Graphics Products Division: New Products Introduction This email is intended to give you an overview of the new graphics products introduced on April 12, 1989. This email consists of the following pieces: * Graphics products being announced * Overview of products * Reference collateral and marketing tools available * Graphics features and performance Graphics Products Announced: Hardware * GX Series of Workstations - accelerated 8-bit 2D/3D wireframe * GXP Series of Workstations - accelerated 3D solids, 24-bit support * TC Graphics Workstation - 24 bit color * SunVideo - Video Input/Output Product * SunDials - Interactive Graphic I/O Device * Monitors - 19" Trinitron, 17" Grayscale Software * Sun58TE - IBM5080 Emulation * SunPHIGS 1.1 - PHIGS+ Graphics Library Enhancements * SunGKS 3.0 - GKS Graphics Library Enhancements * TAAC Libraries - Photo Realistic Rendering, Volumetric Rendering Overview: * GX Series of Workstations - Models: SPARCstation1GX, SPARCstation330GX, SPARCstation370GX, 3/80GX, 3/470GX - The GX Series Workstations redefine 8-bit color graphics performance and functionality by accelerating not just text but the windowing system. They are the most powerful general purpose 8-bit color workstations in the industry. Available on all new Sun workstations; and as an upgrade on the Sun3/60 and Sun4/110. Offers balanced 2D/3D system performance from the desktop to the deskside. Accelerates windows and scrolls text 10-50 times faster than before. Interactively pans and zooms complex IC designs. Animates 3D wireframe objects. Applicable to nearly every market. Fully compatible with the GXP line via PHIGS. Compatible with existing PHIGS, GKS, Pixrect, and Pixwin applications. * GXP Series of Workstations - Models: SPARCstation330GXP, SPARCstation370GXP, 3/470GXP - The GXP Series Workstations offer sophisticated 3D features and interactive performance for MCAD/MCAE, molecular modeling, simulation, and animation. High-quality images for solids modeling. Excellent price/performance. Ideal SunPHIGS 1.1 platform. Fully compatible with GX series. Standard features are: 16-bit Z-buffer, 24-bit color, depth cueing, lighting models, etc... All Sun 3/200 series and all Sun 4 deskside workstations (including CXP systems) can be upgraded to GXP systems. * TC Graphics Workstations - Model: 3/80TC - The 3/80TC is the lowest priced 24-bit true-color desktop workstation available in the industry today. Excellent for mapping applications, electronic publishing, and graphics arts & animation. * SunVideo - Option for: SPARCstation370, 3/470, all existing VME systems on OS4.0.3 - SunVideo is an industry first! It is a hardware/software product offering live video in a Sun window. It is a 24-bit color product which gives exceptional high-quality images, flexibility to hook up to a large number of input/output formats, and the ability to zoom the image from icon size to full screen. Video window can be manipulated as any other window. * SunDials - Available on all Sun3, Sun4, and SPARCstation workstations. - SunDials is an 8 dial interactive graphics I/O device connected via an RS232 port. Shows Sun's strong commitment to become a full graphics system vendor. Allows the user to manipulate a 2D or 3D image on the screen by turning the dials. Functions include: panning, zooming, rotating. Popular in most CAD applications; supported by Sun58TE and SunPHIGS. * Monitors - 19" Trinitron - available on GX deskside and GXPs. The 19" Trinitron is our new high quality color display. Has user controls, striped phosphor for flater display and high brightness, also has dark glass for better contrast. Is a family product to our current 16" Trinitron color monitor. - 17" Mono/Grayscale - available on SPARCstation1 and 3/80. The 17" grayscale is a first in the workstation industry. It has a flat square CRT, designed to meet FCC Class B, Universal power supply, and allows display of anti-aliased fonts due to the grayscale capability. * Sun58TE (IBM 5080 Emulation) - Models: All Sun3 and Sun4 workstations (accelerated system perferred) - The Sun58TE is a flexible IBM 5080 graphics terminal emulator. Gives Sun users access to popular IBM mainframe applications like CADAM, CBDS, and CATIA. Built on Sun's flexible networking and IBM Channel Adapter, the Sun58TE is the most flexible and comprehensive 5080 emulator in the industry. * SunPHIGS 1.1 - SunPHIGS guarantees compatibility across Sun's product line with a single port. It is a high-performance 3D standard interface tuned for the GX and GXP graphics workstations. Extends SunPHIGS functionality to include selected PHIGS+ features such as lighting and shading models, trimmed NURBS, etc... Now available with our TAAC product. * SunGKS 3.0 - SunGKS guarantees compatibility across Sun's product line. It is an enhanced performance 2D standard interface optimized for the GX and GXP graphics workstations. SunGKS 3.0 incorporates extensive performance improvements. * TAAC Libraries - New Advanced Rendering Toolkit (ART). Provides photo-realistic rendering capabilities; texture mapping, reflectance, multiple light sources, etc... - New Volume Rendering Toolkit (VoxVu). Best in industry! Handles large 3D image volumes; oblique slicing, substance property control, rendering, movie making. - Imaging Processing Library - now host callable, which means you can use the TAAC without writing any code! GX & GXP Graphics Capabilities GX GXP -- --- 2D Vectors HW HW 3D Vectors HW HW 2D Fills HW HW 3D Polygons SW HW Depth Cueing SW FW Light Sources SW FW NURBS SW SW Anti-Aliasing HW SW 8-Bit Yes Yes 12-Bit Dbl Buff No Yes 24-Bit No Yes Z-Buff SW Hw GX Performance 2D Vectors 3D Vectors SPARCstation1GX 350K 175K SPARCstation330GX 400K 200K SPARCstation370GX 400K 200K 3/80GX 300K 150K 3/470GX 350K 175K GXP Performance 3D Vectors 3D Polygons SPARCstation330GXP 90K 5.5K SPARCstation370GXP 90K 5.5K 3/470GXP 90K 5.5K