The Monthly Bulletin For Users Of SPARC Based Products
Issue No. 53
Moorpark, CA--February 19, 1998-- EIS
Computers joined SPARC International as VAR member. EIS Computers
is an integrator of Solaris-based technology. EIS utilizes Sun board-level
products in a line of UltraSPARC® PCI platforms named "Fusion".
They develop custom solutions for customers in a variety of sectors,
including telecommunications, medical, government, education, Internet
and enterprise management.
Fremont, CA--February 1, 1998-- Themis
Computer, leading manufacturer of SPARC®-based, Sun Workstation
compatible single board computers, has announced its new UltraSPARC®
StrikeForce family of VME and CompactPCI single board computers
(SBCs) designed around Sun's most advanced new UltraSPARC processors
and modules. UltraSPARC StrikeForce is the Industry's most comprehensive
family of UltraSPARC engines for the embedded market and offers
the highest performance and I/O flexibility available on any embedded
SPARC platform.
UltraSPARC StrikeForce includes the new USPIIi-cPCI,
Themis Computer's first CompactPCI offering, the new USP-2, the
Industry's first dual-processor UltraSPARC 1 VME engine, and the
USPIIi-1V and USPIIi-3V, the Industry's first UltraSPARC IIi-based
VME engines that set new standards for performance and I/O flexibility.
Themis' new UltraSPARC StrikeForce family will bring the unmatched
price/performance and scalability of UltraSPARC IIi and the power
of dual UltraSPARC processing with demanding embedded applications.
As a technology partner of Sun Microelectronics, division of Sun
Microsystems, Themis Computer has been able to bring Sun's latest
technology and bring it to the embedded market world-wide. The UltraSPARC
StrikeForce product family is a result of the strength of Themis'
long-standing relationship with Sun Microelectronics.
THEMIS Computer is a world-wide supplier of both
VMEbus and SBus products, including; Single Board Computers, Communications
Controllers, Industrial I/O, and Memory. The Company provides board
and system level solutions, including software and support.
For more information visit their web site
at www.themis.com, THEMIS COMPUTER
US, 3185 Laurelview Court, Fremont, California 94538. Phone +510
252-0870. Fax +510 490-5529. Email
sales@themis.com.In Europe contact THEMIS COMPUTER EUROPE Headquarters,
1, Rue Des Essarts Z.I., De Mayencin 38610 Gieres, France. Phone
+33.76.59.60.61. Fax +33.76.63.00.30.
Santa Clara, CA--February 5, 1998-- Camintonn
Corp., of Irvine CA has earned the SPARC® Verified Brand
for its ULTRA1-128MB
memory modules for UltraSPARC® computers after successfully
completing the Peripheral Verification Test(PVT) program at SPARC
International. Camintonn Corp. also operates a facility in Oxford,
England.
Waterford, MI--February 6, 1998-- SoftTech
Solutions develops expert systems and on-line technical documentation.
The company's flagship product, the On-Line! Detective for Sun,
is ideal for field engineers, system administrators, help-desk centers
and Sun computer brokers/resellers.
The Detective helps save time and frustration
in finding and resolving most Sun/SPARC computer problems. Examples
include Sun error messages with interpretations, troubleshooting
flow chart diagrams and part number access. The On-Line! Detective
supports any company who maintains Sun systems and is the ultimate
compliment to any service contract.
SPARC International member, Rave
Computer, a leading independent ISO 9002 Certified manufacturer
of custom-built Sun and SPARC-compatible products, includes On-Line!
Detective with its systems. The Detective complements Rave's broad
range of SPARC solutions and differentiates its line of SPARC-compatible
computers from other SPARC based systems.
Paul Violassi, CEO at SoftTech Solutions says,
"The On-Line! Detective for Sun is a unique product in the
Sun market, providing unparalleled support and information. We see
our relationship with Rave as mutually beneficial and respect the
character and vision of their fine employees."
SoftTech Solutions looks to extend the Detective
line of products into additional UNIX platforms and other respective
industries. For more information about the On-Line! Detective for
Sun call SoftTech Solutions at (888) 786-4393 or visit their web
site at www.stsolutions.com.
San Diego, CA--February 10, 1998-- ANDATACO
today announced it has started shipping Fibre Channel solutions
for its GigaRAID product line for users who need superior performance,
high availability, and maximum capacity within server-based enterprise
network environments. Available in both RAID and JBOD configurations,
the new GigaRAID/FC Series features the flexibility and scalability
of the company's Application-Specific Architecture (ASA), integrated
with Fibre Channel's complete redundancy, multi-platform support
and transparent upgrade path to hardware-based RAID. ANDATACO's
Fibre Channel solutions serve as the lynchpin of ANDATACO's overall
strategy to offer the highest performing SCSI and Fibre products
for its targeted market segments-oil and gas exploration, technology
development, video, data warehouse and OLTP/Database environments.
