over $4 billion, multinational Tatung Company. Backed by more than ten years of commitment to the SPARC systems market, TSTI workstations and servers are installed at thousands of user sites throughout North America. TSTI is a founding member of SPARC International.

For more information, contact Tatung Science and Technology, Inc., 436 Kato Terrace, Fremont, CA 94539; Toll Free: 1-800-659-5902; Phone: (510) 687-9688; Fax: (510) 687-9588; Web site: www.tsti.com; Email: mkt@tsti.com.


I. B. - DATARAM SEES STRONG GROWTH, ADDS CAPACITY

Princeton, NJ - April 18, 2000 - Dataram Corporation (NASDAQ: DRAM), a leading supplier of advanced memory to the network server market, has begun a significant expansion. Over the next year, a newly installed production line, featuring a Panasonic high-speed chip mounter will contribute to a doubling of production capacity and gains in precision. These improved capabilities reinforce Dataram's leading position in the advanced memory market.

Robert Tarantino, chairman and CEO, noted, "We continue to experience strong growth, and the outlook for our industry is bright. Our increasing customer base includes Internet service providers, financial institutions, large corporations, electronic contract manufacturers and systems integrators. Their appetite for high capacity memory continues to grow rapidly, driven by explosive increases in Internet activity. Today's applications require bandwidth measured in thousands of bits per second. Tomorrow's Internet will deliver services that require network servers to handle bandwidth measured in millions of bits per second. Servers must have ample memory to process transmissions at these speeds. Memory is one of the most important components of the internet."

Mark Maddocks, CFO, stated, "We are pleased to announce this significant increase in our production capacity. Investing in the future growth of our business is the most profitable use of our shareholders' capital. This expansion is a key element of our high-growth strategy."

Dataram Corporation is a leading provider of gigabyte memory upgrades for network servers. The company specializes in the manufacture of large-capacity memory boards for Compaq/Digital, Dell, Hewlett-Packard, IBM, Intel, Silicon Graphics and Sun Microsystems computers.

For more information visit their web site at www.dataram.com.

I. C. - EMPRESS DATABASE NOW AVAILABLE ON REAL-TIME PLATFORM, QNX NEUTRINO

Greenbelt, MD - May 15, 2000 - Empress Software, developers of the advanced EMPRESS Relational Database Management System, announces the immediate availability of an exciting new product offering for real-time developers. The EMPRESS RDBMS is now available on QNX(R) Neutrino(R), an advanced real-time operating system for embedded systems. EMPRESS on QNX Neutrino delivers powerful performance, enabling the creative design of scalable, reliable, deterministic applications.

EMPRESS RDBMS on QNX Neutrino is an agile, database management engine with exceptional real-time performance. From lean single board computers to monster supercomputers, EMPRESS scales seamlessly. Both Empress and QNX maintain strong adherence to industry standards, making it fast and easy for users to develop and deploy applications while ensuring flexibility and growth. Furthermore, EMPRESS RDBMS development license for QNX Neutrino is available free of charge for non commercial use.

"Of paramount importance to successful embedded systems applications is speed, size and reliability. EMPRESS on QNX Neutrino is tight and fast, featuring a small, modular footprint," said Ivor Ladd, Chief Technology Officer. "And with mean time between failures approaching infinite, EMPRESS is maintenance free."

EMPRESS RDBMS is an ideal foundation for robust complete "black box" solutions. EMPRESS RDBMS development license features a variety of popular API's including C, C++, SQL and Report Writer. Empress National Language Support allows international language characters sets to stored by the database engine. EMPRESS databases places no limit on storage capacity and offers the ability to store and retrieve virtually any type of data, from microsecond timestamp to variable length text, to image and sound. Developers with special needs can also take advantage of EMPRESS RDBMS configuration options, such as inmemory configuration and read-only file systems.

Empress Software develops and supports the Empress Relational Database Management System. The EMPRESS RDBMS is one of the most powerful and cost effective development databases especially designed for developers operating on UNIX, Windows or real-time environments. Empress has been utilized successfully in diverse fields including image and voice management, telecommunications, medical systems, telephony systems, geographical information systems and network management.

For more information about Empress, please call 301-220-1919. Check our web site at www.empress.com or send email to info@empress.com. You can write to us at Empress Software, 6401 Golden Triangle Drive, Greenbelt, MD, 20770.


I. D. - FORCE ANNOUNCED THE CPCI-540 FAMILY OF SPARC® PROCESSOR-BASED COMPUTERS FOR THE CompactPCI®

Universal Bridge Solution for SPARC-Based CompactPCI Force Announces SPARC Processor-Based Universal Mode SBC Using SENTINEL Bridge Chip

San Jose, CA - April 25 - Force announced the CPCI-540 family of SPARC® processor-based computers for the CompactPCI(r) environment featuring the SENTINEL(tm) universal PCI-to-PCI bridge. The CPCI-540 offers a fast and reliable platform for embedded Solaris®-based applications that require compactness, multi-link IP networking capability and redundant SCSI interfaces.

