SRAM vendors seek new markets as prices swoon

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SRAM prices dropped rapidly from about $30 to $4 for a 1Mb SRAM within a six-month period due to supply and demand imbalance caused by overproduction and the fact that PC manufacturers were slow in adopting SRAM cache. The situation was different in 1995 when SRAM sales went up by 62%. Large SRAM suppliers such as the Samsung Group and NEC are cutting down on production. However, as a result of the falling prices of SRAMs, 80% of PCs are being equipped with cache in 1996 compared with 30% in 1995. SRAM vendors are looking for new markets, particularly in communications, where there is a demand for the chips in routers and high-end switches. The low price of synchronous SRAMs has not significantly affected the asynchronous SRAM market, as there is a growing demand for them in low-power devices such as cellular handsets and hand-held data collection terminals. Also, the high-performance 250MHz SRAMs for the workstation cache market is stable, and these SRAMs sell for over $100.

Forecasts and trends, Industry trend, Supply and demand, Market trend/market analysis, SRAM, SRAM (Static random access memory), Static random access memory

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The twilight of RISC

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RISC technology dominated the workstation industry in the 1980s and was once expected to invade all aspects of the computing market. The expansion into other markets never occurred and now RISC is under attack in its traditional workstation market. Performance improvements in Intel processors and the success of the Microsoft Windows NT operating system are making inroads into the workstation market and the move may eventually relegate RISC to the embedded market. Intel-based systems are expected to take a majority of the workstation market by 1999 and to dominate the industry by 2000. DEC and HP have also introduced Intel-based workstations, in addition to their RISC systems. PC vendors, including Compaq, Dell Computer and Umax Technologies, are also expanding into the workstation market. Workstation application vendors are increasingly developing NT-based programs, instead of relying on Unix.

Semiconductor and Related Device Manufacturing, Microprocessor Chips, CPUs (Central processing units), Processor architecture, Processor architectures, Technology overview, RISC based computers, RISC, RISC processors, Reduced-instruction-set computers

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Support grows for X86-based designs

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Network Express uses Intel's 386EX and i960 RISC microprocessors in its Any-Link 1000 router, a device capable of providing ISDN connectivity to Ethernet-based LANs. The company integrated the 386EX into the router to perform the primary embedded processing functions, which permitted a high degree of integration while being cost effective. Network Express had used X86 architecture in previous instances and was aware the 386EX was supported by Intel's Embedded Processor Operations, which would not render the microprocessor obsolete by the forthcoming P6 and P7 generations. To increase the 386EX capabilities Network express added and Intel i960 RISC processor to satisfy Any-Link's capabilities as a connection between Ethernet and ISDN. The Any-Link 1000 is priced between $1,995 and $4,995, dependent on configuration.

Telephone and telegraph apparatus, Computer networks, Usage, Intel Corp., INTC, Equipment and supplies, Microcontrollers, Microcontroller, Design and construction, Bridge/routers, Bridge routers (Network hardware), Bridges (Network hardware), Routers (Network hardware), Bridge/Router, Product Description/Specification, Network Express Inc., Network Express NE Link 1000 (Communications server), Intel 80386EX (Microcontroller)

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