[comp.newprod] Fastest desktop workstation

seenu@isieng.uucp (Seenu Banda) (12/17/88)

Integrated Solutions
1140 Ringwood Ct.
san Jose, CA 95131
(408)943-1902
FAX: (408)943-0626

    INTEGRATED SOLUTIONS LAUNCHES ADVANTEDGE 2000 WORKSTATION

        SAN JOSE, Calif., December 12, 1988 --  Integrated  Solu-
tions  Inc.,  a designer and marketer of high-performance UNIX(t)
systems, today introduced the Advantedge 2000, the first worksta-
tion  developed for the original equipment manufacturer (OEM) and
systems integrator markets designed around Mips Computer Systems'
R2000 reduced instruction set computer (RISC) chip set.

        Operating at 12 million instructions per  second  (MIPS),
the Advantedge 2000 is the fastest desktop workstation available.
At $12,000 for the base system, it also offers the most  competi-
tive  price/performance ratio in the workstation market -- $1,000
per MIPS. Yet the system is smaller than a personal computer.

        Harvey Goldman, Integrated Solutions  vice  president  of
marketing,  said,  "The  Advantedge  2000  gives our customers an
'edge' -- technological leadership at a competitive  price,  plus
extraordinary  power in a small package. Further, Advantedge 2000
enables OEMs, system integrators and value-added resellers (VARs)
to offer added performance and to bring UNIX-driven RISC products
to market quickly."

        To meet the differing needs of OEMs, VARs and systems in-
tegrators,  the Advantedge 2000 is available at various levels of
integration. These range from a  stand-alone  workstation  confi-
guration  down  to  the  basic  board  level.  The product can be
custom-packaged according to customer requirements.

        Advantedge 2000 customers can  choose  between  two  UNIX
operating  systems:  Mips  RISC/os(t) (UMIPS) or Integrated Solu-
tions' Dual Universe, featuring both UNIX  4.3BSD(t)  and  System
V.3.

        Among Advantedge  2000's  technical  features:  on  board
32KBytes  cache  memory;  1280  x 1024 pixel graphics resolution;
on-board SCSI controller; Ethernet(t) controller; and an on-board
80186-compatible input/output processor.

        Integrated Solutions offers hardware and software  train-
ing  and support tailored to the specific needs of OEMs, VARs and
system integrators. Repair and  replacement  also  are  available
on-site, or by mail.

        The system  is  source-code  compatible  with  Integrated
Solutions' Motorola-based systems. Integrated Solutions will also
provide an upgrade  path  for  Advantedge  customers  to  higher-
capacity peripherals or newer software releases.

        A number of applications software packages are  available
through  Synthesis Software Solutions Inc., a company established
to provide application programs for Mips RISC-based systems.

        Advantedge 2000 is shipping now at a price of $12,000 for
the  base system -- including packaged base board and video board
-- to $24,500, depending  on  additional  peripheral  and  memory
add-ons. A typically configured system, including the base system
plus 16-inch color monitor, keyboard, mouse, 100 MByte hard  disk
drive and 40 MByte cartridge tape drive, would be $20,375.

        The product also will benefit from Integrated  Solutions'
broad  real-time expertise, acquiring real-time capability in the
second quarter of 1989, when  Integrated  Solutions'  UniWorks(t)
software will be ported to the system.

        Integrated Solutions Inc.,  headquartered  in  San  Jose,
Calif., was founded in 1981. The company has leveraged its exper-
tise on board-level products to enter  the  systems  market  with
VMEbus-based systems and UNIX workstations. Earlier this year In-
tegrated Solutions introduced hardware and software products in a
major commitment to the real-time market. Integrated Solutions is
a subsidiary of NBI Inc. of Boulder, Colo.

        NBI Inc. designs, manufactures and markets computer  sys-
tems  and software products that address the information, manage-
ment and document processing  needs  of  professionals  and  work
groups  in the office.  Its stock is listed on the New York Stock
Exchange and the Pacific Stock Exchange under the symbol "NBI".

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UNIX is a registered trademark of AT&T.  UniWorks is a  trademark
of  Integrated Solutions.  Ethernet is a trademark of Xerox Corp.
RISC/os is a trademark of  Mips  Computer  Systems.   4.3BSD  was
developed  by the Regents of the University of California, Berke-
ley.