Intergraph Corp, Huntsville, Alabama, will unveil its new range of superscalar computers based around the 50MHz Clipper C400 RISC chip before the end of the year. They are to make their debut in November at the annual AutoFact automotive manufacturing equipment bash in Detroit. The new line will comprise servers, mid-range and entry-level workstations – as yet they have no name. First to appear will be servers rated at up to 100 SPECmarks, according to Rob Owen, managing director of Intergraph UK. A company official said he expected them to be running the Open Software Foundation’s OSF/1 operating system: Intergraph said last year that OSF/1 would become its sole operat ing environment, however other spokespeople were not available to comment at press time. C6000 series server sites will be offered upgrades via to the new Clipper via board swap-outs, but the company says it hasn’t yet figured out whether it can do the same for the low-end C2000 machines. Upgrades for these systems are more likely to come as an add-on box. Prices for the systems go from $15,000 to $80,000. The C2000 and C6000 lines are based on the C300 Clipper RISC. Intergraph is now reported to be working on parallel processing system technology with Electronic Design Systems.
