SYSTEMS

ORLANDO, FL -- Expanding its presence in the visualization and simulation markets, Sun Microsystems, Inc. (Nasdaq: SUNW) today announced with CG2, Inc., plans to make CG2's powerful MultiVis available on Sun's robust, 64-bit Solaris(TM) 8 Operating Environment, Sun's award-winning, leading operating system for network servers and workstations. The announcement brings together one of the industry's leaders in real-time 3D visual simulation solutions with the scalability, reliability and price/performance of Sun's platform. By making MultiVis available on Sun's Solaris 8 Operating Environment, the new offering will help enable military, government and commercial simulation customers to turn any 3D application into a fully immersive experience. Users will be able to create applications which support multiple displays with little or no performance loss, all powered by Sun's professional-level 3D graphics and its proven 64-bit, high-performance systems. Sun workstations and servers have long been the preferred platform for mission critical applications in the UNIX market, and appeal to visualization and simulation customers because they offer massive scalability, lower total cost of ownership (TCO), and the services and stability of the world's leading Unix systems vendor. Sun's SPARC/Solaris 8 platform provides a fully binary compatible end-to-end product portfolio beginning with Sun's entry level, sub-$1,000 Sun(TM) Blade 100 workstation, which delivers the reliability, availability and serviceability synonymous with Sun systems, at PC price points. ``The CG2 relationship is strategic to Sun because CG2's MultiVis and VTree 4.0 API enable Sun to compete at all levels of the simulation market,'' said Robbie Turner, vice president of Client and Technical Market Products for Sun Microsystems, Inc. ``MultiVis-enabled applications will support multiple displays with little or no performance loss using Sun's low-cost, reliable, high-performance Sun Blade workstations. The VTree API allows customers to create very sophisticated simulation applications which will require the scalability of Sun's mid-to-high-end server technology.'' ``This new offering of MultiVis will enable Vis/Sim developers to take full advantage of the Sun platforms for creating immersive training environments,'' said Barlow Blake, vice president of marketing, CG2, Inc. ``We are excited to work with Sun to bring new functionality to its Solaris installed base.'' For additional information visit www.sun.com