* The GigaRAID /FC Series consists of three distinct
models, starting with the GigaRAID/FC 3400/3500, the successor to
the first active/active SCSI RAID product on the market.
* The GigaRAID/FC 5000 is the capacity building
block for the GigaRAID/FC family, providing up to 10 dual-ported,
high-performance, highly available Fibre Channel disk drives in
a modular chassis.
* The GigaRAID/FC 5400/5500 is the performance
building block, utilizing one or two storage processors to deliver
hardware RAID protection plus excellent data through out for sequential
applications and high random I/O performance for transaction processing.
* The GigaRAID/FC Series includes support for
Sun, Hewlett-Packard, IBM, Silicon Graphics and Windows NT servers.
ANDATACO, headquartered in San Diego, California,
manufactures and distributes storage solutions based on its Application-Specific
architecture for Windows NT and UNIX environments. The Company's
open architecture solutions include RAID and RAID-ready disk arrays;
tape backup and restore products; and storage management, data sharing,
remote mirroring and disaster recovery software. The Company distributes
internally developed products, and products from other manufacturers,
through a network of 23 sales offices worldwide, and through business
affiliates in Europe, Asia, Latin America, Canada and Australia.
Windows NT is a trademark of Microsoft Corporation.
Sun, Hewlett-Packard, IBM, and Silicon Graphics are trademarks of
their respective companies.
Lake Mary, FL--February 10, 1998-- nStor(TM)
Corporation, Inc., a leading manufacturer of high availability,
high performance RAID and information storage solutions, today announced
the immediate availability of its AdminiStor(TM) UNIX Utilities
for Sun, designed for use with its award-winning CR8e subsystem
and the Ultra SCSI-to-SCSI (S2S) RAID controller. These enhanced
software utility components provide system administrators with an
easy-to-use graphic user interface (GUI) for installing, configuring
and monitoring RAID systems in a Solaris or Sun OS environment.
The UNIX Utilities are an add-on option to nStor's robust AdminiStor
Storage Management Software Suite, the first and only enterprise
software package to provide cross-platform configuration, management
and monitoring capabilities across Windows NT, NetWare, Sun Solaris,
and SGI IRIX platforms.
"Traditionally, the installation and configuration
of RAID systems in the UNIX environment has been time consuming
and difficult using operating system provided character-based utilities,"
said Steven Paulhus, director of marketing at nStor Corporation.
"Utilizing nStor's easy-to-use AdminiStor UNIX Utilities, system
administrators now have a user-friendly drag-and-drop GUI storage
management solution similar to those found in other environments
that allows for quick and easy RAID setup, configuration and alert
notification of fault-tolerant disk arrays."
nStor Corporation is located in Lake Mary, Florida.
For more information visit their web site at www.nstor.com.
Phone +407 829-3500 or + 800 724-3411 Fax + 407 829-3638. Email
sales@nstor.com
Research Triangle Park, NC--February 17, 1998--Just
two weeks after Red Hat Linux
5.0 was named the Network Operating System Product of the Year by
InfoWorld Magazine, Red Hat Software, Inc., publisher of Red Hat
Linux, announced that Red Hat Linux 5.0 has received a "Productivity
Award" from Software Development Magazine.
The sudden industry recognition of Linux is not
so much sudden as it is indicative of the growing desire of computer
users to control their system. Software that comes with source code
and is not restricted by any license terms, as with Red Hat Linux,
gives the user unlimited freedom and potential. "The principal
and common benefit of the Red Hat Linux operating system to our
customers is the control that cooperatively developed, freely distributable
software gives them over their computer systems," said Robert
Young, president of Red Hat Software. "Other OS's that are
published under restrictive licenses simply limit the innovation
of the product."
Announced during the 1998 Software Development
trade show that ran from February 10-12 in San Francisco, Software
Development Magazine's Jolt Awards are designed to recognize computer
innovations that "jolt" the computer world. Indeed, Linux
is making waves. Not only was Red Hat Linux 5.0 named the InfoWorld's
Network OS Product of the Year, but InfoWorld also gave a Technical
Support Award to the Linux community for their timely, accurate,
and devoted support of the Linux OS.
Coming on the heels of Netscape's announcement
to join the world of cooperatively-developed software, to which
Red Hat Software is committed, these industry accolades bring focused
attention, legitimacy, and commercial success, as well as deserved
praise, to both the users and developers of the Linux Operating
System.
ABOUT LINUX
Linux is the freely distributable, cooperatively-developed
POSIX-based, multi-user, multi-tasking operating system used worldwide
in commercial, academic, and development organizations. Linux is
used as a high value, fully-functional UNIX workstation for applications
ranging from Internet Servers to reliable work group computing.
