The Monthly Bulletin For Users Of SPARC Based Products
Issue No. 58
Lake Mary, FL--July 1, 1998-- nStor Technologies,
Inc. (AMEX: "NSO") today announced that its operating subsidiary,
nStor Corporation, will strategically focus upon its historic strengths
as an innovative leader in storage technology. As a result, nStor
is executing an orderly transition to phase out all non-storage-related
businesses, including its memory division and its Integrated Systems
Division (ISD).
"When nStor was formed in 1996, it acquired
a well-established RAID storage product and an engineering team
with a strong reputation for leading-edge technology in the fault-tolerant
storage industry," commented Lawrence F. Steffann, president and
CEO of nStor Corporation. "Since that time, nStor has developed
a number of innovative products, such as its award-winning CR8e
RAID subsystem, which is unique in its ability to support today's
storage technology, and such future technologies as clustering,
Ultra2 and Fibre Channel, all of which are forecast to show significant
growth this year.
"nStor has already established itself as
a leader in hardware technology, and our AdminiStor(tm) management
software is first in its class," continued Steffann. "We firmly
believe that next-generation products designed around our patented
Adaptive(tm) RAID technology will position nStor as a premiere force
in the information storage industry. To achieve our objectives,
management must focus primarily upon opportunities involving storage
technology, and we have decided to phase out of activities which
could distract us from that focus. We are confident that our decision
will enhance nStor's position in the marketplace and our ability
to increase sales and enhance profitability over the long term."
This press release includes statements that may
constitute "forward-looking" statements, usually containing the
words "believe", "estimate", "project", "expect" or similar expressions.
These statements are made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions
of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking
statements inherently involve risks and uncertainties that could
cause actual results to differ materially from the forward-looking
statements. Factors that would cause or contribute to such differences
include, but are not limited to, continued acceptance of the Company's
products in the marketplace, competitive factors, dependence upon
third-party vendors, and other risks detailed in the Company's periodic
report filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. By making
these forward-looking statements, the Company undertakes no obligation
to update these statements for revisions or changes after the date
of this release.
Additional information about nStor and its products
can be found on the World Wide Web at www.nstor.com
or by calling +800 724-3511.
Palo Alto, CA--July 8, 1998--
Sun Microsystems, Inc. today announced a 333MHz version of
its popular Ultra(TM) 10 workstation as well as the new, four-way
Ultra 450 workstation, providing a wider selection of systems to
meet the increasingly broad and varied needs of users in high-performance
graphical computing. These new systems offer performance improvements
and attractive pricing that will be of particular interest to workstation
customers demanding performance and reliability who have been paying
higher prices for similar workstations. Sun's new workstations offer
superior performance to comparable SGI systems at about one-fourth
the price(1), reinforcing Sun's reputation as a workstation market
leader.
The new Ultra 10 workstation comes with the powerful
Sun Elite3D(TM) m3 graphics accelerator. In addition to the faster
UltraSPARC(TM) IIi microprocessor, this system has four times the
cache of the original Ultra 10 and twice the cache size of Compaq's
or Hewlett- Packard's best offerings. This not only makes the new
333MHz system the most affordable power graphics machine Sun has
ever offered, but also an optimal point of entry to Sun's high-performance
graphics line.
The Ultra 450 is Sun's first workstation to provide
up to 4GB of memory, allowing customers to manipulate extremely
large data sets with unparalleled ease. In addition to this memory
scalability, Sun's Ultra 450 offers Sun's highest levels of processor
and I/O expandability, allowing customers to grow and tailor the
system to address specific application requirements.
The new 333MHz Ultra 10 workstation is available
at a starting price of 11,095 and includes one Sun Elite3D m3 graphics
card, one 333MHz UltraSPARC IIi processor, 2MB of cache, 128MB of
DRAM, a 4.3 GB hard drive and a 19-inch monitor. The Ultra 450 workstation
is available at a starting price of $32,865 and includes one Sun
Elite3D m6 graphics card, two 300MHz UltraSPARC II processors, 512MB
of memory, two 9 GB hard drives and a 21-inch monitor.
