Motorola, TRW develop new chip with more power

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Motorola Inc and TRW Inc have announced the development of the CPUAX SuperChip, a 'supercomputer' chip that incorporates important technological breakthroughs. The device contains four million transistors and can process 200 million floating point operations a second. TRW claims that the chip contains everything necessary to be an entire computer. The chip, they say, can perform tasks that currently require a computer the size of a room. The CPUAX, which was designed for the US Navy, has the most dense architecture yet created, but it will have little market impact immediately. More important now, are the development techniques that were necessary for this chip, which can be applied to current operations. With the help of a second chip called a satellite chip, the SuperChip will be able to monitor its workings and switch to alternate circuits should an internal failure occur.

Semiconductor devices, Innovations, Electronic components, Product introduction, Self repair capability, TRW, Northrop Grumman Space & Mission Systems Corp., Semiconductor Device, Packaging Density, New Technique, Self-Repair Capability, TRW CPUAX SuperChip (Microprocessor)

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Motorola loses edge in microprocessors by delaying new chips; one is held up by obsession with quality, a second by corporate infighting; squandering a lead in RISC

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Semiconductor manufacturer Motorola Inc continues to lose market share to market leader Intel Corp, and to new rivals Sun Microsystems Inc and MIPS Computer Systems Inc. Analysts blame the decline on the company's delay in introducing improvements to its aging line of 68000 microprocessors. In the current microcomputer market, only one in ten machines is powered by a Motorola chip. In the fast increasing workstation market only 28 percent of new machines are powered by a Motorola microprocessor, down from 79 percent in 1979. Two main reasons are associated with the decline. In the first instance, Motorola's insistence on excellence leads to continuing product delays as chips are thoroughly debugged before release. Second, corporate infighting diverts resources away from the development of new products and towards the continuing support of older technology.

Equipment and supplies, Technological forecasting, RISC based computers, Future of Computing, RISC, RISC processors, Reduced-instruction-set computers, Product Delay, Product introduction delays

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Rival poised to clone Intel chip

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Advanced Micro Devices Inc is expected to produce a clone of Intel Corp's lucrative 80386 microprocessor in the fall of 1990, and at least two other semiconductor companies are expected to do the same in 1991. The popular Intel 80386 microprocessor is the brain of the world's new microcomputers, and Intel, which expects to make $1 billion on it in 1990, has been unable to keep up with demand. Analysts do not see a 80386 clone inflicting much damage on Intel, noting that Intel's current monopoly is hurting the marketplace. Experts in the semiconductor industry say, however, that it will be difficult to create a clone that is truly compatible and does not infringe upon Intel's intellectual property rights.

Product information, Intel Corp., INTC, Intellectual property, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., AMD, column, Legal Issues, Intel 80386 (Microprocessor)

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