Input-output board manufacturer Specialix Ltd, Byfleet, Surrey says it has secured an agreement with IBM Corp for its Transputer-based RIO multi-port input-output controller which IBM will use in the RS/6000. Noting the slow take-up of the high-end RIO, Specialix says that the thing was over engineered and brought to the market before its time, saying it will have to wait until multi-processing technology takes off before it sees any real installations. Specialix is also courting an OEM agreement with Ing Olivetti & Co SpA for RIO Specialix claims to have 80% of the Italian input-output board market. The company plans to add SNMP and PPP network protocol extensions to its XIO and SI range of input-output controllers, plus enhancements to all of its other boards. Specialix is planning to debut a new board at the Santa Cruz Operation Inc Forum this week.
