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  1. Sun Microsystems Incorporated Appendix
  2.  
  3. SPARCstation Specifications
  4. ------------------------------------------------------------------------
  5.                      SPARC-          SPARCstation     SPARCstation-2
  6.                      classic         LX
  7. ------------------------------------------------------------------------
  8. Introduction
  9.  date                Nov. 1992       Nov. 1992        Nov 1990
  10. Packaging            desktop         desktop          desktop
  11. Clock speed
  12.  (MHz)               50              50               40
  13. Processor            MicroSPARC      MicroSPARC       SPARC
  14. # processors         1               1                1
  15. SPECint92            26.4            26.4             21.8
  16. SPECfp92             21.0            21.0             22.8
  17. SPECrate_int92       626             626              517
  18. SPECrate_fp92        498.1           498.1            541
  19. Cache                6 KB            6 KB             64 KB
  20. Memory/MB
  21.  (min/max)           16 - 96         16 - 96          32 - 128
  22. Disk (max)
  23.  in GB               207 MB -        424 MB -         424 -
  24.                      22 GB (SCSI)    22 GB (SCSI)     20.8 GB (SCSI)
  25. Graphics             Color           Accel. color     Mono, accel.
  26.                                      (GX+)            (GX, GX+,
  27.                                                       GS, GT)
  28. # slots              2 SBus          2 SBus           3 SBus
  29. Base price:          $4,295          $7,995           $14,295
  30. Base config:         16 MB RAM       16 MB RAM        32 MB RAM
  31.                      15" color       16" color        19" mono
  32.                      207 MB disk     424 MB disk      424 MB disk
  33.                                      ISDN
  34. ------------------------------------------------------------------------
  35.  
  36. SPARCstation 10
  37. ------------------------------------------------------------------------
  38.               Model 20   Model 30    Model 41   Model 52    Model 54
  39. ------------------------------------------------------------------------
  40. Packaging     desktop    desktop     desktop    desktop     desktop
  41. Availability  now        now         now        2Q'93       3Q'93
  42. Clock speed
  43.  (MHz)        33         36          40         45          45
  44. # processors  1          1           1          2           4
  45. SPECint92     39.8       45.2        53.2       58.1/CPU    58.1/CPU
  46. SPECfp92      52.9       49.4        63.4       71.4/CPU    71.4/CPU
  47. Cache (KB)    36         36          36         36/CPU      36/CPU
  48. Ext. cache    none       none        1 MB       1 MB/CPU    1 MB/CPU
  49. Memory/MB
  50.  (min/max)    32/512     32/51       32/512     64/512      64/512
  51. Disk/GB
  52.  (min/max)    424/41 GB  424/41 GB   424/41 GB  1GB/41 GB   1 GB/41 GB
  53. Graphics      Grayscale, accelerated color(GX, GX+, GS, GT)
  54. # slots       4 SBus     4 SBus      4 SBus     4 SBus      4 SBus
  55. Base price:   $16,495    $18,495     $24,995    $39,995     $57,995
  56. Base config:  32 MB      32 MB       32 MB      64 MB       64 MB
  57.               19" GX     19" GX      19" GX     19" GX      19" GX
  58.               grayscale  grayscale   grayscale  color       color
  59.               424 MB-    424 MB disk 1 GB disk  1 GB disk
  60.               disk       ISDN        ISDN       ISDN
  61.               ISDN
  62. ------------------------------------------------------------------------
  63. Note: All the above SPARCstation products will include SunOS, ONC,
  64. OpenWindows V.3, DeskSet and OpenLook.
  65. ------------------------------------------------------------------------
  66.  
  67. Accelerated Graphics:
  68.  
  69. GX        2-D and 3-D wireframe/flat shading, 8-bit planes
  70. GXplus    1280x1024, 2-D and 3-D wireframe/flat shading, 8-bit
  71.           planes, double buffering
  72. GS        3-D solids, shading, Z-buffer, 24-bit planes, double
  73.           buffering
  74. GT        Same as GS, plus anti-aliasing, transparency, 5 times GS
  75.           performance
  76.  
