Motorola Inc’s Computer Group will today, Monday, unveil a raft of new machines based on its 88110 RISC, supporting up to 1,000 users, Unigram reports. It says the Series 9000, its first full 88110-based system architecture, provides snap-together functionality for adding new modules without having to change internal cabling or wiring. Indeed, Series 9000 systems will be sold as a stack of modules that are plugged together to achieve the desired configuration. A basic system has two modules, a MVME197 board with one or two 88110s, introduced last year – and two additional VME slots, and the other with sockets for up to four SCSI devices. CPU boards can be swapped for more power VME expansion or SCSI device modules can be added as required. Internal components, including power supplies and SCSI devices snap in and out. Series 9000 CPU modules with 33MHz MVME187 board and 32Kb cache are from UKP3,100 to UKP40,500 for the 50MHz MVME197DP with 128Mb RAM and 544Kb cache. At the low end, a fully-configured 33MHz Series 9000 M810 with 16Mb to 256Mb does 27.7 SPECint92; the 40MHz M911 with 32Mb to 576Mb at 42 SPECint92; the 50MHz M921 with 32Mb to 576Mb at 54 SPECint92. There are no SPEC ratings for the two-way system; a quad processor follows early in 1994.
