- June
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- Ross Perot resigns from the NeXT board of directors. [734.292]
- July
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- NeXT completes the Japanese version of the NeXTSTEP operating system. [734.280]
- Sun Microsystems introduces the SPARCstation ELC, and the SPARCstation IPX. [171.80]
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- Steve Jobs agrees with his NeXT company advisors to port the NeXTSTEP operating system to the Intel 80x86 architecture. [734.318]
- August
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- Silicon Graphics announces the Indigo computer. [928.81]
- September 4
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- Sun Microsystems announces it is developing a version of its Solaris operating system for Intel-based personal computers. [1080.198] [2360.D4]
- September
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- MIPS Technologies begins shipping samples of the R4000 processor. [660.9]
- Silicon Graphics begins licensing the OpenGL graphics library. [867.108]
- October
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- Sun Microsystems begins licensing the new chipset used in the SPARCstation 2. [2034.81]
- MIPS Technologies officially introduces the 100 MHz R4000, its 64-bit RISC processor. [44] [2040]
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- November
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- MIPS Computer Systems announces its ARC System licensing program, consisting of a complete ARC System 100 system design, supporting ROM code, operating system drivers, and ASICs. [737.1]
- Intel decides against licensing Digital Equipment's technology in the Alpha architecture. [636.24]
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- Hewlett-Packard introduces the Series 9000 Model 720 computer. [1038.36]
- December
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- MIT releases the X v11.5 windowing system. [707.207]
- Standards Performance Evaluation Corp (SPEC) names its integer and floating point benchmark metrics for Unix systems as SPECint and SPECfp, respectively. [956.6]
- Year
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- Shipments of Unix operating system for the year: 1.2 million. [1093.134]
1992
- January
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- Standards Performance Evaluation Corp (SPEC) announces availability of SPECint92 and SPECfp92 benchmark suites for Unix systems. Cost of the suite is US$900. [2041.78] [738] [956.6] [541] [659]
- Standards Performance Evaluation Corp (SPEC) announces renaming of its Unix system benchmark metrics to include the "89" suffix, ie. SPECint89 and SPECfp89. [956.6]
- January 22
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- At the first NeXTWORLD Expo, held in San Francisco, Steve Jobs announces that a version of the NeXTSTEP operating system will be made for Intel-based personal computers. Jobs also announces Turbo versions of NeXTstation, NeXTstation Color, NeXTcube with 33-MHz 68040, NEXTSTEP 3.0 OS. [206.289] [734.319] [2605.212]
- (month unknown)
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- Hewlett-Packard introduces the Series 9000 Model 710 computer. It features 50 MHz PA-RISC processor, Ethernet, serial, parallel, SCSI-2, 16 MB RAM, 19-inch 8-bit grayscale monitor, for US$9490. [1038.36]
- Hewlett-Packard introduces the Series 9000 Model 705 computer. It features 35 MHz PA-RISC processor, Ethernet, serial, parallel, SCSI-2, 16 MB RAM, 19-inch 8-bit grayscale monitor, for US$4990. [1038.36]
- February
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- Ross Technology publicly previews its Pinnacle-1 SPARC processor. [735]
- February 25
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- Digital Equipment unveils the 64-bit Alpha processor architecture, with speed estimates of 150 million instructions per second. [2042.38] [1367.63]
- (month unknown)
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- Tadpole Technology introduces the Sparcbook portable computer. It features 8-32 MB RAM, 85-240 MB hard drive, floppy drive, gray-scale or color 640x480 monitor, 25 MHz CY601 integer processor, 25 MHz CY604 floating point processor, Ethernet port, internal 9600/2400 fax/modem, Solaris operating system, Open Windows 3.0, SoftPC to run MS-DOS and MS-Windows applications. Size is 12 x 8.5 x 2 inches, weight is 7 pounds 1 ounce, price is US$4950-14850. [1067.40]
- March
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- MIPS Technologies ships the 100 MHz R4000 processor. [557.134] [2038]
- Silicon Graphics announces it is acquiring MIPS Computer Systems. [735.1]
- (month unknown)
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- MIPS Computer Systems announces the Magnum 4000 and Millennium 4000 OEM systems, based on the ARC System 100 design. Both use a 50/100 MHz R4000 processor. [737.1]
- Silicon Graphics ships its 100,000th workstation. [1137.9]
- May
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- Ross Technologies announces the hyperSPARC processor. [1100] [1073]
- IBM announces the RS/6000 Model 970 computer. It features 50 MHz processor with 32 kB instruction cache and 64 kB data cache, 64 MB RAM, 2.7 GB hard disk. Price is US$97,822. Performance specifications are 47.1 SPECint92, 93.6 SPECfp92, 49.3 SPECint89, 160.9 SPECfp89. [738.5]
- Sun Microsystems announces the SPARCstation 10 family, using the Sun / TI Viking SuperSPARC processor. Original name for the family was SPARCstation 3. [738.11] [754.20] [1100]
