Apollo Computer Inc’s foray into the superworkstation market last spring with its RISC-based Series 10000, coming straight after introductions by start-ups Ardent Computer and Stellar Computer, left Sun Microsystems unprepared with a competing product line. Now it seems that the company is indeed interested in the top end of the market, and has been talking to Computer Systems News about its plans. Plans for a high performance three-dimensional graphics superworkstation have arisen out of the company’s increasing emphasis on graphics, which resulted in the formation of the Graphics Products Division 18 months ago, and now employs 300 people. The division is working on rendering, image processing and video systems. No dates were given.
