Ambitious Compaq invades the market for workstations; Microsoft-Intel technology could threaten position of Sun, Silicon Graphics

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Compaq, the world's largest microcomputer vendor, is expanding its product line and entering the workstation market. The systems, which will be priced from $6,000 to $15,000, will be based on Intel's Pentium Pro processors and Microsoft's Windows NT operating system. The company is targeting a niche between the most powerful PCs and traditional workstations priced at $20,000 and up. Compaq will face stiff competition in this market from industry leaders Sun Microsystems, Silicon Graphics, IBM, HP and DEC. Market analysts predict workstations based on the Pentium Pro and Windows NT will account for about five million of the 6.5 million workstations sold in the year 2000, but less than 50,000 will be sold in 1996. Compaq is interested in the workstation market as a way of showing customers that it can provide and support mission-critical business systems.

Electronic computers, Microcomputers, Planning, Computer industry, Product development, Product information, Compaq Computer Corp., CPQ, Company product planning, Workstations (Computers), Market Entry, Pentium-based system, Pentium based computers

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Semiconductor woes ensnare Minebea unit; DRAM cost, complexity spark search for a firm to provide technology

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Officials at NMB Semiconductor Co, an affiliate of Minebea Co, are seeking technology from larger, better established Japanese companies. NMB is struggling to salvage its business in memory semiconductors. NMB's troubles typify the difficulties of companies - whether they are Japanese, South Korean, Taiwanese or American - trying to compete in the dynamic random access memory (DRAM) market: costs and technological complexities continue to increase, and prices fluctuate. A half dozen large Japanese companies currently dominate in the market. NMB expects to lose five billion yen ($36 million) in the year ending Sep 30, 1991. NMB had been popular with investors and industry observers. The company was sometimes cited as a model for Japanese heavy-industrial companies.

Semiconductors and related devices, Semiconductor industry, Management, Japan, Computer memory, International markets, Technology transfer, DRAM (Dynamic random access memory), Memory (Computers), DRAM, World Market, Minebea Company Ltd., NMB Semiconductor Company Ltd.

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