Toshiba speeds plans to ship new DRAMs

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Toshiba Corp announces plans to begin shipping its new 16M-bit dynamic random access memory (DRAM) microprocessors by the 4th qtr of 1991. The announcement comes after IBM announced that it had established a significant lead in the DRAM market. Toshiba indicates that it will be able to produce hundreds of thousands of DRAM chips each month in 1992 and one million chips a month by 1993. Industry observers note that IBM is producing tens of thousands of DRAM chips a month in Jun 1991 and will be producing millions of DRAM chips a month in 1992. Toshiba has accelerated its production schedule because of various factors including IBM's recent announcements. Toshiba was originally planning to begin shipping its 16M-bit DRAM chips in the 1st qtr of 1992.

Product development, Microprocessor, CPUs (Central processing units), Microprocessors, DRAM (Dynamic random access memory), DRAM

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Toshiba, tapping superconductors, develops small cart that rides on air

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Toshiba Corp, which is one of several Japanese companies developing applications for high-temperature superconductors, announces a 'transportation system' that involves carts that ride five millimeters in the air above their tracks. Toshiba officials say the new technology, which might be especially useful in semiconductor factories, will be available within two years. They say that this technology will probably not be practical for larger systems, such as trains that travel over large distances. Some industry executives in the US fear that the Japanese are winning the race to commercialize superconductors.

Research, Japan, High temperature superconductors, Superconducting devices, Superconductive devices

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