AT&T Co has introduced its first RISC-based symmetrical multi-processors. The System 7000 series of top-end machines are sourced through AT&T’s partnership with Pyramid Technology, announced last year (CI No 1,277), and like the Pyramid MIServer range come in three models – the 7020 office server, 7040 departmental server and 7080 corporate server – all using Pyramid’s proprietary RISC architecture and triple bus. Systems range from single processors rated at 14 MIPS to top-end eight processor systems rated at 122 MIPS and up to 170 transactions per second, and have a price range of from $88,000 for 128 users to $225,000 for 1,000 users. The series is optimised for database performance and transaction processing, and is available immediately. Packages with Informix Software Inc’s Informix-OnLine database engine and AT&T’s Tuxedo Transaction Processing System/T will be offered as turnkey transaction systems. AT&T and Pyramid are said to be developing a new range of systems, thought to be based on the MIPS RISC processor. Also introduc ed at the symposium was the StarWAN multi-protocol Router for interconn ecting multiple local area networks, the AT&T 705 multitasking terminal, which upgrades the current 605 mod el, and System V.4 development systems for AT&T’s 3B2 and 6386 lines.
