IBM is to unveil a faster version of Intel Corp chip

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IBM introduces its 386SLC microprocessor, a chip that runs at least 80 percent faster than Intel Corp's 80386SX microprocessor. IBM's intellectual property rights include an agreement with Intel that permits IBM to make its own version of the 386SX chip. IBM will try to move some of its mainframe technologies into microcomputers as a means of differentiating itself from competitors. The company intends to market faster microcomputers by implementing thin-film heads on its disk drives and by integrating the various chips inside a computer into one package. The 386SLC will be available as an upgrade to the PS/2 Model 57, a computer IBM is positioning as a high-end multimedia machine for schools and businesses. IBM expects to feature the chip in many IBM PC products and may even produce more powerful versions of the chip in the future. While IBM will not sell the 386SLC to other computer makers, Intel has rights to the new design.

Microprocessor, Product introduction, CPUs (Central processing units), Intel Corp., Microprocessors, Design and construction, Licensing agreements, product announcement, Competition, Licensing, Marketing Strategy, Intel 80386SX (Microprocessor), IBM 386SLC (Microprocessor)

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Kyocera Corp. of Japan agrees to buy AVX; planned all-stock purchase, valued at $561 million, reflects trade frictions

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Kyocera Corp will acquire electronic component manufacturer AVX Corp for stock totalling $561 million. Kyocera made the acquisition with stock to allay fears that the Japanese company will gut AVX and break it up. Kazuo Inamori, chmn of Kyocera, expects other Japanese companies to move their manufacturing facilities to the US and buy more parts from US companies. Kyocera's decision to purchase the company with stock faced many obstacles; most notably, ownership of stock in a parent company by a subsidiary is forbidden by Japanese law. Inamori appealed for and received permission to go ahead with this particular arrangement. AVX will give Kyocera, a manufacturer of ceramic packages for semiconductors, access to a broad line of parts that it can sell in Europe. Kyocera also makes electronic equipment such as printer heads, liquid crystal display and microcomputers.

Management, Japan, Corporations, Electronic components industry, AVX Corp., AVX, Kyocera Corp., KYO, Ceramics, Corporations, Japanese, Inamori, Kazuo

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Perkin-Elmer may sell unit to U.S. firm

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In a complex three-way deal, IBM is said to be backing Silicon Valley Group Inc's efforts to buy a semiconductor equipment business from Perkin-Elmer Corp. Perkin-Elmer has been trying to sell the division, which manufactures equipment used in etching semiconductors, since Apr 1989, and recently, Perkin-Elmer reduced the division's workforce, making the division more appealing. All of the parties involved declined to comment, but IBM's interest in the sale of the optical-lithography unit is believed to stem from the company's effort to help revive the US semiconductor industry. IBM is concerned about the growing dominance of Japanese semiconductor companies and did not want to see the Perkin-Elmer unit fall into the hands of Nikon Corp, which has expressed interest in the division.

Investments, IBM, Semiconductor production equipment industry, Semiconductor production equipment, Silicon Valley Group Inc., SVGI, Perkin-Elmer Corp., Foreign Competition

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