- Sun Microsystems announces the SPARCstation 10 model 30. Features include 36 MHz SuperSPARC processor, 32 MB RAM, 424 MB hard drive Price is US$18495. [738.11]
- Sun Microsystems announces the SPARCstation 10 model 41. Features include 40 MHz SuperSPARC processor, 1 MB second-level cache, 32 MB RAM, 424 MB hard drive Price is US$24995. [738.11]
- Sun Microsystems announces the SPARCstation 10 model 52. Features include two 45 MHz SuperSPARC processors, each with 1 MB second-level cache, 64 MB RAM, 1 GB hard drive cache Price is US$39995. [738.11]
- Sun Microsystems announces the SPARCstation 10 model 54. Features include four 45 MHz SuperSPARC processors, each with 1 MB second-level cache, 64 MB RAM, 1 GB hard drive cache Price is US$57995. [738.11]
- June
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- Bud Tribble, co-founder of NeXT, resigns from NeXT, and goes to work for Sun Microsystems. [734.330] [2605.212]
- (month unknown)
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- SPARC International introduces version 9 of the SPARC architecture. It features 64 bit address space, and instruction set extensions for superscalar implementations. [1093.26]
- Unix Systems Laboratories announces Unix System V release 4.2. [1093.38]
- Silicon Graphics and the OpenGL Architecture Review Board officially release the OpenGL 1.0 Specification. [867.13]
- September
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- NeXT ships NeXTSTEP v3.0 operating system. [206.289] [2605.212]
- (month unknown)
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- IBM announces the RS/6000 Model 580 computer. It incorporates a 62.5 MHz POWER chip set. Performance is 59 SPECint92, 125 SPECfp92, and 126 SPECmark89. Base price is US$62,500. [957]
- October 14
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- At the Microprocessor Forum, Texas Instruments and Sun Microsystems formally unveil the 50 MHz microSPARC processor. The processor includes integer and floating-point units, and 4 kB instruction and 2 kB data caches. It incorporates 800,000 transistors, using a 0.8-micron CMOS process. Development names during development were Tsunami and TMS390S10. Performance is about 40 MIPS. [557.134] [963.1] [696.36] [1100]
- October
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- Hewlett-Packard announces the PA-7100LC processor. [1073]
- November 16
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- Digital Equipment demonstrates systems with 125 MHz 21064 Alpha processors running a variety of Windows NT applications. [965]
- November
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- Digital Equipment unveils the 150 MHz DECchip 21064 microprocessor, implementing the Alpha AXP 64-bit architecture. Development name was EV-4. [32] [2043.15] [2027.61] [540.64] [557.134] [964.1] [821]
- Digital Equipment introduces the DEC 3000 Model 500 AXP, featuring 150 MHz Alpha 21064 processor, 512 kB cache, 32 MB RAM, 1 GB hard drive, six Turbochannel expansion slots, CD-ROM drive, and 19-inch color monitor. Price is US$38.995. Performance is 121.5 Specmark. [915.22] [964.1]
- Sun Microsystems introduces the SPARCclassic, featuring a 50 MHz microSPARC processor, 16 MB RAM, 207 MB hard disk, two SBus expansion slots, Solaris 2.1, and 15-inch color monitor. Price is about US$4500. Performance specs are 59.1 MIPS, 26.4 SpecInt92, 21.0 Specfp92. [2043.15] [915.21] [964]
- Sun Microsystems introduces the SparcStation LX, featuring 50 MHz microSparc processor, 16 MB RAM, 424 MB hard disk, Solaris 2.1, GXplus video accelerator, CD-quality audio, built-in ISDN, and 16-inch color monitor. Price is US$7995. Performance specs are 59.1 MIPS, 26.4 SpecInt92, 21.0 Specfp92. [2043.15] [915.21]
- Sun Microsystems announces SPARCcenter 2000 multiprocessor server. Up to 20 SuperSPARC processors can be used. Price with two processors is US$95,000. [2043.15] [964]
- MIPS Technologies (division of Silicon Graphics) announces the R4400 microprocessor, previously called the R4000A. It is an R4000 processor with double on-chip cache, implemented in 0.6-micron CMOS. Clock rates of up to 150 MHz (75 MHz internal) will be available. The chip incorporates 2.2 million transistors. [964.1] [1100]
- Hewlett-Packard announces the HP 9000 Model 735 desktop workstation. It features a 99 MHz PA-RISC 7100 processor, 32 MB RAM, 525 MB SCSI hard drive, and 19-inch color monitor. Rated speeds are 147 Specmarks and 40.8 MFLOPS. Price is US$37,395. [2043.15] [933.18]
- Hewlett-Packard announces the HP 9000 Model 755 deskside workstation. It features a 99 MHz PA-RISC 7100 processor, 64 MB RAM, 2 GB hard drive, and 19-inch color monitor. Rated speeds are 147 Specmarks and 40.8 MFLOPS. Price is US$58,995. [2043.15] [933.18]
- Hewlett-Packard announces the HP 9000 Model 715/33 workstation. It features 33 MHz PA-RISC processor, grayscale monitor, and one expansion slot. Price is US$4,995. [2043.15] [933.18]
- Hewlett-Packard announces the HP 9000 Model 715/50 workstation. It features 50 MHz PA-RISC processor, grayscale monitor, 512 MB hard drive, and one expansion slot. Price is US$11,895. [933.18]
- Hewlett-Packard announces the HP 9000 Model 725/50 workstation. It features 50 MHz PA-RISC processor, 4-slots, grayscale monitor, 512 MB hard drive, 16 MB RAM, for US$17,895. [2043.15] [933.18]
- Year
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- Workstation market share for the year: HP PA-RISC 31%, Sun SPARC 25%, MIPS 20%, IBM RS/6000 12%. [1054]
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