An ace up Asia's sleeve

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Acer, a Taiwanese computer company, has designed a new chip that will allow personal computers to approach the performance of mid-range and even mainframe computers. Acer has signed two deals concerning this chip: with NEC, a Japanese semiconductor firm, to produce it; and with Microsoft, a US software manufacturer, to use it in Microsoft's Windows New Technology (Windows NT) operating system. Acer America's Ronald Chwang and Microsoft's Bill Gates believe the chip will bring Windows NT into common use.

Computer peripheral equipment, not elsewhere classified, Semiconductor industry, Innovations, Computer industry, Product information, Microsoft Corp., Contracts, NEC Corp., Microsoft Windows NT (Operating system), Acer Inc., Acer America Corp.

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Multimedia gambit

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Kaleida, a joint venture set up by IBM and Apple Computer in May 1992, is meant to expand the multimedia industry by marketing basic enabling-software technology. Kaleida has already signed contracts with three large Japanese electronics firms and a smaller Singapore firm. Some observers forecast that profits from multimedia will be worth billions of dollars by 1995. Kaleida's initial product is an authoring language called ScriptX, which will enable authors to generate titles using a variety of media.

Commercial physical research, Planning, Marketing, Joint ventures, International Business Machines Corp., Multimedia software, Apple Inc., Kaleida Inc.

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Open the gates

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Preston Group has developed Terminal Management System, an airport gate allocation software. After the software system was adopted by Sydney's Kingsford Smith Airport, parking slot allocation efficiency improved by 28%. The system has airport terminal traffic-management capabilities and can also be used as a planning tool. Preston has successfully marketed its system to Antwerp, Heathrow and Manchester airports.

Software, Product introduction, Airport slot allocation, Slot allocation (Airports), Preston Group

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