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 New Digital Alpha AXP Workstations - Press Release

 DIGITAL WORKSTATIONS SET NEW MARK FOR SPEED, PRICE/PERFORMANCE IN OPEN
 CLIENT/SERVER COMPUTING

 . . . New Multiprocessor Clustered Server, Workstation Pricing Push
 Alpha AXP Power and Affordability . . .

 MAYNARD, Mass. -- July 21, 1994 -- Digital Equipment Corporation today
 continued its workstation leadership in open client/server computing
 with two new models boasting the industry's best performance and
 price/performance.  Digital's latest desktop and deskside workstations
 combine the world's fastest single-chip microprocessors with new
 graphics accelerator cards to provide the industry's best 2D graphics
 performance and superior 3D performance.

 Digital also reduced the price of the DEC 3000 Model 600 AXP, the
 industry's most powerful workstation under $20,000. Further, it
 introduced the AdvantageCluster Compute Server 5000 system, offering
 high-performance UNIX clustering capability with symmetric multi-
 processing (SMP) support.

 Power-Hungry Applications

 The new workstations, DEC 3000 Models 700 and 900 AXP, are based on
 Digital's newest Alpha AXP microprocessors that incorporate CMOS-5, the
 industry's most advanced semiconductor technology. Both workstations
 run DEC OSF/1, Digital's standards-compliant UNIX, and powerful OpenVMS
 operating systems. This capability gives users access to a huge
 portfolio of nearly five thousand Alpha AXP applications.

 "We're seeing sharp growth in the number of customers with power-hungry
 applications that require true 64-bit computing and full 64-bit UNIX.
 Unlike some vendors who are telling customers they will have to wait
 until the end of the century to get this power, Digital is providing it
 now with its complete workstation lineup," said Willy Shih, Digital
 vice president, UNIX and Windows NT Systems.

 "The business implications for this advanced technology are enormous.
 Users can run complex technical, business, and scientific applications
 right from their workstations with quicker response and faster
 turnaround, leaving them more time to develop new designs, run more
 simulations or improve existing models," Shih added. "The software
 versatility inherent in the Alpha AXP architecture is the basis of our
 operating system neutral strategy. It ensures protection of our
 customers' software investments," noted Jesse Lipcon, vice president,
 OpenVMS Systems and Servers. "These hot new workstations provide an
 excellent growth path for the hundreds of thousands of OpenVMS
 workstation users, with complete operating system and application
 compatibility," he said.

 World's Fastest Desktop

 The DEC 3000 Model 700 AXP workstation, powered by the Alpha AXP
 21064A-225MHz microprocessor, is the industry's fastest desktop system.
 It offers customers the best combination of performance,
 price/performance, and 2D and 3D desktop graphics performance. The
 workstation delivers SPECint92 of 162.6 (SPECbase_int92 of 153.4) and
 SPECfp92 of 230.6 (SPECbase_fp92 of 213.3).

 The Model 700's processing capabilities enable it to handle large
 applications such as 2D, 3D MCAD (mechanical computer-aided design) and
 EDA (electronic design automation), scientific visualization, and
 high-end financial modeling.

 World's Fastest Deskside

 The DEC 3000 Model 900 AXP workstation easily handles the range of
 applications supported by the Model 700 and, in addition, excels at
 complex applications in structural engineering, computational fluid
 dynamics, structural biology, and condensed matter physics. In most
 applications, that means faster and more vivid image processing and
 faster time-to-market. The Model 900 features more expandability than
 comparable workstations from Hewlett-Packard. It provides six I/O
 slots, one for the graphics accelerator and the others available for
 customer requirements.

 The new high-end deskside workstation is based on the Alpha AXP
 21064A-275MHz microprocessor, the world's fastest and most powerful
 single-chip microprocessor. The DEC 3000 Model 900 AXP workstation
 offers a 40% performance increase over the Model 800 which it replaces,
 and has double the disk capacity. It delivers SPECint92 of 189.3
 (SPECbase_int92 of 178.4) and SPECfp92 of 264.1 (SPECbase_fp92 of
 244.6).

