Rivals take aim at IBM's workstations
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IBM is expected to leapfrog into the technology lead in the ever-changing workstation market as it introduces its new RISC-based line, the RS/6000. Competitors are willing to concede IBM the lead for the time being, but nearly all of the more entrenched manufacturers say they have plans to introduce machines that will one-up the IBM models. The workstation market is perhaps the fastest growing segment of the computer industry, and IBM is eager to enter with an important product. The RS/6000 line will use RISC technology and will process from 25 million to 40 million instructions per second, considerably faster than the market standard. The incumbent manufacturers will seek to undercut IBM's entry price, $15,000, with RISC-based machines that could go for as low as $5,000 for a bare-bones model.
Publication Name: The Wall Street Journal Western Edition
Subject: Business, general
ISSN: 0193-2241
Year: 1990
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LSI Logic says 12 computer firms use its chips to build Sun clones
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Twelve separate companies are using microprocessor chips from LSI Logic Corp to manufacture Sun Microsystem Inc workstation clones. The Sun clones use reduced instruction set computer (RISC) technology in which the data flow is sped up since the number of instructions the microprocessor has to carry out has been reduced. LSI also announces that Sun is allowing it to sell a licensed set of chips on the open market that had hitherto remained exclusive for Sun products. Sun encourages clones of its workstation in hopes that a large market of workstations will cut into the microcomputer market and make its licensed Sparc architecture an industry standard. Sun expects that clones will take up around 40 percent of its market share.
Publication Name: The Wall Street Journal Western Edition
Subject: Business, general
ISSN: 0193-2241
Year: 1990
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Small computer firm to unveil laptop to run software of big makers machines
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Research, Development and Innovations Inc's BriteLite portable computer uses Sun Microsystems Inc's Sparc microprocessor chip and is compatible with Sun, IBM and Apple Computer Inc software. The 8.5-pound computer, which the company plans to begin shipping in Dec 1990, will cost between $7,000 and $12,000. It includes 8Mbytes of memory, a 100Mbyte hard disk drive and a 13-inch monochrome screen. The Sparc clone is one of about a dozen that are expected to be announced at the 1990 Comdex computer conference in Nov 1990. Sun encourages clones of its workstations so that the Sparc architecture will become a de facto standard in the industry and help workstations cut into the larger market of microcomputers.
Publication Name: The Wall Street Journal Western Edition
Subject: Business, general
ISSN: 0193-2241
Year: 1990
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