HL10.APR–Themis–pm
Sparcstation 2-class VMEbus board uses TI's MicroSparc chip
Achieves 24 SPEC INT performance while providing an upgrade path to
Solaris 2.x from Solaris 1.x
As part of the manufacturer's latest generation of Sparc/VME platforms
for Unix and real-time applications, the Sparc 2LX achieves 24 SPEC INT
performance. Based on Texas Instruments' 50-MHz, MicroSparc processor, the
board was developed under a license agreement with Sun Microsystems. The
agreement allows the board to support both Solaris 1.x and Solaris 2.x
applications. It is the only board to do so. The TAB-bonded MicroSparc
includes an integer unit, a floating-point unit, an MMU, a cache
controller with 8 Kbytes of cache, and an SBus interface controller.
On-board memory comprises 16 Mbytes base–with an option to expand to 96
Mbytes using SIMM modules. Extensive I/O support includes SCSI II,
keyboard/mouse port, two RS-232 and one parallel port, audio port, two
SBus slots, and an Ethernet port. Graphics support includes the
manufacturer's CG3 and CG6 VMEbus and SBus adapters, as well as
third-party support. Optimized for embedded control, the Sparc 2LX comes
with 8 Kbytes of nonvolatile RAM, 1 Mbyte of flash RAM, and front and
rear I/O lines. It also includes the S4 VME ASIC chip, which provides for
slave data-transfer, interrupt-handling, and arbitration functions.
Additional software support includes LynxOS version 2.0 and Wind River
Systems VxWorks. ($3,995–available now.) Themis Computer, Inc.
Pleasanton, CA
Walter Snell 510-734-0870 Fax 510-734-0873
CAPTION:
will write to specs.
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