I.B.M. to sell its chips to other manufacturers

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IBM for the first time will sell memory circuits to other computer manufacturers as part of its reorganization into 13 self-contained companies. To capitalize on its expertise in packaging and design, IBM Technology Products will mainly market arrays of integrated circuits, such as multichip modules, rather than individual chips. However, other computer producers will now be able to buy the chips without having to purchase a complete computer system. The new semiconductor company is headed by Michael J. Attardo and has recruited Harris Corp executive Jon Cornell to deal with sales to outside customers. It will employ 35,000, drawn from other parts of IBM. Apple is one of the firm's first clients. IBM's chip output for its own products gave it the third-largest semiconductor revenues worldwide in 1991.

Prepackaged software, Integrated circuits, Marketing, International Business Machines Corp., IBM, Integrated circuit fabrication, Multichip modules, New Company, Multichip Module, International Business Machines Corp. Technology Products

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New alliance in computer chips

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The US computer industry builds alliances by supporting particular microprocessor architectures. Microprocessor architectures are a rapidly changing technology in 1991, and computer makers are scrambling to support a particular style of computing. The MIPS Computer Systems R4000 microprocessor gains considerable attention; DEC, Microsoft Corp and Compaq Computer Corp are expected to announce their support for the reduced instruction set computer (RISC) microprocessor on Apr 9, 1991. Industry observers believe the consortium, called the Advanced Computing Environment, which is building around the MIPS microprocessor will suffer from internal divisions. Computers based on the chip will not be available in quantity until the mid-1990s.

Planning, Usage, Computer industry, Microprocessor, Product information, CPUs (Central processing units), Technological forecasting, Microprocessors, MIPS Computer Systems Inc., MIPS, Consortia, RISC based computers, Trends, Market Analysis, Future of Computing, Semiconductor Industry, RISC, RISC processors, Reduced-instruction-set computers, Consortium, MIPS Computer Systems R4000 (Microprocessor)

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