By integrating SENTINEL technology with the second-generation 440 MHz UltraSPARC-IIi processor, the CPCI-540 is the first solution that offers the advantages of "Universal Mode" technology to embedded Solaris applications. The CPCI-540 can run in any CompactPCI slot, allowing a system to be populated with CPCI-540 boards. Hot-Swap capability (PICMG spec. 2.1), which enables the board to be inserted into or removed from an operating CompactPCI system, is another key feature of the CPCI-540. The board family comes in one-, two- and three-slot configurations with up to three Ultra SCSI controllers, seven 100BaseT Ethernet controllers and 1,024 MBytes of DRAM. Prices for the CPCI-540 start at US$4,000 with competitive pricing for volume purchases. The CPCI-540 ships this month under Force's Early Access Unit program, and volume shipments are scheduled for Q4 2000. For more information on CPCI-540, visit www.forcecomputers.com

I. E. - TADPOLE PARTNERS WITH POINTBASE TO ENHANCE ITS JAVA-BASED OFFERINGS FOR MOBILE MARKETS

Carlsbad (CA), May 2, 2000 - Tadpole-RDI, Inc., the California-based hardware business unit of mobile business computing specialist Tadpole Technology plc, today announced that it has formed a strategic partnership with PointBase to offer its embedded Java database with Tadpoles J-Slate pen computer, a new breed of wireless internet device. PointBase, Inc. is the leader in mobile wireless and 100% Pure Java data management products.

The addition of the PointBase database enables Tadpole to provide J-Slate users with the ability to store local extracts from enterprise databases and to automatically synchronize any changes with the originating database.

The Pointbase database and data management tools also ensures that J-Slate users will never have to worry about losing data - PointBase transparently manages the synchronization of data transfers to and from the J-Slate ensuring that even when wireless reception is intermittent all data integrity is preserved.

Tadpole selected PointBase technology because its 100% Pure Java databases can interface with all major enterprise database on any computing platform that supports Java.

Bernard Hulme, president of Tadpole-RDI and CEO of Tadpole Technology, plc, comments: "Enterprises are looking for an efficient way to let mobile workers use wireless devices to tap into corporate applications and databases and to automatically update them without losing data, even when wireless reception is intermittent." He adds: "PointBase technology increases J-Slate's overall value to customers because it delivers a very easy-to-use, easy-to-manage solution to the complex problem of data synchronization over wireless networks."

"Tadpoles commitment to deliver world-class mobile Java solutions to enterprise customers complements our passion in bringing the benefits of Java-based data management to mobile users," adds Bruce Scott, president and CEO of PointBase, Inc., who also co-founded Oracle Corporation. "Pointbase's partnership with Tadpole will open up opportunities in new markets for us by introducing our technology to industries that are building next-generation apps on Java."

For more information please visit there web site at www.tadpole.com.

II. PVT VERIFIED TESTING IN MAY

The SPARC Verified brand, awarded by SPARC International, assures end users that the peripherals they want to use will work on the SPARC Compliant systems they target. This list, updated monthly, includes changes made to the master list of SPARC Verified products. To view the master list, please go to the certified section of our web site.

COMPANY PRODUCTC OS SCD DATE
Kingston Technology Sim KTS-AXi 128 Solaris 7 2.1 05-16-00

III. SPARCSHOP

SPARC-related documents are available through SPARC International's bookstore, SPARCSHOP. Access to SPARCSHOP is available several ways;

  1. email sparcshop@sparc.org

  2. 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
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. All rights reserved.

- Managing Editor -

Cheryl Hostetler

Direct Inquiries To - sparc-flash-request@sparc.org

Additional information about SPARC International, its members and its certification programs is available via the World Wide Web <www.sparc.org> or via email <info@sparc.org>.


SPARC International promotes the design, development and application of SPARC to computer and peripheral products; establishes hardware and software standards; enables compatibility across SPARC-branded products; and provides, promotes and protects SPARC and SPARC-related brand names.

SPARC International has verified to the best of its ability all of the product information contained in this newsletter. Information in this newsletter has been provided by the vendors. SPARC International has not reviewed claims made about product features or functions, and is not responsible for the accuracy of such claims. Users may want to obtain references, documentation, and/or demonstrations before purchasing any products or services. No vendor is authorized to act as an agent of SPARC International, or to make any representations or warranties on SPARC International's behalf.

The following are Registered® Trademarks of SPARC International, Inc.:

SPARC® SPARCbook® SPARCenter® SPARC Compliant®
SPARC Compliant SCD & Design® embedSPARC® SPARC International® SoundSPARC®
SPARClite® SPARCprinter® SPARCserver® SPARCstation®
UltraSPARC® UltraSPARC Driven® SPARC Storage® SPARCworks®
MicroSPARC® microSPARC® SuperSPARC® SPARC (Stylized)®
SPARCcompiler® SPARCphone® ftSPARC® hyperSPARC®
SPARCluster® SPARCsummit® SPARC64® SPARC64/OS®
SPARCengine® SPARC LT® SPARC O/S® SPARC PC®
SPARCluster 1® SPARCplug® SPARCtop® SPARK®
TurboSPARC® UltraSPARC Driven & Design® UltraSPARC Driven & Design (Logo)® UniSPARC®


Other Trademarks that are in use or Pending Registration include:

SPARCstation SPARC811 SPARCbuilders SPARCard
SPARC Compatible SPARC Compliance SPARC-FLASH SPARC Technology
SPARClet SPARCtop SPARC V9 SPARCbuilders
SunSPARC SPARC Product Directory SPARCshop SPARC Technology Business
SPARC Verification SPARCware SPARKit SPARC Power
SPARC64-GP SPARC Driven SPARC-Line SPARC-Line
ConsumerSPARC SPARCV9 SPARC_V9 SPARC Verified
SPARC Verification SPARCware SPARKit EuroSPARC


Products bearing SPARC trademarks are based on an architecture developed by Sun Microsystems, Inc. UNIX is a registered trademark in the United States and other countries, licensed exclusively through X/Open Company, Ltd. All other product names, trademarks and registered trademarks are the property of their respective owners.



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