Engine-testing software built for speed

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Cray Research Inc introduces CRI/Turbokiva software, a computer-aided engineering application that company executives hope will cut the time and cost of testing and help modify and retest prototype engines in the automobile industry. Turbokiva software can display the internal elements of an engine and pinpoint detailed areas for high temperatures, or calculate the velocity in a fuel-injection port. The software should reduce the number of tests necessary for production and will help designers meet emission standards. Diesel engine designers will find the software particularly useful because the software can help them re-design the internal engine and not simply re-work the exhaust system. The software must be run on Cray hardware, which costs between $340,000 and $30 million. The software alone will cost a minimum annual fee of $30,000.

Motor Vehicles and Equipment, Computer software industry, Software industry, Software, Product information, Product Announcement, Engineering, Automobile industry, Automobile engineering research, Automotive engineering research, Computer-aided engineering, Computer aided engineering, Cray Research Inc., CYR, Engines, CRI/Turbokiva (CAE software)

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Coming soon: new tapes and CD's

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Sony Corp and Philips NV are introducing new digital audio tape and compact disk (CD) technologies that will compete for market share. Sony's mini-disk allows users to re-record, a feature that has been absent from the compact disk market. The system cannot play traditional CDs and costs between $600 and $700. Philips is introducing a digital audio cassette called the digital compact cassette (DCC). The company has specifically designed the system to play existing audio cassettes in addition to newer cassettes. Systems cost around $799. Both of these products employ new technology such as encoding systems which reduce the amount of data required to reproduce CD-quality sound. Sony has also incorporated new technology that makes it easier to record music on CDs and conceals skips caused by jarring movements.

Electronic parts and equipment, Magnetic and optical recording media, Equipment and supplies, Sony Corp., Sound recording industry, Recording industry, CD-ROM disks, Philips Gloeilampenfabrieken N.V., Sound recording and reproduction, Industry Analysis, Cassette Tape, CD-ROM

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Small computer maker counts on discontent

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Encore Computer Corp is actively marketing its products with the specific intention of luring IBM's dissatisfied customers. IBM currently controls about 50 percent of the $30-billion-a-year mainframe market. Encore, NCR Corp and Data General are all offering alternative mainframe computers that provide more power than many types of mainframes and cost less than industry standards. The trend toward downsizing is helping these companies' marketing efforts and will shift the center of power. Encore Chmn Kenneth G. Fisher worked for both General Electric and Honeywell in the past, two companies that have battled in the mainframe business before withdrawing from the market.

Computer peripheral equipment, not elsewhere classified, Computer industry, Marketing, Mainframe computers, Market share, Strategic Planning, Mainframe Computer, Market Analysis, Encore Computer Corp., ENCC

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