  77. High-end options (VX and MVX) have been discontinued and the R&D,
  78. marketing, manufacturing and service rights were licensed to Vicom
  79. Systems Inc. in October 1991. Sun will receive royalties from sales and
  80. service income for these products. These products include:
  81.  
  82. VX, MVX   Visualization, programmable, 32-bit + 8-bit planes
  83.  
  84. Monitor Options:
  85. ------------------------------------------------------------------------
  86. 17" monochrome   1152x900     SPARCstation ELC, IPC, IPX
  87. 19" monochrome   1152x900     SPARCstation IPC, IPX, 2
  88. 15" color        1024x768     SPARCclassic only
  89. 16" color        1152x900     SPARCstation LX, 2, 10 model 30, 41
  90. 19" color        1152x900     SPARCstation IPC, IPX, 2, 10 model 30, 41,
  91.                               52, 54
  92. 21" color        1280x1024    SPARCstation 2, 10 model 30, 41 (GT only)
  93. 19" grayscale    1152x900     SPARCstation 10 model 30, 41
  94. ------------------------------------------------------------------------
  95. Note that aside from the 21" color monitor, all other monitors come with
  96. non-standard resolution.
  97. ------------------------------------------------------------------------
  98.  
  99. SPARCserver Specifications
  100. ------------------------------------------------------------------------
  101. Models             SPARCserver   630MP        670MP         690MP
  102.                    2             Models 120,  Models 120,   Models 120,
  103.                                  140          140           140
  104. ------------------------------------------------------------------------
  105. Introduction date  Nov 1990      Sep 1991     Sep 1991      Sep 1991
  106. Packaging          desktop       deskside     deskside      datacenter
  107. Clock speed
  108.  (MHz              40            40           40            40
  109. # processors       1             2 or 4       2 or 4        2 or 4
  110. SPECs              25            50.9 (2 cpu) 50.9          50.9
  111.                                  91 (4 cpu)   91            91
  112. TPC-A (tps)                                                 95.4
  113. TPC-B (tps)        62.1          121.4        121.4         134.9
  114. Cache              64 KB         64 KB/CPU    64 KB/CPU     64 KB/CPU
  115. Memory
  116.  (min/max)         32/128MB      64/512 (ECC) 64/1GB(ECC)   128/1 GB
  117. (ECC)
  118. Disk (max)
  119.  in GB                           41           41            100
  120. # slots            3 SBus        4 SBus       4 SBus        4 SBus
  121.                                  3 VME        7 VME         11 VME
  122. Max local
  123.  terminals          26           50           130           130
  124. Typical workgroup  10-50         15-75        25-100        50-150
  125. size (clients)
  126. Base price:        $ 5,000       120: $41,000 $60,000       $92,000
  127.                                  140: $56,200 $75,200       $102,000
  128. Base config:       1 CPU         2 CPU        2 CPU         2 CPU
  129.                    32 MB RAM     64 MB RAM    64 MB RAM     128 MB RAM
  130.                    424 MB disk   1.3 GB disk  2.6 GB disk   5.2 GB disk
  131.                                  CD-ROM       CD-ROM        CD-ROM
  132. ------------------------------------------------------------------------
  133.  
  134. New SPARCserver products using the SuperSPARC (Viking processors) were
  135. announced on May 19, 1992. These includes new models for the 630MP,
  136. 670MP and 690MP systems. The announcement also introduced a new
  137. SPARCserver 10 product. The specifications are as follows:
  138.  
