Motorola to unveil microprocessor chip on Monday, much later than promised

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Motorola Inc introduces the 68040 complex instruction-set computer (CISC) microprocessor, calling it the world's most complex chip. Originally promised for Sep 1989, the 68040's delayed introduction will probably cost it market share to the Intel 80486. The 68040 is compatible with all the previous CISC chip applications while having the speed of a reduced instruction-set computer (RISC) chip. The 68040 can perform 3.5 million floating point operations per second, making it the world's fastest chip, and will be particularly useful for graphics- and calculation-heavy applications. Though industry insiders do not see the 68040 making inroads into the RISC dominated workstation market, Motorola claims Apple Computer and HP are among 36 computer makers with plans to build machines using the chip.

Microprocessor, Product introduction, CPUs (Central processing units), Microprocessors, Motorola Inc., MOT, Complex-Instruction-Set Computers, CISC processors, Motorola 68040 (Microprocessor)

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Collapse spells victory for foe of consortium

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T.J. Rodgers, president and CEO at Cypress Semiconductor Corp, opposed U.S. Memories Inc, the consortium of makers and users that was to have challenged Japanese domination in the semiconductor industry. Rodgers testified against the consortium in Congress, and he said his company might make the same chips that U.S. Memories planned to make. His arguments were motivated by more than philosophy: Rodgers was concerned that U.S. Memories would eventually compete with Cypress, which makes a variety of memory chips different from those that U.S. Memories had planned. Rodgers feels that consortia stifle the creativity and risk-taking of the small start-up companies central to the computer industry and the free enterprise system.

United States, Planning, Officials and employees, Japan, Integrated circuits, Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, United States economic conditions, Cypress Semiconductor Corp., CY, International competition (Economics), Consortia, DRAM (Dynamic random access memory), Magnetic media, Magnetic storage media, DRAM, Competition, Japanese Competition, Failure, s, Consortium, Rodgers, T.J., Kane, Sanford L.

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