Stretching the system performance of Intel’s 400MHz Pentium II as far as it can, Intergraph Corp has incorporated Reliance Computer Corp’s Champion 2.0 chipset into a new I/O subsystem it calls the concurrent multiport architecture, and is shipping it in a new TDZ 2000 GT1 desktop with one or two processors running NT. With Silicon Graphics Inc soon to light a Windows NT workstation bonfire by putting its leading graphics technologies to work on NT, Intergraph trumpets the 1Gbps I/O bandwidth and 1.6Gbps peak memory bandwidth its new system offers; 60% faster than the crossbar switch used in SGI’s Octane workstations and three times faster than current standard Intel/NT offerings. It costs $6,930 with a single CPU, mid-range Intense 3D Pro 2200S graphics, three PCI buses, dual memory controllers and Ultra2 SCSI. At the entry- level a 3D TDZ 2000 GL1 is now available from $3,000 with a 333MHz Pentium II and AccelStar II graphics.
