Matsushita Electric Industrial’s Longmont, Colorado-based affiliate Solbourne Computer Inc is turning the screws on Sun Microsystems Inc with the launch of its first Sun-4-compatible desktop workstation, the multiprocessor Series4/500, which it says is already shipping. Each processor has its own cache memory but all share a single main memory. The processors use Fujitsu’s SF9010IU Sparc […]
Matsushita Electric Industrial’s Longmont, Colorado-based affiliate Solbourne Computer Inc is turning the screws on Sun Microsystems Inc with the launch of its first Sun-4-compatible desktop workstation, the multiprocessor Series4/500, which it says is already shipping. Each processor has its own cache memory but all share a single main memory. The processors use Fujitsu’s SF9010IU Sparc 32-bit RISC chip and Weitek Corp floating point chip set. The Series4/500 Sparc CPU board, memory board, optional 3.5 disk drive, and other system components reside in a desktop unit 18 by 5.5 by 21.5, which can go horizontally under the monitor, or as a vertical tower. The system is available with an optional 3.5 Winchester. The single CPU 4/501 is rated at 9.5 MIPS, 1.6 M-FLOPS and is $19,400 with 16Mb, 19 mono monitor, keyboard, mouse and one-year warranty. With 327Mb disk and a tape drive, it’s $27,500. The dual-CPU 4/502, 17 MIPS, 2.9 MFLOPS, is from $25,400.