ABOUT RED HAT
SOFTWARE, INC.
Founded in 1994, Red Hat Software, Inc. is based
in Research Triangle Park, NC, where it builds and maintains the
Red Hat Linux distribution of the Linux operating system for Intel,
DEC Alpha(TM), and Sun SPARC platforms. Working in cooperation with
a huge development team of research, academic, and commercial software
developers over the Internet, Red Hat's goal is to build the most
accessible and advanced Linux operating system. Red Hat Software
also publishes and maintains commercial applications for Linux including
OSF Motif, CDE, and the Applixware Office Suite.
For more information about Red Hat Software and
Red Hat products and technologies, please call +919 547-0012 or
visit our web site at www.redhat.com
. Reviews encouraged.
San Diego, CA--February
17, 1998-- ANDATACO (NASDAQ/SMALLCAPIPLS)
today announced the appointment of Arun K. Taneja as senior vice
president of marketing. Taneja will be responsible for developing
and executing the company's worldwide strategy for marketing ANDATACO's
comprehensive storage products, storage management software and
professional services product lines. Taneja comes to ANDATACO with
extensive marketing and senior management experience. His career
includes senior management positions at Data General Corporation,
his role as director of marketing for the Workstations Systems Group
of Sun Microsystems, Inc., and most recently, his position as vice
president of marketing for Invincible Technologies Corporation.
For more information
visit ANDATACO's web site located at www.andataco.com
.
Stuttgart, Germany--February 18, 1998-- Sun
Microsystems, Inc. today announced the SPARCengine® CP 1200
and CP 1500, two embedded-board computers for mission critical telecom
and industrial computing applications. These new boards are an extension
of Sun's offerings in the telecom and industrial computing markets
and represent Sun's first CompactPCI (cPCI) based offering.
The Sun(TM) SPARCengine CP family of cPCI board
computers is designed for OEM customers with demands for High Availability
embedded processing platforms that must perform under extreme conditions
or meet difficult environmental specifications. The CP family delivers
the advantages of an industry standard-based offering, with a high
performance PCI-based solution to companies such as telecommunications
and networking equipment providers, who previously depended on proprietary
bus architectures. The CP 1500 is a high-performance, single-slot
cPCI board that will initially be available with Sun's 270 MHz,
64-bit UltraSPARC ®-IIi microprocessor and will follow with
future speed upgrades. The CP 1500 takes full advantage of the VISTM
extended instruction set, which delivers the industry's best networking
and software application acceleration capabilities. The high level
of integration in the microprocessor, including on-board memory
controller and dual channel PCI interface, gives OEMs an immediate
realization of lower total system cost while providing high performance.
The CP 1500 is a high-performance, single-slot
cPCI board that will initially be available with Sun's 270 MHz,
64-bit UltraSPARC-IIi microprocessor and will follow with future
speed upgrades. The CP 1500 takes full advantage of the VISTM extended
instruction set, which delivers the industry's best networking and
software application acceleration capabilities. The high level of
integration in the microprocessor, including on-board memory controller
and dual channel PCI interface, gives OEMs an immediate realization
of lower total system cost while providing high performance.
The SPARCengine CP 1200 board is now sampling
with volume production within the second calendar quarter of 1998.
Individual boards sell for less than $1,500 in quantities of 500.
The CP 1500 CPCI board, with a 64MB memory module, is scheduled
to sample in April, with volume availability mid-year, and sells
for less than $7000 in quantities of 500. For further information
about Sun's CPCI products contact Sun Microelectronics Sales at
(650) 960-4200. For more information visit our Web site at www.sun.com/microelectronics.
Since its inception in 1982, a singular vision,
"The Network Is The Computer(TM)," has propelled Sun Microsystems,
Inc. (NASDAQSUNW) 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 $9 billion
in annual revenues, Sun can be found in more than 150 countries
and on the World Wide Web at www.sun.com.
San Diego, CA--February 23, 1998-- VisiCom
announced today that it has finalized the purchase of Connectware
Inc. RasterFlex Sbus graphics accelerator boards for Sun SPARC and
Sun compatible workstations. VisiCom now has exclusive rights to
manufacture, market, sell and support the RasterFlex-32 and RasterFlex-HR
products, which are used extensively in systems operating in domestic
and international financial institutions.
"RasterFlex provides VisiCom with a highly
successful Sbus graphics card line to support integrators developing
mission-critical applications for the financial market", stated
Gene Kennon, vice president of sales and marketing at VisiCom. "RasterFlex
has gained wide acceptance in the financial arena as an efficient,
reliable, easy to install solution to support multiple monitors
and live program windows in full color. As the Sun market migrates
from Sbus to PCI, VisiCom is developing appropriate technology that
will allow our customers to seamlessly move their products from
one bus architecture to another. Our recently introduced VigraVision
imaging product will provide the core technology to ease this transition
and move developers forward in the coming years."
