Wang joins I.B.M. in marketing alliance

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Wang Laboratories Inc makes an alliance with its rival, IBM. The deal specifies that Wang will sell IBM microcomputers, workstations and minicomputers, and IBM will invest as much as $100 million in Wang. The arrangement signifies that Wang will stop manufacturing computers, moving instead into software development and reselling IBM hardware. According to Wang Chmn Richard W. Miller, Wang is now free to concentrate on areas where the company is strong. Some industry analysts foresee a reorganization that could translate into a loss of 6,000 to 8,000 jobs. Others say that the transition from minicomputers to software is risky. At least one analyst believes that Wang has traded short-term revenue for a good long-term strategy.

Wang Laboratories Inc., Strategic Planning, Manufacturers, Reorganization, Distribution Agreements, WANC

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Motorola said to seek license from I.B.M

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Motorola Inc is negotiating with IBM to license its most advanced memory-chip technology. The technology, which is known as dynamic random access memories (DRAMs), is necessary to fashion computer memories that store four million bits of information, the equivalent of 300 pages of typed text. The negotiations represent IBM's efforts to insure a healthy US semiconductor industry and remain competitive with high-technology companies overseas. Some analysts observe that Motorola is not satisfied with its joint venture with Toshiba Corp, in which Toshiba has allowed Motorola to use some of its advanced chip technology. Motorola has denied that any friction exists between the two companies.

CPUs (Central processing units), Microprocessors, Licensing agreements, Motorola Inc., MOT, DRAM (Dynamic random access memory), DRAM, Licensing, Semiconductor Industry

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Rethinking the national chip policy: foreign pacts raise questions about an industry's need for U.S. support

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Sematech and US Memories were created only a few years ago. They were purposed to strengthening the nation's semiconductor industry internationally, especially in relation to the Japanese industry. Now, circumstances seem to have changed: IBM has announced a semiconductor joint-development agreement with Toshiba Corp and Siemens AG; and Advanced Micro Devices Inc has made an alliance with Fujitsu Ltd. Industry executives now are reconsidering their previous support for a nationalistic industrial policy. IBM Pres Jack D. Kuehler puts the matter this way: companies must compete globally to survive, and survival is the first priority. Nationalism is a second priority.

Prepackaged software, International aspects, Industrial policy, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., AMD, Siemens AG, International competition (Economics), International markets, Fujitsu Ltd., Consortia, Japanese Competition, Cooperative Agreements, World Market, Consortium, FUJIT, TOSHB

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