I.B.M. plan for faster machines; announcement set on supercomputers

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IBM sets up its Highly Parallel Supercomputing Laboratory in Kingston, NY, dedicated to designing supercomputers that use massively parallel processing. The technology links a high number of processors together and compartmentalizes problems so that they are easier and quicker to solve. The move comes as Cray Research Inc, the only other firm considering working with the radical technology, bowed out of its initial plans. The Highly Parallel Supercomputing Laboratory is expected to produce a line of supercomputers based on IBM's RS/6000 reduced-instruction set computer (RISC) systems by 1993. IBM is undertaking the new focus mainly because of market demand and increased competition. In doing so, the firm is risking the stability of its standard mainframe market, which has been one of its major sources of income.

Electronic computers, Office machines, not elsewhere classified, Planning, Computer industry, International Business Machines Corp., IBM, Industrial research, Ethical aspects, Business planning, Supercomputers, Supercomputer, Laboratories, RISC based computers, Research and Development, Market Analysis, RISC, RISC processors, Massive Parallelism, Reduced-instruction-set computers

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Intel Technicians Use Delicate Silicon Surgery to Fine-Tune Microchips

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Silicon nanosurgery, now commonly used in chip manufacturing, has changed the development process of computer chips. At Intel, one of the latest machines uses a laser-assisted device to change the switching speed of miniscule switches that comprise a silicon chip.

United States, Semiconductors and related devices, Semiconductor and Related Device Manufacturing, Product development, Science & research, Silicon Chips, Semiconductor industry, Innovations, Intel Corp., INTC, Nanotechnology

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