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Subject:      Press Release - Digital DECmpp Software - fyi 1

                  I N T E R O F F I C E   M E M O R A N D U M

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Subject: Press Release - Digital DECmpp Software - fyi


    Joseph D. Codispoti
    DIGITAL EQUIPMENT CORPORATION
    508-493-6767

    Cynthia Lempert
    HILL & KNOWLTON
    617-894-3100




           DIGITAL EQUIPMENT BOOSTS MASSIVELY PARALLEL DRIVE

         WITH NEW SOFTWARE TOOLS, AND NEXT GENERATION HARDWARE


           ...'PARASPHERE' Software Environment Unveiled'...



    CAMBRIDGE, MA -- October 6, 1992 -- Digital Equipment

    Corporation today unveiled a comprehensive software suite for

    the fast growing massively parallel computing segment,

    including the first mainstream development tool and a new

    Fortran language compiler.   A second generation massively

    parallel computer system and a new subsystem for high-speed,

    high-volume external data storage were also introduced by

    Digital.

         Software announced today is part of the newly defined

    PARASHPERE Software Environment, Digital's integrated approach

    to satisfy customers' comprehensive software requirements for

    this important high performance computing style.  PARASPHERE

    software will include all future tools, languages, third party

    applications and operating system software for massively

    parallel hardware platforms marketed by Digital.



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    DIGITAL EQUIPMENT BOOSTS MASSIVELY PARALLEL DRIVE
    WITH NEW SOFTWARE TOOLS, AND NEXT GENERATION HARDWARE
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         Today's announcement includes a new implementation of the

    Digital Parallel Programming Environment (DPPE) that now

    incorporates the company's DEC FUSE CASE development toolkit.

    The new high performance Fortran language compiler has special

    features, based on specifications drawn up by a collaboration

    of Digital and other industry and research participants, that

    help developers convert traditional Fortran programs to run on

    parallel computers.


    		BOOSTING APPLICATION DEVELOPMENT

         This announcement represents the first time a broad-based,

    mainstream CASE tool has been brought to massively parallel

    computing, according to David Stone, Vice President of Software

    Engineering.  "The DEC FUSE environment is part of Digital's

    COHESION family, an industry-leading implementation of CASE

    products," he said.

         "CASE programming techniques are used to speed up new

    application program development, so bringing CASE to massively

    parallel computing represents an important step in the

    evolution of this growing market," said Charles Wilson,

    director of the company's Massively Parallel Systems Group.

         Market growth of massively parallel computers is expected

    by many observers to surpass $1 billion in sales by 1995.



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    WITH NEW SOFTWARE TOOLS, AND NEXT GENERATION HARDWARE
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         Other software in today's announcement were:  DECmpp

    Parallel Performance Analyzer for fine tuning software

    programs; DECmpp Parallel Debugger for fault identification;

    DECmpp mage and math processing libraries; and DECmpp VAST-2

    Optimizing Preprocessor for automatic translation of standard

    Fortran code into parallel code.

                      NEW DECMPP HARDWARE SYSTEMS

         The new DECmpp 12000/Sx Model 200 systems announced today

    range from 1,024 to 16,384 processors and are priced from

    approximately $175,000 to $1.7 million, including front-end

    consoles and system software.  Featuring 64KB of memory per

    processor array, these new systems can operate from 150 to 2400

    MFLOPS (Millions of Floating Point Operations per Second), up

    to four times faster than the earlier Model 100 systems. They

    are available immediately.  In-cabinet upgrades from Model 100

    to Model 200 systems are also available.

         New hardware subsystems announced today include a high

    speed input/output channel, plus a variety of solid state disk

    and disk array systems.  They are intended for users with

    large, transaction processing applications that require

    frequent, high-speed disk access. The new subsystems are priced

    from $132,000 and are available immediately.



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    WITH NEW SOFTWARE TOOLS, AND NEXT GENERATION HARDWARE
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         The new DECmpp 12000/Sx Model 200 systems join the Model

    100 and the recently announced DECmpp 12000/Mx Model 100

    systems in Digital's massively parallel systems line-up.

    DECmpp 12000/Sx systems are based on hardware technologies from

    MasPar Computer Corporation and use SIMD, or single-instruction,

    multiple-data architectures.  DECmpp 12000/Mx systems use

    technologies from Intel Corporation, and are characterized by

    MIMD, or multiple-instruction, multiple-data architectures.

         "SIMD and MIMD are the two major styles of massively

    parallel computing today and are both very important for the

    applications each can address," said Sam Fuller, Digital's Vice

    President of Research., "Not only does Digital support both

    platforms, but today's PARASPHERE software announcement

    underscores Digital's commitment to bring this important

    technology into the mainstream for solving customer problems".

         Today's announcements were made a press briefing at

    Digital's Cambridge Research Laboratory which uses the DECmpp

    12000/Sx systems in visualization research.

         Digital Equipment Corporation, headquartered in Maynard,

    Massachusetts, is the leading worldwide supplier of networked

    computer systems, software and services.  Digital pioneered and

    leads the industry in interactive, distributed and multivendor



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    WITH NEW SOFTWARE TOOLS, AND NEXT GENERATION HARDWARE
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    computing.  Digital and its partners deliver the power to use

    the best integrated solutions - from desktop to data center -

    in open information environments.




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    Note To Editors:	 DECmpp, PARASPHERE, are
    			 trademarks of Digital Equipment
    			 Corporation





    CORP/92/809








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