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                                                        The Florida SunFlash

	     SUN SYSTEM DELIVERS INDUSTRY'S BEST SYBASE
		PRICE/PERFORMANCE ON TPC-A BENCHMARK

SunFLASH Vol 50 #1					       February 1993
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  SPARCserver 10 Model 41 Beats Out Competitor's High-End Midrange Systems

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. - February 1, 1993 - Sun Microsystems Computer
Corporation (SMCC) today announced that its SPARCserver(TM) 10 Model 41
system achieved the industry's best-ever Sybase price/performance on
the Transaction Processing Performance Council Benchmark-A (TPC-A).
This popular benchmark is used widely to measure database performance
and price/performance. The SPARCserver Model 41 TPC-A results were
108.07 transactions per second (tps-A) at $7,087 per tps-A, with the
system running SYBASE SQL Server and the Solaris(R) distributed
computing environment. Among all relational databases and all systems,
Sun's server had the best price/performance in its class.

"These TPC-A results are further proof of our commitment to design
balanced systems that deliver high performance in commercial production
environments," said Larry Hambly, vice president of marketing at SMCC.
"While these outstanding results were achieved with a single processor
SPARCserver 10, we expect significantly better performance with the
future TPC-A results on our multiprocessor SuperSPARC(TM)-equipped
systems running Solaris."

"Sybase and SMCC's technical teams worked closely on performance
improvements in both the software and hardware that will benefit our
joint customers. These benchmark results show once again that we've
achieved excellent price/performance in a Sybase and Sun(TM)
environment," said Mark Pine, vice president, Sybase Server and
Connectivity Group.

The recent benchmark tested a Model 41 supporting a network of four
SPARCstation(TM) ELC(TM) workstations and 1,090 terminals. Besides
having the best price/performance in its class, this entry-level server
had TPC-A results that compared favorably with those from high-end
servers from other leading vendors:

SYSTEM					TPS-A		$per TPS-A

SPARCserver 10 Model 41 c/s*		108.07		$ 7,087
DEC(R) VAXserver(TM)6000-610 c/s	102.30		$ 8,940
HP(R) 9000 Series 800 Model H40 c/s	110.53		$ 8,479
HP 9000 Series 800 Model I40 c/s	110.53		$ 8,790
IBM(R) RISC 6000/970 c/s		100.96		$10,730

TPC-A, the TPC's first benchmark approved in November, 1989, simulates
or is representative of on-line transaction processing (OLTP)
environments. TPC-A is a complete system benchmark and simulates an
environment in which multiple users, using terminals, PCs, or
workstations, are accessing and updating a common database over a local
or wide-area network.

*All systems listed ran TPC-A client-server as indicated in the TPC
Summary Results listing as of January 15, 1993.

For reader inquiries, telephone 1-800-821-4643.

If you have questions regarding this announcement, please contact:
Leiann Lee at (415) 336-0597 or Cynthia Fetty, Sybase, Inc.  at (510) 596-3500.
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