  139. SPARCserver 10
  140. ------------------------------------------------------------------------
  141.                  SPARCclassic  Model 30   Model 41   Model 52   Model 54
  142.                  Server
  143. ------------------------------------------------------------------------
  144. Packaging        desktop       desktop    desktop    desktop    desktop
  145. Availability     now           now        now        2Q'93      3Q'93
  146. Clock speed
  147.  (MHz)           50(MSPARC)    36         40         45         45
  148. # processors     1             1          1          2          4
  149. SPECint92        26.4          44.2       52.6       58.1/CPU   58.1/CPU
  150. SPECfp92         21.0          52.9       64.7       71.4/CPU   71.4/CPU
  151. SPECrate_int92   626.2         1072.1     1263.0     2812       5624
  152. SPECrate_fp92    498.1         1171.1     1503.0     3346       6692
  153. Estimated NFS    none          700+       800+       none       none
  154. Estimated tps    none          100        120        180        220
  155. Cache            6 KB          36 KB      1 MB/CPU   1 MB/CPU   1 MB/CPU
  156.                                on chip
  157. Memory/MB
  158.  (min/max)       8-96          32 - 512   32 - 512   32 - 512   32 - 512
  159. Disk (max)       22 GB         41 GB      41 GB      41 GB      41 GB
  160. # slots          2 SBus        4 SBus     4 SBus     4 SBus     4 SBus
  161. Max local
  162.  terminals       50            200        200        200        200
  163. Base price:      $5,295        $16,995    $23,495    $37,295    $55,295
  164. Base config:     1 CPU         1 CPU      1 CPU      2 CPU      4 CPU
  165.                  16 MB         32 MB      32 MB      64 MB      64 MB
  166.                  1 GB          424 GB     424 MB     2 GB       2 GB
  167.                                disk       disk       disk       disk
  168. ------------------------------------------------------------------------
  169.  
  170. For the new models of the 600MP systems, the new SuperSPARC processors
  171. will be used in varying quantities of multiprocessor configurations. The
  172. memory and disk capacity, local terminal connectivity, workgroup size
  173. and number of I/O slots will remain the same as the existing 600MP
  174. models. The specifications are:
  175.  
  176. SPARCserver 630MP
  177. ------------------------------------------------------------------------
  178.                     Model 41            Model 52            Model 54
  179. ------------------------------------------------------------------------
  180. Packaging           deskside            deskside            deskside
  181. Availability        now                 2Q'93               3Q'93
  182. Clock speed
  183.  (MHz)              40                  45                  45
  184. # processors        1                   2                   4
  185. Main memory         64-512 MB           64-512 MB           64-512 MB
  186. Disk capacity       41 GB               41 GB               41 GB
  187. Slots               4 SBus +            4 SBus +            4 SBus +
  188.                     3 VMEBus            3 VMEBus            3 VMEBus
  189. SPECint92           52.6                58.1/CPU            58.1/CPU
  190. SPECfp92            64.7                71.4/CPU            71.4/CPU
  191. SPECrate_int92      1263.0              2812                5624
  192. SPECrate_fp92       1503.0              3346                6692
  193. Estimated NFS       800+                n/a                 n/a
  194. opertions/second
  195. Estimated tps       120                 180                 220
  196. Cache               1 MB/CPU            1 MB/CPU            1 MB/CPU
  197. Base price:         $47,000             $60,500             $78,500
  198. Base config:        1 CPU               2 CPU               4 CPU
  199.                     64 MB               128 MB              128 MB
  200.                     1.3 GB disk         1.3 GB disk         1.3 GB disk
  201.                     CD-ROM              CD-ROM              CD-ROM
  202. ------------------------------------------------------------------------
  203.  
  204. SPARCserver 670MP
  205. ------------------------------------------------------------------------
  206.                     Model 41            Model 52            Model 54
  207. ------------------------------------------------------------------------
  208. Packaging           deskside            deskside            deskside
  209. Availability        now                 2Q'93               3Q'93
  210. Clock speed
  211.  (MHz)              40                  45                  45
  212. # processors        1                   2                   4
  213. Main memory         64 MB-1 GB          64 MB-1 GB          64 MB-1 GB
  214. Disk capacity       41 GB               41 GB               41 GB
  215. Slots               4 SBus +            4 SBus +            4 SBus +
  216.                     7 VMEBus            7 VMEBus            7 VMEBus
  217. SPECint92           52.6                58.1/CPU            58.1/CPU
  218. SPECfp92            64.7                71.4/CPU            71.4/CPU
  219. SPECrate_int92      1263.0              2812                5624
  220. SPECrate_fp92       1503.0              3346                6692
  221. Estimated NFS       800+                n/a                 n/a
  222. opertions/second
  223. Estimated tps       120                 180                 220
  224. Cache               1 MB/CPU            1 MB/CPU            1 MB/CPU
  225. Base price:         $56,000             $69,500             $91,500
  226. Base config:        1 CPU               2 CPU               4 CPU
  227.                     64 MB               128 MB              128 MB
  228.                     1.3 GB disk         1.3 GB disk         1.3 GB disk
  229.                     CD-ROM              CD-ROM              CD-ROM
  230. ------------------------------------------------------------------------
  231.  
