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                                                        The Florida SunFlash

      SunPro To Port Developer Tools And Compilers To Intel
   
SunFLASH Vol 33 #23					      September 1991 
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        Migrates sophisticated, workstation technology to
                high-end PCs running Solaris 2.0

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., Sept. 23, 1991 - SunPro, a Sun Microsystems
business, today announced it will port versions of its SPARCompiler
family of optimizing compilers and SPARCworks family of integrated
development tools to Intel 32-bit 80X86 platforms supporting the
Solaris 2.0 environment.  As a result, a common development environment
will be available on SPARC, the most popular workstation processor, and
on Intel 80X86 platforms, the leading processors for personal
computers.  SunPro's announcement follows a similar one by SunSoft,
Inc., a Sun subsidiary, for Solaris 2.0.

SunPro's SPARCompiler and SPARCworks families have been optimized for
Solaris 2.0, which incorporates System V Release 4 (SVR4), the industry
standard for UNIX. These products will be supported on the Intel
platform to provide a powerful and compatible environment for
Intel-based application development and porting.

"Intel users need the sophisticated tools that SunPro provides to
exploit Solaris' features for building next-generation, high-volume,
distributed computing applications," said Jon Kannegaard, SunPro
general manager.  "Leveraging ten years of experience in satisfying the
needs of professional developers in the workstation and SPARC
marketplace, SunPro is uniquely positioned to provide development tools
to the large and growing base of high-end PC users. We've already
solved many of the problems that PC-based tool vendors have only just
begun to consider." A Complete Solution

SunPro products address the three critical areas of application
development. The product family includes compilers for the most popular
computer languages such as ANSI C, C++, FORTRAN, and Pascal; individual
productivity tools that debug, manage, and analyze application code;
and workgroup productivity tools that enable a team of programmers to
work together effectively.

SunPro will ship its Intel-based products in the same time-frame as
Solaris 2.0, which is scheduled for the first half of 1992. The product
line will be distributed through SunPro's value-added resellers and
distributor channels who target professional programmers worldwide.
About SunPro

Formed in July 1991, SunPro is a business unit of Sun Microsystems,
Inc. Headquartered in Mountain View, Calif., SunPro is the worldwide
volume leader in professional software development products for the
SPARC and SunOS/Solaris platforms.

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