Date: Thu, 02 Sep 1999 17:34:49 -0800
From: Total Impact 
Organization: Total Impact
Subject: TotalMP Linux

Total Impact Announces Multiprocessor PowerPC Linux System



FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

CAMARILLO, California, September 2, 1999 ? Today Total Impact announced
that it will integrate its TotalMP technology with IBM’s PowerPC Open
Platform (POP) motherboard to form the most versatile PowerPC based
Linux system available.

The TotalMP Linux system is a module design that will allow users to
upgrade to more processors as needed. The base model will include 5
PowerPC processors and will be scalable to 13 processors in a single
desktop system. Additional processors can be added via a passive
backplane allowing servers to scale to 100’s of processors.

"IBM’s reference design allows us the ability to integrate our
multiprocessor technology into the motherboard design as well as add
support for the G4 microprocessor" said Brad Nizdil, Total Impact’s
president. "We have the have the multiprocessor expertise and are
currently running a 128 processor system under the MacOS" he added

Total Impacts expects the systems to be available in the first quarter
of next year. Pricing has not yet been determined.

Total Impact, (www.totalimpact.com) headquartered in Camarillo,
California, designs and markets advanced multiprocessor computing
solutions for video conferencing, 3D graphics, desktop video, neural
networking, medical imaging and information processing. Additionally,
the company provides engineering and custom design services.


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Sincerely:
Brad Nizdil
Total Impact
295 Willis Ave., Suite E
Camarillo, CA 93010
805.987.8704
805.484.9469 FAX
http://www.totalimpact.com