Tatung Science & Technology Inc has responded to Sun Microsystems Sparcstation 10 announcements by coming out with the Super Compstation 10 Series, a line of seven MBus-based workstations. Three of the new models incorporate one or more 50MHz Supersparc processors, while others feature 36MHz and 40MHz versions. With prices starting at $15,000, the company claims to undercut Sun prices significantly, and to offer more configuration flexibility. The seven Super Compstation 10 models are each offered with a range of options for storage, monitors and other peripherals. The Super Compstation model 10/30, out now, has one 36MHz Supersparc and is rated at 86 MIPS, 44.2 SPECint92 and 52.9 SPECfp92, and the $14,790 price includes 512Mb disk 32Mb memory. The 10/40, set for June, has one 40MHz Supersparc and is rated at 96.2 MIPS, 52.6 SPECint92 and 64.7 SPECfp92. With 1Gb disk and 32Mb memory it’s $16,690. The 10/51 has one 50MHz SuperSparc+ and 1Mb cache and starts at $21,790 with 1Gb disk and 64Mb memory, from the third quarter. The 10/41 has one CPU, 1Mb cache and comes in June; the 10/402 with dual 40MHz chips and the 10/512, with dual 50MHz processors and 1Mb cache are both set for the fourth quarter; a four-processor 45MHz model is planned for first quarter 1994. They have built-in ISDN and 16-bit audio.
