kahlon@caip.rutgers.edu (Gurjot Kahlon) (09/01/89)
I am working on a project to interconnect the SUN, Tektronics and Ardent graphic workstations with NCUBE and the BBN-1. The purpose of this link is to make use of the number crunching capabilities of the parallel machines and using the workstations for graphical purposes. The data available at the backend of these workstations is in the order of hundreds of megabytes which can be sent to the parallel machines with only high speed networks. The standard FDDI is one of the suitable solutions and SUN microprocessors has recently come out with a FDDI board. Could anyone tell me more about this board and also if SUN actually manufactures it or buys it from outside. Also if someone knows about any alternate vendors who offer this kind of board could you please email me their addresses. Any other suggestions are welcome. THANKS ! Gurjot.
chimiak@umbc3.UMBC.EDU (Mr. William J. Chimiak ) (09/08/89)
Interphase makes a 6U VME FDDI board. They have a 68020 based controller board and very soon will have an AMD29000 based controller board to accelerate data transfer. The gentleman to contact is Jacob Shu of Interphase. His email address is convex!iphase!jacob The FDDI Single Ring interface boards are available now. Bill Chimiak