  232. SPARCserver 690MP
  233. ------------------------------------------------------------------------
  234.                     Model 41            Model 52            Model 54
  235. ------------------------------------------------------------------------
  236. Availability        now                 2Q'93               3Q'93
  237. Clock speed
  238.  (MHz)              40                  45                  45
  239. # processors        1                   2                   4
  240. Main memory         64 MB-1 GB          64 MB-1 GB          64 MB-1 GB
  241. Disk capacity       52 GB (IPI)/        52 GB (IPI)/        52 GB (IPI)/
  242.                     100 GB (SCSI)       100 GB (SCSI        100 GB
  243. (SCSI)
  244. Slots               4 SBus +            4 SBus +            4 SBus +
  245.                     11 VMEBus           11 VMEBus           11 VMEBus
  246. SPECint92           52.6                58.1/CPU            58.1/CPU
  247. SPECfp92            64.7                71.4/CPU            71.4/CPU
  248. SPECrate_int92      1263.0              2812                5624
  249. SPECrate_fp92       1503.0              3346                6692
  250. Estimated NFS       800+                n/a                 n/a
  251. opertions/second
  252. Estimated tps       130                 200                 250
  253. Cache               1 MB/CPU            1 MB/CPU            1 MB/CPU
  254. Base price:         $76,000             $101,500            $119,500
  255. Base config:        1 CPU               2 CPU               4 CPU
  256.                     64 MB               128 MB              128 MB
  257.                     4.2 GB disk         8.4 GB disk         8.4 GB disk
  258.                     CD-ROM              CD-ROM              CD-ROM
  259. ------------------------------------------------------------------------
  260.  
  261. SPARCcenter 2000
  262. ------------------------------------------------------------------------
  263. Availability                    Apr., 1993
  264. Clock speed (MHz)               40MHz
  265. # processors                    2 - 8 (4/93)
  266.                                 2 - 16 (2H93)
  267.                                 2 - 20 (1H94)
  268. Main memory                     64 MB-2 GB (8-way)
  269.                                 64 MB-4 GB (16-way)
  270.                                 64 MB-5 GB (20-way)
  271. Disk capacity                   138 GB (8-way)
  272.                                 340 GB (16-way)
  273.                                 1 TB (20-way)
  274. I/O slots                       16 Sbus (8-way)
  275.                                 40 Sbus (16-way)
  276.                                 40 Sbus (20-way)
  277. SPECint92                       52.6
  278. SPECfp92                        64.7
  279. SPECrate_int92                  8,047
  280. SPECrate_fp92                   10,600
  281. Estimated NFS opertions/second  n/a
  282. Estimated tps                   500 (8-way)
  283. Cache                           1 MB/CPU
  284. Base price:                     $95,000
  285. Base config:                    2 CPU
  286.                                 64 MB
  287.                                 4.2 GB disk
  288. ------------------------------------------------------------------------
  289.  
  290. Price/performance comparisons
  291. The following audited benchmarks have been published by Sun:
  292.  
  293. TPC-A benchmark:
  294. ------------------------------------------------------------------------
  295. Model     Database       Total cost         tps-A          $/tps-A
  296. ------------------------------------------------------------------------
  297. 690MP     Oracle7        $1,352,119         107.28         $12,604
  298. ------------------------------------------------------------------------
  299.  
