Digital to license its 'Alpha' chip to Japan's Kubota

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Digital Equipment Corp (DEC) expects to license a new computer chip, referred to as the Alpha design, to Kubota Ltd, a Japanese company with investments in the computer industry. The chip, which will ship in volume in mid-1992, will also be used by Cray Research Inc, the supercomputer company, for parallel-processing supercomputers. DEC's chips will cost about $1,500 in quantities of 1,000, and the price is likely to come down over time. An industry observer, Barry F. Willman with Sanford C. Bernstein & Co, says that DEC 's chip will support Unix and Windows NT, as well as DEC's own VMS system. If so, the chip is likely to be welcomed in the marketplace. DEC is said to be talking with other manufacturers about licensing arrangements. Companies mentioned include Stratus Computer Inc, Data General Corp and Tandem Computers Inc.

Semiconductor industry, Japan, Digital Equipment Corp., DEC, Kubota Ltd.

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IBM, breaking with tradition, might license chip technology

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IBM might license the technology - a set of semiconductor chips - that powers the company's new line of workstations, the RS/6000 line. Such a move would be a significant break with IBM traditions, but licensing could help IBM because licensing would encourage software developers to write programs for the RS/6000, creating a bigger market. In other news, IBM says it will increase prices 3 percent to 10 percent on some products, and the company will cut prices by as much as 20 percent on mainframe memory. Prices of most 3090 mainframes and AS/400 minicomputers will go up about 3 percent; many printers will cost about 4 percent more; and some software and service offerings will increase by as much as 10 percent.

Computer industry, Integrated circuits, Workstations (Computers), Workstations, New Product, Pricing Policy, IBM RS/6000 (Minicomputer)

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Lotus is expected to license package of software to IBM

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Lotus Development Corp plans on licensing portions of its Notes office automation software program to IBM for use in the IBM OfficeVision office automation software. Industry observers note that the Lotus Notes program, which has been well-received by customers but lacks market share, will now have a powerful sales force behind it. Lotus Notes is an innovative network software program that allows users to conference via networks. Analysts note that the Lotus Notes program might be able to rescue IBM's OfficeVision office automation software, which has suffered delivery delays and technical problems.

Prepackaged software, Computer software industry, Software industry, Software, Product development, Lotus Development Corp., Work group computing, Workgroup computing, Office applications software, Office automation systems, Teleconferencing, LOTS, Cooperation, Lotus Notes (Workgroup software), Office Automation Software, OfficeVision (Workgroup software), Computer Conferencing

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