SPARCstation ZX
1993 Sun Microsystems workstation
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The SPARCstation ZX is a graphical workstation produced by Sun Microsystems and launched on July 5, 1993, as part of the SPARCstation family. The original price was US$19,995 (equivalent to $44,564 in 2025) (equivalent to $44,564 in 2025).[3]
| Codename | Sunergy[a] |
|---|---|
| Also known as | 4/30 |
| Developer | Sun Microsystems |
| Manufacturer | Sun Microsystems |
| Product family | SPARCstation |
| Type | Graphical workstation |
| Released | July 5, 1993 |
| Availability | July 5, 1993[2] |
| Introductory price | US$19,995 |
| Operating system | |
| CPU | microSPARC at 50 MHz |
| Memory | 16–128 MB |
| Related | SPARCstation LX |
The SPARCstation ZX was identical to the SPARCstation LX, with the addition of a Sun ZX (also known as LEO) accelerated 3D framebuffer card. This was a double-width, double-decked SBus card providing 24-bit color and a performance of 440,000 3D vectors per second and 275,000 triangle mesh/second, when coupled with the SPARCstation ZX.[2][4] It was intended to compete chiefly with Silicon Graphics and their Indigo workstation,[3] with Sun claiming that the SPARCstation ZX outperformed the latter's Indigo XS/24 in terms of triangle mesh/second (275,000 versus 50,000).[5]
Note
- The SPARCstation LX shares the code-name Sunergy with the SPARCclassic, SPARCclassic X, and SPARCstation LX.[1]