  300. Compare these to HP's published benchmarks for TPC-A (as of October
  301. 1992):
  302. ------------------------------------------------------------------------
  303. Model           Database        Total Cost     tps-A        $/tps-A
  304. ------------------------------------------------------------------------
  305. 9000/807        Informix 4.0    $  328,272      30.40       $10,798
  306. 9000/817        Informix 4.0       439,032      51.20         8,563
  307. 9000/827        Informix 4.0       492,368      51.80         9,496
  308. 9000/837        Informix 4.0       572,416      60.00         9,526
  309. 9000/847        Informix 4.0       592,595      60.10         9,852
  310. 9000/847 c/s    Informix 5.0       808,538      88.10         9,177
  311. 9000/857        Informix 4.0       615,788      60.10        10,238
  312. 9000/857 c/s    Informix 5.0       831,734      88.10         9,440
  313. 9000/867        Informix 4.0       893,928      74.90        11,930
  314. 9000/867 c/s    Sybase V4.9.1      919,995     110.50         8,323
  315. 9000/877        Informix 4.0       909,428      74.90        12,124
  316. 9000/877 c/s    Sybase V4.9.1      908,428     110.50         8,472
  317. 9000/897 c/s    Oracle 7        ----           184.50        10,737
  318. 9000/870-100    Informix 4.1     1,568,748      74.50        21,057
  319. 9000/870-200    Informix 4.1     1,967,803     111.16        17,783
  320. 9000/870-400    Informix 4.1     2,748,301     173.20        15,868
  321. 9000/890-4 c/s  Oracle 7         6,708,041     578.00        11,606
  322. ------------------------------------------------------------------------
  323.  
  324.  
  325. The  estimated transaction per second for the rest of the 890 family are
  326. as follows:
  327. ------------------------------------------------------------------------
  328. Model               tps
  329. ------------------------------------------------------------------------
  330. 9000/890 1          160 (host)
  331. 9000/890 2          270 (host)
  332. 9000/890 3          400 (host)
  333. ------------------------------------------------------------------------
  334.  
  335. Cost of ownership comparisons
  336. For comparisons with desktop, deskside and graphics workstations, see
  337. your Series 700 Sales Kit.
  338.   HP 9000 Series 800 v/s SPARCserver (with same day or "Priority"
  339. support): The system choices are based on user workload characterization
  340. as described in Sun's product literature.
  341.  
  342. ------------------------------------------------------------------------
  343. 16-User system:
  344. ------------------------------------------------------------------------
  345.  
  346.                    List                                  List   Same Day
  347. F10             $11,250            SPARCserver-10/30  $16,995  $      70
  348. 16 MB RAM         incl.            32 MB RAM            incl.        n/c
  349. 566 MB disk       incl.            424 MB disk          incl.        n/c
  350. 2 GB DAT          incl.            5 GB DAT             4,200         80
  351. 16-user license   3,150            20-user license      1,200        n/c
  352.               _________  ______    _________         ________
  353. Total Cost      $14,400            Total Cost         $22,395   $    150
  354. 3-year support           $8,030    3-year support                 $5,400
  355. 3-year C.O.O    $22,430            3-year C.O.O       $27,795
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  359. 128-user system:
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  361. G30             $20,000            SPARCserver 630/41 $47,000  $     350
  362. 96 MB RAM         6,400            128 MB RAM           5,200        n/c
  363. 2.0 GB disk       4,700            2.1 GB disk          4,400        n/c
  364. 2 GB DAT          incl.            5.0 GB DAT           4,200         65
  365. 128-user license 17,875            Unlimited license    2,000        n/c
  366.               _________ _______                     _________   ________
  367. Total Cost      $48,975            Total Cost         $62,800           
  368. 3-year support          $17,047    3-year support                $14,940
  369. 3-year C.O.O    $66,022            3-year C.O.O       $83,860
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  373. 256-user system:
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  375. H50             $72,000            SPARCserver 690/54$119,500       $840
  376. 256 MB RAM       19,200            256 MB RAM          10,400        n/c
  377. 5 GB disk        13,800            8.4 GB disk          incl.        n/c
  378. 2 GB DAT          incl.            5.0 GB DAT           incl.        n/c
  379. 256 user license 22,075            Unlimited license    2,000        n/c
  380.              __________ _______                    __________   ________
  381. Total Cost     $127,075            Total Cost        $131,900   $    840
  382. 3-year support          $38,358    3-year support                $30,240
  383. 3-year C.O.O   $165,433            3-year C.O.O      $162,140
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  385.  
  386. From Selling Against the Competition Competitive Binder, 5091-6465E,
  387.   9301
  388. Associated files:  sunapx.doc
  389. Sun Microsystems Incorporated Appendix
  390.