Computer group faces uphill fight

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An alliance of computer companies, called the Advanced Computing Environment (ACE), was announced on Apr 9, 1991. The group, which includes such well-known companies as Compaq Computer, Microsoft Corp, Digital Equipment Corp and the Santa Cruz Operation, aims to create new standards for microcomputer workstations. The group will be in competition with such established companies as Intel Corp, Sun Microsystems and IBM. Generally speaking, Wall Street analysts are unimpressed, and so far, stock prices for the larger companies in ACE remain flat. One reason is that ACE's plans will not come to any immediate fruition; nothing will happen until at least 1992. Moreover, some observers believe that there are threatening internal differences among the consortium's members, and ACE's overall strategy seems murky.

Forecasts and trends, Standard, Standardization, Workstations (Computers), Consortia, Stock markets, column, Workstations, Outlook, Stock Market, Stock, Consortium, Microcomputer workstations, Advanced Computing Environment

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An aging dancer fights to keep up; Silicon Valley's future may hinge on winning the palmtop computer race

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The Silicon Valley asks itself if it will continue to be the center of high technology in the world throughout the 1990s. Portable computers, which are one-pound wonders that can receive and transmit data and take orders from handwritten commands, are expected to be a booming industry in the 1990s and some industry observers believe the Japanese have the upper hand. Analysts believe that the portable computer will make its debut in the early 1990s and mark the beginning of the end for desktop microcomputers. Companies in the Silicon Valley will have to fill niches left behind by the Japanese or else follow the product development of the Japanese if they cannot take the initiative in new technologies.

Semiconductors and related devices, Semiconductor industry, Hand-held computers, Handheld computers, Economic aspects, Silicon Valley, Growth, International competition (Economics), Trends, Japanese Competition

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