Since its inception in 1982, a singular vision,
"The Network Is The Computer(TM)," has propelled Sun Microsystems,
Inc. (NASDAQ: SUNW) to its position as a leading provider of high
quality 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 http://sun.com.
Santa Clara, CA--July 17th, 1998--
Adtec Corporation of Tokyo, Japan has earned the SPARC Verified
Brand after successfully completing the Peripheral Verification
Testing(PVT) program at SPARC International for eight different
Memory Modules. The modules include: ADS-256MUE for Sun Enterprise
3000-6000; ADS-1GUE for Sun Enterprise 3000-6000; ADS-64MUXV for
Sun Ultra 5/10; ADS-128MUXV for Sun Ultra 5/10; ADS-256MUXV for
Sun Ultra 5/10; ADS-512MUXV for Sun Ultra 5/10; ADS-1GU2 for Sun
Enterprise 450; ADS-512MU1 for Sun Enterprise 450. Adtec has been
a very active participant in the PVT program since shortly after
its founding in 1995.
Cupertino, CA--July 6, 1998--ISV member,
Rational Software Corporation
today announced new releases of several application development
tools for the UNIX development environment. These tools include:
Rational Rose 98 for UNIX, the market-leading visual modeling tool,
and Quantify, for Java performance optimization. Rational also announced
Rational Apex 3.0, the latest release of its Ada-based programming
environment now providing Ada 95 support. Today's announcements
are the first in a series of new product releases for the UNIX platform.
"Rational is committed to providing its
customers with tools that support all the major languages developers
employ on the UNIX platform," said Pamela Roussos, vice president
of product marketing for Rational's Visual Programming business
unit. "Enterprise computing environments require tools which can
interoperate between all supported platforms--Windows and UNIX--to
ensure the consistency and effectiveness of development teams."
Rational Rose 98 for UNIX features multi-language
capabilities, enterprise development enhancements, including integration
with ClearCase, Rational's multi-platform software configuration
management (SCM) solution, enhancements to the Rose Extensibility
Interface for extending and customizing the Rational Rose 98 environment,
and the industry's most comprehensive support for the Unified Modeling
Language (UML) v1.1.
Quantify
In a separate release, Rational today announced the latest release
of Quantify, its powerful performance profiler that helps developers
optimize the performance of their Java applications on UNIX. As
part of Rational's solution for UNIX developers, Quantify helps
developers improve the quality of their applications.
Rational's UNIX
Lifecycle Solution
Rational's solution of software development tools for the UNIX platform
also includes SoDA, for automated documentation, ClearCase, for
software configuration management (SCM), ClearDDTS, for change request
management, and TestMate, Rational's integrated testing environment.
Together, these tools help increase team productivity, maximize
reuse and enhance the iterative development process.
About Rational Software
Rational Software (nasdaq: ratl), creator
of the unified modeling language (uml), is the leading provider
of a solution that unifies proven software development principles,
tools, and services to improve the productivity of project teams
and individuals. Rational's products span the critical activities
of requirements management, visual modeling, testing, and configuration
and change management. For more information, visit Rational's web
site at www.rational.com.
Greenbelt, MD--July 7, 1998--
Empress announces the availability of Empress RDBMS V8.10, a
new comprehensive database application development solution. Spanning
business to engineering applications, Empress provides one management
system capable of handling multiple, diverse data types. In addition,
a host of options which allow the database developer to expand the
functionalities of Empress are now available. These include object
technologies such as Persistent Stored Modules; a C++ host language
Interface; and an Empress JDBC Interface.
As the information world evolves, database developers
are calling for next generation products that are primed to meet
the challenges of the future, states Njai Wong Director of Product
Development. Our answer is the Empress RDBMS V8.10, a new breed
of application development software designed for fast, flexible
and efficient data management. In addition to object-relational
technologies, Version 8 delivers powerful Web tools, flexible Java
capabilities and other exciting innovations.
