Motorola Inc’s Computer Group has introduced what it says is its last Series 900 server to be based on the 88000 processor before it moves to the PowerPC. The Model 984 is based on four 50MHz 88110 processors, which each have 16Kb of on-chip cache and are linked by a tightly-coupled memory bus, with 1Mb of secondary cache, up to 1Gb of main memory, and up to 512Mb of on-board memory. It supports up to 1,000 users and is claimed to perform 1.8 times faster than the dual processor version, which is rated at 116.2 AIMS or $557 per AIM. Benchmarks should be available by April, as should the machine. The model 984 starts at $100,000 and is upgradable to the PowerPC.
