Fremont, California-based design house Mylex Corp has unveiled six new high-performance products using the EISA bus. The 50MHz 80486-based Mylex Symmetric Multi-processing System implements the company’s proprietary 64-bit bus, using four 80486 processors with 256Kb write-back cache on each. It is being offered with Mylex’s Multi-Channel SCSI Disk Array Controller and Multi-Channel Ethernet Adaptor based on the EISA bus. The multi-channel disk array system features five wide SCSI-II channels, an Intel Corp 80960CA embedded RISC Processor, up to 64Mb cache, support for RAID Redundant Array of Inexpensive Disks and fault-tolerance. The new LME596 EISA four-port Ethernet adaptor is a 10Base-T adaptor incorporating four 32-Bit Intel Ethernet Controllers with a shared memory port and an Intel 82355 Bus-Master controller. Software dynamically picks the method of bus transfer for optimum performance based on Ethernet packet contents. Multiple local network adaptor support exists for server environments including NetWare, Unix TCP/IP and LAN Manager NDIS for MS-DOS and OS/2. The new 40MHz Advanced Graphic Controller 34020, GXE020 version A features a Texas Instruments Inc TMS34020 processor and 1,600 by 1,200 resolution, and was demonstrated at Comdex running Windows 3.0 and Santa Cruz Operation Open Desktop. The EISA-based graphics subsystem’s optional drivers include display-list AutoCAD, P-CAD and X Window based on Santa Cruz and Interactive Systems Corp Unix. The GXE020A includes 4Mb main memory, 2.5Mb Video RAM, and a four-foot RGb cable. The new GLI911 Graphics Controller, designed for demanding graphical user interface environments, accelerates applications under Windows, OS/2 Presentation Manager, GEM/3 and the X Window System. Mylex has also unveiled a non-caching host adaptor on the market, which it says features a wide SCSI-II channel, Intel 80960KA RISC Processor, can be upgraded to a caching host adaptor and is ASPI-compatible. No prices were given for anything.