The C++ Interface is an optional component for
Empress RDBMS V8.10 that provides the capability of calling database
manipulation routines from C++ programs. Empresss code is optimized
for the fast storage and retrieval of objects. Moreover, the C++
Interface is located directly at kernel-level, the fastest level
within Empresss solid, multi-level architecture.
For Java developers, a new optional Empress JDBC
Interface is provided. Users may write Java programs, to display,
retrieve and format information residing on Empress databases. Web
developers can easily create Java-based Web servlets, and CGI programs
to manage Empress databases. In addition, developers can utilize
Javas freely-distributed, platform-independent Abstract Windowing
Toolkit (AWT) as a powerful applet and graphical application development
environment.
For more information about Empress, please call
301-220-1919. Check out their web site at www.empress.com
or send e-mail to info@empress.com.
You can write to us at Empress Software, 6401 Golden Triangle Drive,
Greenbelt, MD, 20770.
New York Times--July 15, 1998--
Sun Microsystems has announced a product called Jini, which
uses Sun's Java programming language to allow "distributed computing"
across potentially millions of digital computing devices, including
palm-size computers, mainframes, telephones, TVs, stereos, kitchen
appliances, automobiles, heating and air conditioning systems, etc.,
etc. University of Pennsylvania computer scientist David Farber
says: "We now have all the ingredients to build a distributed computing
fabric which approaches science fiction. You will be able to sit
with your laptop, and it will be able to reach out across the network.
And for the moments you need the power, it will become the largest
supercomputer in the world."
Milpitas, CA--July 20, 1998--
Tatung Science & Technology, Inc. (TSTI), celebrating more
than ten years of commitment to the SPARC(R) systems market, today
introduced the COMPstation(TM) U10-333, a new line of desktop workstations
powered by the recently released 333 MHz UltraSPARC-IIi microprocessor
from Sun Microsystems. In addition, TSTI announced new rack-mountable
systems designed to suit the needs of Internet Service Providers
(ISPs), OEMs and industrial and communications applications.
With 2MB of external cache, the 333 MHz UltraSPARC-IIi
microprocessor propels the COMPstation U10-333 system performance
to a SPECint95 rating of 14* and a SPECfp95 rating of 17*.
"This type of performance - combined with
the flexibility offered by the system's PCI bus and the advantages
of the Solaris operating environment - produces a workstation/server
that will compete very well in the marketplace," said Kam Chan,
president of TSTI. "Our aggressive pricing on the COMPstation U10-333
will also appeal to our corporate customers."
The 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. While incorporating the PCI I/O bus to offer users
access to a host of peripherals, the COMPstation U10-333 also maintains
full binary compatibility with the application software customers
now use with their existing, Sbus-based 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.
With industry standard components, the COMPstation
U10-333 is designed so that memory and peripherals expansion is
both easy and cost-effective. This suits the changing needs of users
as well as OEMs.
New Rack-Mountable Systems Support ISPs,
OEM s, Industrial/Commercial Apps.
Tatung has also introduced a new rack-mountable, Ultra 10-compatible
system designed to meet the needs of ISPs, OEMs and industrial and
communications applications. The new COMPstation U10-333RM features
a 333 MHz UltraSPARC-IIi CPU and is available in a 19-inch rack-mountable
chassis design that fits into existing ISP server banks and adapts
easily to OEM configurations. With a footprint that is 7" high x
17.25" wide x 18" deep, the system's space-saving design allows
for easy vertical stacking. Front panel access to CD-ROM and floppy
drives enables administrators to simplify upgrades and routine maintenance
tasks.
Tatung Science & Technology, Inc. (TSTI) is the
leading provider of SPARC compatible workstations and web servers
and a U.S. subsidiary of the over $4 billion, multi-national Tatung
Co. Backed by ten years of commitment to the SPARC systems market,
TSTI workstations and servers are installed at tens of thousands
of user sites throughout North America. TSTI is a founding member
of SPARC International.
For more information, contact Tatung Science
& Technology, Inc., 1840 McCarthy Blvd., Milpitas, CA 95035. Telephone
+800 659-5902. E-mail: mkt@tsti.com.
