'Hardcore techies' gather to compete for semiconductor bragging rights

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Three significant microprocessor developments are expected to be announced at the upcoming International Solid State Circuits Conference. Intel is expected to announce a faster version of its 80486 microprocessor that can run at 100-MHz, or three times faster than the current fastest 80486 on the market. Fujitsu is planning to show details of a 64Kbyte static random access memory microprocessor that can run up to four times faster than conventional static RAM. National Semiconductor is expected to unveil a prototype microprocessor code-named Swordfish that processes 100 million instructions per second and is several times faster than the fastest embedded controllers today. The Swordfish uses reduced instruction-set computing technology and is unique in that it also utilizes digital-signal-processing circuitry.

Planning, Usage, Conferences, meetings and seminars, Product development, Intel Corp., INTC, Technological forecasting, National Semiconductor Corp., NSM, Conferences and conventions, Digital signal processors, Fujitsu Ltd., RISC based computers, Signal processing, Strategic Planning, Conferences and Meetings, Future of Computing, RISC, RISC processors, Reduced-instruction-set computers, Digital Signal Processor, FUJIT, International Solid State Circuits Conference, 1991 AD

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U.S. Memories venture spurned by Unisys and Sun Microsystems; project on memory chips needs to lure investors soon to fight Japanese

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US Memories Inc, after losing Sun Microsystems Inc and Unisys Corp as possible members, must find investors by the end of 1989. The consortium needs money for its efforts to create a US-manufactured supply of dynamic random access memories (DRAMs). Earlier in 1989, Apple and Tandy Corp turned down US Memories' proposals. US Memories was originally formed by seven computer companies, responding to a domestic shortage of Japanese-supplied DRAMs in 1988. Domestic production of DRAMs was almost nonexistent. US Memories has since solicited companies to make $5 million to $50 million investments in the for-profit company, which would entitle an investor to a portion of US Memories' chips. US Memories plans to begin production of chips in 1991, using technology licensed from IBM.

Research, Consortia, DRAM (Dynamic random access memory), DRAM, Supply, International, s, Consortium

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