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                                                        The Florida SunFlash

           SPARC International Announces SPARCBuilders

SunFLASH Vol 40 #22					          April 1992 
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   SPARCBuilders Portfolio Available to SPARC Developers by Mid-Year

MENLO PARK, Calif. -- April 7,1992 -- SPARC International (SI)
announced today that it is collecting an aggressive technology
portfolio to identify and describe all "building block" technologies
available to hardware and software developers and integrators of both
SPARC-based computer and embedded/real-time products.

Called SPARCBuilders, this effort will give developers a single
reference to available SPARC technologies, offer technology suppliers a
highly-leveraged marketing tool, and meet the demand for a central
information resource in the SPARC open, multi-vendor industry model.
SPARCBuilders will publish its first issue of the portfolio in the next
few months.

SPARCBuilders is a strong portrayal of the central information role
that SI plays among SPARC technology suppliers and developers.
According to Robert Duncan, Chairman and CEO of SI, "The list of deeply
invested SPARC technology suppliers continues to grow at an impressive
rate. We have created SPARCBuilders to better serve both suppliers and
buyers of SPARC technology, and to streamline our own operations as the
volume of technology referrals passing through SI continues to build."

Portfolio Structure and Content

Suppliers listing their technologies with SPARCBuilders offer
developers complete, concise technology descriptions and company
contact information.

SPARCBuilders covers the spectrum of SPARC technologies for developers
of end-user directed system hardware, system software and
embedded/real-time products. Technologies in the Portfolio include:
interface specifications, CPUs, logic chip sets, bus technologies,
graphics technologies, operating systems and related software
technologies, hardware and software development tools, testing tools,
networking technologies, windowing technologies, and others.

Technology Classes

Mapping to the way technology building blocks are actually packaged and
sold, SPARCBuilders divides listed technologies into three classes:
interfaces, designs, and implementations.

Interfaces precisely define the functionality and/or specifications of
particular technology in sufficient detail and accuracy to allow
developers to build products that are compatible by virtue of complying
with the interface definition. Examples are the SPARC Architecture
Version 8, the SPARC Compliance Definition (SCD) 2.0 and the MBus chip
interconnect specification, all available from SPARC International and
offered in the Portfolio.

Designs are engineering data for a component or a system conforming to
an interface. Examples are net-lists or Verilog files for chips, CAD
databases for boards and operating system source code.

Implementations are the actual hardware and/or software components that
put interfaces and designs into practice for end-users products. The
most common examples are SPARC CPU and logic ASIC chips and binary
versions of software, such as the Solaris operating system.
Implementations may include a broad range of technologies such as
system peripherals and board-level products, or even complete systems
defined as "building blocks" for value-added resellers.

Sponsors

SPARCBuilders is based on an annual sponsorship model with three levels
of participation: Principal, Associate and Educational. The base annual
cost for a technology listings is $750. Principal sponsors are founding
partners in SPARCBuilders, and have purchased up to 24 technology
listings in the Portfolio. Associate Sponsors have purchased blocks
of 4 listings for $2,000. Educational sponsors pay a flat fee of $150
for an institutional technology listing.

Developers requesting a copy of the Portfolio in the first months of
availability will receive one copy free. Nominal pricing for subsequent
copies and ongoing subscription to the Portfolio Program will be
announced at a later date.

All founding Principal sponsors SI executive members. Current founding
sponsors of SPARCBuilders include: Fujitsu, Ltd., LSI Logic, Ross
Technology, Inc., SPARC International, SMCC and SunSoft.

Portfolio Enrollment

Suppliers wishing to list building block technologies in the
SPARCBuilders Portfolio Program should FAX requests for enrollment
information and listing forms to SPARC International at 415/321-8015.

SPARCBuilders Sponsor Names and Technologies

Principal Sponsors:
Fujitsu, Ltd. 			- SPARC Processor and Completion Chips
LSI Logic 			- LSI SPARCKit Family Solutions
Ross Technology, Inc. 		- SPARC CPUs
SPARC International 		- SCD 2.0 and $99 SPARC License
SMCC 				- SPARC Interfaces, Designs, and Implementations
SunSoft, Inc. 			- Solaris 1.0 and 2.0 - Distributed Computing
				  Solutions
Associate Sponsors:
Analog Devices 			- AD1849 - 16 Bit SoundPort Stereo Codec
Crystal Semiconductor Corp. 	- Multimedia Audio Chip Technology
Edinburgh Portable Compilers 	- Comprehensive Family of Compilers;
Integrated Debugger
Elan Computer Group 		- Elan License Manager
Highland Software 		- Flexible License Manager
SunPro 				- SPARCompiler Family, SPARCworks Programming 
				  Environments
Texas Instruments, Inc. 	- SPARC FPU
Wangtek/WangDAT 		- 1/4" Cartridge Tape and 4 mm DAT Drives 
				  and Storage Devices
Weitek Corporation 		- 8701 IU FPU; 8720 Color Graphics Accelerator
Wind River Systems, Inc. 	- Real-Time Software Development Tools

Educational Sponsors:
Massachusetts Institute of Technology 			- X-Window Systems


About SPARC International

SPARC International (SI), founded in 1989, as a not-for-profit service
compa- ny, is an independent association of corporations, institutions
and individuals focused on developing worldwide markets for products
and services based on SPARC technology. SI currently has 253 members in
18 countries. SPARC Inter- national is headquartered in Menlo Park,
California.

SPARC International's Mission

SPARC International promotes the design, development and application of
SPARC to computer and peripheral products; establishes hardware and
soft- ware standards, enables compatibility across SPARC branded
products; and provides, promotes and protects SPARC and SPARC-related
brand names.

SPARC International Adrienne Bachleda (415) 321- 8692 x 238

UNIX is a registered trademarks of UNIX System Laboratories, Inc.

SPARC is a registered trademark of SPARC International. SPARC
Compatible, SPARC Compliant and SPARC Verified are reserved trademarks
of SPARC International, Inc.

All other products are referred to herein by the trademarks as
designated by the companies who market those products.

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