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Preface
About Genesis MP
The Media-Publishing Workstation for the Next Century
Congratulations. You own the new standard in the computer industry—the DayStar
Genesis MP. Now Macintosh users can have the speed they associate with expensive,
high-end workstations—but at a reasonable price. DayStar Digital is pleased to have
signed an agreement with Apple Computer, Inc. to build Genesis MP, a next-generation
platform for the Mac OS.
Genesis MP is the fastest Mac OS based system available—the first Mac OS based
computer with speed built-in. Using its expertise in multiprocessing, DayStar created
Genesis MP with internal multiprocessing hardware and software. Adopted by Apple,
DayStar’s nPOWER multiprocessing extensions to the Mac OS are now the official
standard for multiprocessing on the Mac.
As computer software becomes more sophisticated, designers, illustrators, video editors,
animators and multimedia producers will require a machine that’s fast enough to keep
pace with their flow of ideas. Genesis MP is a Media-Publisher’s dream come true.
Genesis MP will run the software you know at speeds you have only imagined.
First— Genesis MP begins with a fast, upgradable PCI-bus motherboard, featuring 2
SCSI busses, Ethernet, 16-bit stereo sound and room for ample memory expansion.
Then— DayStar adds its nPOWER scalable multiprocessing technology (which
includes both hardware and software), a fast tray-loading CD-ROM drive and a
solidly-built tower case with 10 drive bays, 350 watt power supply and three large
cooling fans for improved system reliability.
At the heart of Genesis MP is nPOWER—DayStar’s upgradable processor card, which
features four PowerPC 604 processors. A single PowerPC 604 chip, running at 132
MHz executes instructions 50% faster than the 110 MHz PowerPC 601 CPU used in
the Power Macintosh 8100.
nPOWER’s multiprocessing is very efficient—the quad processor nPOWER card can
nearly quadruple the speed of multiprocessing applications. Since the processors are on
a card, Genesis may be upgraded as faster and more advanced processor technology
becomes available.
To allow programs to take advantage of nPOWER’s speed, DayStar has developed an
open multiprocessing API (Application Programming Interface). The API makes it very
easy for programmers to add multiprocessing support to applications. The API standard
is available to all interested developers.
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