Santa Cruz Operation Inc has officially identified Gemini 64 as its first 64-bit operating system that will incorporate 3DA technology from the next-generation Unix architecture it is defining with Hewlett-Packard Co. Gemini is the forthcoming mid- 1997 merger of its 32-bit UnixWare and Santa Cruz OpenServer Unixes – Gemini 64 is its vehicle for Intel Corp’s 64-bit Merced. Gemini will include automated configuration, remote-control management, integrated Internet services, clustering, failover, auto back-up and restore, mirroring and hot-swap, and will also be offered as an embedded operating system, with support for ccNUMA configurations and 1Tb files and 2Tb file systems. Santa Cruz and Hewlett-Packard will publish the common application programming interface specification for their next generation Unix for Intel Merced by year-end. It’s currently out for review under embargo and includes some 4,283 application programming interfaces now. The 3DA work will feed into Hewlett-Packard’s mid-1997, 64-bit HP-UX 11.0 release, its 11.X 1998 iteration and the 1.0 full-blown next-generation Unix there after. Santa Cruz won’t have a full 64-bit offering until 1998.
