Chips & Technologies to unveil chips to challenge Intel's 386 microprocessor

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Chips and Technologies Inc (C&T) introduces a line of microprocessors compatible and competitive with Intel Corp's popular 80386 chip. C&T follows Advanced Micro Devices Inc into the marketplace with its seven Intel clones, four of which are 386 variations. C&T spent $50 million over three years developing the chips, which it will begin shipping in large volumes in early 1992. The company says the chips run 10 to 50 percent faster than Intel's. C&T's entry into the market is the first of several expected entries from smaller chip makers. The competition will not loosen Intel's grip on market leadership, but could drive down prices, create a wider variety of chips and force Intel to speed up innovation and shift to higher-end products.

Product information, Product introduction, Intel Corp., INTC, Design and construction, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., AMD, Compatibility (Computers), Compatible Hardware, Market Analysis, Competition, Market Entry, Intel 80386 (Microprocessor), Chips and Technologies Inc., CHPS

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U.S. judge lifts ban on Motorola microchips sale

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US District Court Judge Lucius Bunton, in Austin, TX, will stay an injunction that ordered Motorola Inc to stop selling 68030 microprocessors. The stay, issued on Fri, Mar 30, 1990, comes one day after Judge Bunton ordered Motorola to stop selling the chip, saying that Motorola has infringed on a Hitachi Ltd patent. Friday's stay brings relief to computer manufacturers, worried about supplies of such an important component. The 68030 chip is used by computer manufacturers, including Apple, HP and NCR Corp. David Angel of Dataquest Inc, a market-research firm, estimates that sales of the 68030, Motorola's flagship chip, brought the company $450 million in revenue in 1989.

Computer industry, Cases, Integrated circuits, Statistics, Motorola Inc., MOT, Hitachi Ltd., Dataquest Inc., Legal Issues, Supply, Court Cases, Patent, Motorola 68030 (Microprocessor)

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