SPARCstation ZX

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 $43,523 in 2024) (equivalent to $43,523 in 2024).^[3]

SPARCstation ZX

Codename	Sunergy[a]
Also known as	4/30
Developer	Sun Microsystems
Manufacturer	Sun Microsystems
Product family	SPARCstation
Type	Graphical workstation
Release date	July 5, 1993 (1993-07-05)
Availability	July 5, 1993[2]
Introductory price	US$19,995
Operating system	SunOS Solaris
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

1. The SPARCstation LX shares the code-name Sunergy with the SPARCclassic, SPARCclassic X, and SPARCstation LX.^[1]