 Pricing, Availability and Upgrades  (NOTE: All Pricing is U.S. only)

 Prices begin at $27,698 for the DEC 3000 Model 700 AXP workstation and
 $43,373 for the Model 900.  Board-swap upgrades from existing DEC 3000
 Models 600 and 800 AXP workstations are available for $5,995 and
 $8,995, respectively.  Shipments of the new workstations begin next
 month.

 Most Powerful Under $20,000

 The DEC 3000 Model 600 AXP workstation price has been reduced to
 $17,495 from $19,995.  Based on the Alpha AXP 21064 micro-processor
 running at 175MHz, the Model 600 is the fastest, most powerful
 workstation available in the popular, under-$20,000 price range.

 High Performance Graphics Accelerator Cards

 Both DEC 3000 Models 700 and 900 AXP workstations use the new 2D ZLX-E2
 and 2D/3D ZLX-E3 graphics accelerator cards for high-speed image
 rendering in graphics-intensive applications. The ZLX-E3 and the Model
 700 yield the world's top performance in the Xmark93 2D benchmark --
 14.89 Xmarks, and the best desktop graphics performance -- 80.2
 PLBwire93. In addition, the ZLX-E1 yields Xmarks of 16.82 on the Model
 900, much faster than competitive offerings; the ZLX-E3 delivers
 superior PLBwire93 3D performance of 83.0.

 The ZLX-E2, priced at $1,995, accelerates 24-bit pixel, true color
 image display. The ZLX- E3, delivering high-end 2D and 3D graphics
 capabilities, offers superior 3D price/performance. Priced at only
 $2,995, the ZLX-E3 provides users with better 3D performance than any
 competitive 3D graphics options, which typically cost up to eight times
 more.  Both accelerators provide the industry's best 2D graphics
 performance.

 The ZLX-E family is one part of Digital's overall graphics portfolio
 which includes the ZLX-M mid-range 3D graphics options and the Denali
 line of high-end 3D graphics.

 Cost-Effective Supercomputer Replacement

 Featuring high-performance UNIX clustering capability with SMP support,
 the new AdvantageCluster Compute Server 5000 system excels as an
 economical solution for such applications as complex process
 simulation, computational fluid dynamics, and financial modeling. It
 consists of four Digital 2100 Model A500MP rackmount systems packaged
 in a single enclosure to create a cost-effective, high-powered
 alternative to costly supercomputing systems in networked UNIX
 environments.

 The new server houses up to 16 Alpha AXP 21064 microprocessors and is
 expandable to 400 processors. It is preloaded with Digital's
 multiprocessor-optimized High Performance FORTRAN (HPF) and Load
 Sharing Facility (LSF) software for dynamic load balancing. The
 processors in the AdvantageCluster Compute Server 5000 system are two
 to five times more powerful than processors in traditional massively
 parallel processor (MPP) systems such as those from Intel and Thinking
 Machines Corporation. Four-to 16-processor AdvantageCluster Compute
 Server 5000 systems range in price from $200,000 to less than $300,000.
 The 16-processor system has power equivalent to 32- to 80-node systems
 from traditional MPP vendors which typically are priced from $1 to $5
 million.

 "Digital is the only computer manufacturer with truly clustered systems
 that dramatically boost reliability and throughput," Shih said. "By
 combining clustering and multiprocessing techniques, the
 AdvantageCluster Compute Server 5000 equals or surpasses the
 performance of systems costing many times more."

 Digital Equipment Corporation is the world's leader in open
 client/server solutions from personal computing to integrated worldwide
 information systems.  Digital's scalable Alpha AXP platforms, storage,
 networking, software and services, together with industry-focused
 solutions from business partners, help organizations compete and win in
 today's global marketplace.
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 AdvantageCluster are trademarks of Digital Equipment Corporation.

 Hewlett-Packard is a registered trademark of Hewlett-Packard Company.
 Intel is a trademark of Intel Corporation. Load Sharing Facility is a
 trademark of Platform Computing Corporation. OSF is a registered
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 by X/Open Company, Ltd.