RasterFlex has been used successfully in a wide
variety of financial institutions including Reuters, Merrill Lynch,
JP Morgan, Barclays Bank, CitiBank, Morgan Stanley, and Fidelity
Investments. The product is also extensively used in a variety of
international financial centers such as Switzerland, Germany, Japan,
and England.
VisiCom is headquartered in San Diego, CA
and has offices in Colorado, Florida, Massachusetts, Virginia, Washington
and the United Kingdom. For more information visit their web site
at www.visicom.com, phone +619
457-2111, and fax +619 457-0888. Karen Johnson, Manager, Marketing
Communications, VisiCom, Email kj@visicom.com.
Milpitas, CA--Feb. 23, 1998-- Tatung
Science & Technology, Inc. (TSTI), celebrating its tenth
year of commitment to the SPARC® systems market, today introduced
the COMPstation U10-300, a new line of desktop workstations that
represents the industry's first Sun Ultra 10-compatible systems.
Scheduled to ship in March, the COMPstation U10-300 also marks an
important milestone as the first Tatung workstation to feature the
PCI I/O bus.
The new workstation features the new 300MHz UltraSPARCIIi
PCI processor from Sun Microelectronics. Providing a SPECint95 of
12.1 and SPECfp95 of 12.9* when equipped with 512KB of external
cache, this 64-bit processor supports five 32-bit PCI devices at
33 MHz to provide plenty of system flexibility. An additional 64-bit
UPA slot is designed for vertical add-ons such as Creator graphics
cards.
Standard COMPstation U10-300 configurations include
512KB of external cache; 64MB of memory (expandable to 1GB); one
4.3GB hard drive and one 1.44MB floppy drive; and a PCI graphics
card. Prices start at $4,995, (not including monitor). The COMPstation
U10-300 is designed for users of high-end applications in engineering,
medical research, animation, geophysics, finance and other markets.
While incorporating the PCI I/O bus, the COMPstation
U10-300 also maintains full binary compatibility with the application
software customers now use with their existing SPARC systems. No
application changes are required in order for customers to continue
to use the thousands of software programs available for the SPARC
platform.
For more information, contact Tatung Science &
Technology, Inc., 1840 McCarthy Blvd., Milpitas, CA 95035. Telephone
1-800-659-5902. Email mkt@tsti.com.
Home Page www.tsti.com.
 Note
Additional information, including a complete listing of SPARC Compliant
products, is available on the Internet via the World Wide Web. Access
www.sparc.org or send email to info@sparc.org.
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.
ADDITIONS (System Products) None at this time.
Please Note "*C" indicates "Conditional
SPARC Compliance". This means that certain waivers have been
temporarily granted. A list of these waivers can be obtained upon
request to the above named companies. Waivers must be resolved prior
to the expiration dates shown by the declared Certification date.
SYSTEMS IN PROCESS
| Ross |
Hyperstation 30 Model d125 |
O/S 4.1.4 |
SCD 1.1 |
| Ross |
Hyperstation 30 Model s200 |
O/S 4.1.4 |
SCD 1.1 |
| Ross |
Hyperstation 30 Model d200 |
O/S 4.1.4 |
SCD 1.1 |
| Ross |
Hyperstation 30 Model s150 |
O/S 2.6 |
SCD 2.1 |
| Ross |
Hyperstation 30 Model s200 |
O/S 2.6 |
SCD 2.1 |
| Ross |
Hyperstation 30 Model d200 |
O/S 2.6 |
SCD 2.1 |
|
ADDITIONS (Semiconductor Products) None at this
time.
DELETIONS None at this time.
SEMI-CONDUCTOR IN PROCESS:
| SIDSA/TGI Division |
ECU-001 |
v8 |
|
NOTE At times, unannounced systems ("in process"
or "certified") may not be included in this report at
the request of the vendor.
Note Additional information, including a complete
list of SPARC Verified products, is available on the Internet via
the World Wide Web. Access www.sparc.org
with any web browser or send email to info@sparc.org.
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 access our web site at www.sparc.org
or send email to info@sparc.org.
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 access our web site at www.sparc.org
or send email to info@sparc.org.
ADDITIONS
| Caminton Corp. |
Ultra 1 128MB |
O/S 2.6 |
05 FEB 98 |
|
DELETIONS None at this time.
IN PROCESS None at this time.
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-V |
$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 2.3/2.3
IS) |
$20.00 |
| SPARC Compliance Definition (SCD 2.4) |
$40.00 |
| SPARC Technical Papers Manual |
$56.00 |
| SPARC Strategy and Technology Catalog |
$39.00 |
|
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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™ |
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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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