DEC chips away at critics with new microprocessor

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DEC raises profitability and garners a greater market share with its proprietary 64-bit Alpha microprocessor, leading to significant improvements in net income and DEC stock prices. DEC posts a profit for the fiscal year ended Jun 30, 1995, the company's first in the 1990s, and its share price has risen to $63.13 on Dec 8, 1995 from a low of $18.25 per share in 1994. Analysts attribute DEC's contract agreements with major software vendors to develop Alpha-compatible programs as a primary reason for DEC's turnaround. While DEC's personal-computer division and Alpha server line have posted the largest recent gains in market share, the company's workstation business continues to decline, falling from a 20% market share in the early 1990s to a projected 9.0% share in 1995. DEC's AlphaServer 8400's 64-bit architecture allows users to address seven times more data than 32-bit systems.

Planning, Product information, Marketing, Growth, Company analysis, Company product planning, Company growth

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Digital in talks with Intel on Alpha chip; accord would turn over technology and settle lawsuit for $1.5 billion

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Intel and DEC are in talks that could end the lawsuit between them by Intel agreeing to pay DEC $1.5 billion for its Alpha Technology. The settlement would be beneficial to DEC as it would pad the company's cash reserves, free DEC of a significant investment drain and provide additional leeway in selling its computer systems. The settlement would free Intel of claims that its pilfered Alpha technology to create its Pentium processor line. It would also provide Intel with access to the Alpha technology when the company design's it own next generation chip. The settlement was outlined by DEC's CEO, Robert Palmer and Intel's COO, Craig Barrett. Lawyers and engineers from DEC and Intel are expected to go over the settlement prior to its being presented to the Federal Trade Commission.

Semiconductor industry

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Digital targets ex-employee now with Intel

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DEC has filed a motion that will prohibit an ex-employee named David P. Sager, now employed by Intel, from discussing his previous work with his new employer. Sager, who left DEC in 1993, has not been accused of having violating any confidentiality agreements with the company. The lawsuit is a protective measure, according to DEC, to ensure that Sager or any other former DEC employees at Intel do not do so in the future. Sager is the author of two patents, issued in 1993, which are part of the 10 DEC has accused Intel of infringing on when it built its Pentium microprocessors. The patents deal with branch management, which is a technique used to increase the speed of a computer chip. DEC would also like to interview Sager without his lawyer or Intel present.

Computer industry, Pentium-based system, Pentium based computers

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