Home Page: www.tsti.com.
* Estimated ratings.
Research Triangle Park, NC--July 23, 1998--
Red Hat Software, Inc., publisher
of the award-winning Red Hat Linux Operating System, has announced
that leading database vendors, Oracle, Computer Associates, and
Informix will join vendors such as Netscape, Corel Computer Corporation,
Interbase, and Cygnus in support of the Linux Operating System.
Support for Linux has been growing ever since
Netscape made its initial announcement of support for the Development
model of Linux--freed source code and a license that gives the user
complete control. Netscape recently announced that it will support
Red Hat Linux as a platform for its server software.
Now other top vendors are following suit. Oracle
Corporation, the leading supplier of software for information management,
will support the Red Hat Linux 5.1 OS. They have announced plans
to port Oracle8(tm) and Oracle8.1, which are scheduled to ship by
year's end, to Linux on the Intel platform by early 1999.
Robert Young, President of Red Hat Software,
said, "When you have top tier database vendors validating the strength
of the Linux Operating System, it truly serves as a catalyst for
the wide-scale adoption of Linux in the Enterprise market."
With the support of Oracle and Netscape, as well
as the support of other leading vendors such as Informix, Computer
Associates, Interbase, Corel, and Cygnus, Red Hat Linux has the
applications that today's industry demands from its technology.
For a multi-tasking, multi-user, well-supported OS near you, check
out Linux.
ABOUT LINUX
Linux is the freely distributable, cooperatively-developed POSIX-based,
multi-user, multi-tasking operating system used worldwide. 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 is based in Research Triangle
Park, NC, where it builds and maintains the award-winning Red Hat
Linux operating system. Red Hat Linux for Intel, DEC Alpha(TM),
and Sun SPARC platforms continues to gain recognition in the computer
industry: From 1996 to the present, Red Hat Linux was twice named
InfoWorld's Product of the Year, was given a Productivity accolade
in Software Development's "Jolt" Awards, and was named an Environment/Desktop
finalist in the Ziff-Davis European Excellence Awards. 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 their web site at www.redhat.com.
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 at SPARC Compliant Products
by Vendor. For additional information send email to: info@sparc.org.
ADDITIONS (System Products)
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
None at this time
ADDITIONS (Semiconductor Products)
| Ross HyperSPARC Colorado4 |
v8 |
13 JUL 98 |
| SIDSA ECU-001 |
v8 |
22 JUL 98 |
|
DELETIONS
None at this time.
SEMI-CONDUCTOR IN PROCESS
None at this time.
NOTE: At times, unannounced systems ("in
process" or "certified") may not be included in this
report at the request of the vendor.
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 at
SPARC Verified Products by Vendor. For additional information
send email to: info@sparc.org.
ADDITIONS
| Company Name |
Product |
O/S |
SCD |
DATE |
| Adtec |
ADS-64MUXV |
2.6 |
2.1 |
15 JUN 98 |
| Adtec |
ADS-1GU2 |
2.6 |
2.1 |
15 JUN 98 |
| Adtec |
ADS-256MUXV |
2.6 |
2.1 |
17 JUl 98 |
| Adtec |
ADS-128MUXV |
2.6 |
2.1 |
17 JUl 98 |
| Adtec |
ADS-512MUXV |
2.6 |
2.1 |
17 JUl 98 |
| Adtec |
ADS-512MU1 |
2.6 |
2.1 |
17 JUl 98 |
|
DELETIONS
None at this time.
IN PROCESS
| Kanamoto Co. Ltd. |
SIMMS KMM64/SS20 |
| Kanamoto Co. Ltd. |
SIMMS KMM128/U1150 |
|
SPARC-related documents
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Access to SPARCSHOP is available several ways,
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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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All rights reserved.
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Cheryl Hostetler
Direct Inquiries To - sparc-flash-request@sparc.org
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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.
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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.
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Trademarks of SPARC International, Inc.:
| SPARC® |
SPARCbook® |
SPARCenter® |
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| 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® |
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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
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