NEC Corp has new MIPS Computer Systems Inc R4000 RISC-based servers and workstations: two new models in its SuperServer UP4800 series and three new models in the EWS4800 workstation series. The new server models – Models UP4800/630 and 620 respectively, use 64-bit RISC R4000 processors with clock frequencies of 60MHz and 50MHz, and performance claimed at 110 MIPS and 95 MIPS respectively. The new workstations are Model EWS4800/130LT which has a 1,280 by 1,024 pixel colour thin-film transistor screen and a performance of 30 MIPS; the EWS4800/350 with a clock frequency of 50MHz and a performance of 95 MIPS; Model EWS4800/215 is an entry-level desktop model with VMEbus expansion slot. NEC plans to use the 75MHz R4000 microprocessor which will be released soon in an upgrade board to be released later this year. Both servers and workstations use versions of Unix System V.4, which will incorporate the Common Japanese Language Application Binary Interface called OCMP announced last month by Sony Corp and NEC Corp. The new products are priced at from $17,800 to $128,000 including software, and shipments dates are from late this month to early September. NEC is looking for sales of 30,000 units of the five new models over the next two years.
