Workstation unveilings today underscore competition; Sun, H-P and Digital introductions bear on makers's long-term futures
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Workstation vendors Sun Microsystems Inc, DEC and HP are making major product rollouts. DEC has the most to prove with its long-anticipated Alpha AXP systems, based on a new 64-bit microprocessor that is said by the Guinness Book of World Records to be the world's fastest. The new DEC Alpha systems will cost from $14,995 for a workstation to $317,000 for a mainframe-class computer equipped with as many as six parallel-processing Alpha chips. HP is expected to claim the fastest workstation on the market. Its new products will range from a $4,995 monochrome workstation to a $37,395 color system. Sun Microsystems, which leads the $10-billion-per-year market, is expected to announce the first color workstation priced at less than $5,000. Because reduced-instruction-set-computing technology, which was first embraced by Sun, is expected to play a key role in future computers, the new products will have an impact far beyond the workstation market.
Publication Name: The Wall Street Journal Western Edition
Subject: Business, general
ISSN: 0193-2241
Year: 1993
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Apple-IBM pact came after failure of discussions with Sun Microsystems
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The historic Apple-IBM partnership could have been an Apple-Sun Microsystems Inc partnership, the two companies having twice tried to negotiate a cooperative agreement. The first effort was in 1987, when Apple, a pioneer in microcomputing, and Sun, the fastest-growing maker of computer workstations, nearly merged. They talked again of merging in the fall of 1990, but quickly decided instead to form a partnership agreement. Sun would benefit by Apple adopting its Sparc microprocessor and setting the stage for Sparc becoming an industry standard, and Apple would benefit from a partner helping to promote advanced Apple-designed software. Talks between Apple and Sun continued through spring 1991, but lost steam during the summer. Apple says it chose IBM, Sun's chief rival, because IBM's mainstream market is better for launching a new operating system.
Publication Name: The Wall Street Journal Western Edition
Subject: Business, general
ISSN: 0193-2241
Year: 1991
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Sun Microsystems unveils moderately priced workstation
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The Sun Microsystems Inc Sparcstation SLC is a $4,995 workstation that operates at 12.5 million instructions per second (MIPS). It is expected that 95,000 units will sell in 1990. The new workstation is expected to compete with microcomputers, but it lacks a hard-drive and cannot be upgraded with accessories to improve performance. The machine is designed without a fan, which reduces the workstation's noise and manufacturing costs. The relatively-low priced workstation is expected to confound the competition for several months.
Publication Name: The Wall Street Journal Western Edition
Subject: Business, general
ISSN: 0193-2241
Year: 1990
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