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            SUN MICROSYSTEMS TO INCREASE EQUITY BASE
   
SunFLASH Vol 20 #19					 	August 1990 
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MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. --August 13, 1990-- Sun Microsystems, Inc.
(SUNW) announced today that it has filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission a Registration Statement of a proposed offering by
the company of 5,938,834 new shares of Common Stock together with
1,061,166 shares to be offered by certain selling stockholders. Of the
shares to be sold, 5,600,000 will be offered in the United States by
Goldman, Sachs & Co., Salomon Brothers Inc and Dean Witter Reynolds,
Inc.  Of the shares to be sold, 1,400,000 will be sold outside the
United States by an international syndicate managed by Goldman Sachs
International Limited, Salomon Brothers International Limited and Dean
Witter Capital Markets---International Ltd. The Underwriters have a
30-day option to purchase an additional 1,050,000 shares of Common
Stock from the company to cover over-allotments.

"Our balance sheet has been a key area of management focus for Sun
throughout FY90, and we have been successful in significantly
increasing our level of cash reserves," said Scott G. McNealy,
Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer.  "We believe that a
strong balance sheet, a substantial cash position and borrowing
capacity are important competitive factors in our industry, and this
offering will improve our position in all three areas.  Importantly,
this offering will put stockholders' equity at a level where we feel
comfortable at this point in time."

Sun Microsystems, Inc., headquartered in Mountain View, California, is
a leading worldwide supplier of general purpose computer systems based
upon the distributed computing model of networked workstations and
servers.

A registration statement relating to these securities has been filed
with the Securities and Exchange Commission but has not yet become
effective.  These securities may not be sold nor may offers to buy be
accepted prior to the time the registration statement becomes
effective.  This communication shall not constitute an offer to sell or
a solicitation of an offer to buy nor shall there be any sale of these
securities in any jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or
sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the
securities laws of any such jurisdiction.

Copies of the prospectus relating to the offering may be obtained from:
Goldman, Sachs & Co., 85 Broad Street, New York, NY 10040; Salomon
Brothers Inc. One New York Plaza, New York, NY 10004; and, Dean Witter
Reynolds Inc., Two World Trade Center, New York, NY 10048.

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UNIX is a registered trademark of AT&T.  All other products or services
mentioned in this document are identified by the trademarks or service
marks of their respective companies or organizations.

Investor Relations Contact:
Bob Haggerty (415) 336-2247

Press Contact:
Kim Miller
(415) 336-7583

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