PCs and workstations

Article Abstract:

Significant trends and events in the microcomputer and workstation market in 1991 include a rapid growth in notebook computers and the 2.5-inch drives used in them, a blurring of the difference between microcomputers and workstations, the emergence of the pen-based computer market, advances in multimedia technology, growth in the workstation market and the alliance between Apple Computer and IBM. US notebook computer revenues grew 40 percent to $3.9 billion in 1991, with the number of manufacturers tripling to more than 40. Sales of 2.5Mbyte hard disk drives grew from 1990's 847,000 to 3.9 million in 1991 and will reach 7.6 million in 1992, according to Disk/Trend Inc. Pen-based computer operating system developments, typical features of the computers and a projected sales growth from 40,000 units in 1991 to 905,000 in 1995 are discussed. Multivendor announcements of multimedia platforms and development of multimedia standards were major trends in 1991. New workstations and the $1.4 billion growth in workstation sales to $8.7 billion in 1991 are also discussed.

Computer peripheral equipment, not elsewhere classified, Computer integrated systems design, Computer storage devices, Computer industry, IBM, AAPL, Growth (Physiology), Disk drives, Multimedia systems, Hard disk drives, Growth, Hard Disk Drive, Multimedia Technology, Pen-Based I/O

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What the vendors wrought; more power is key as workstations gain central processor chips at 40 and 50 MHz and RAM capacity of 128Mbytes and up

Article Abstract:

Workstations are providing more power, addressable memory, mass memory and other features at a lower prices, as is demonstrated by the product developments of several workstation makers over the past year. IBM, Digital Equipment Corp, Sun Microsystems and Hewlett-Packard all targeted the low end of the reduced-instruction-set computer (RISC) processor-based workstation market with new low-cost systems. Tatung Science and Technology Inc and CompuAdd Computer Corp introduced somewhat more expensive but powerful RISC-based workstations employing Sun Microsystems' SPARC processor. Apple Computer's new line of Macintosh Quadra computers have workstation-levels of performance. Dolch Computer Systems introduced a 50-MHz Intel 80486-based portable computer that also offers workstation-level performance. Silicon Graphics Inc and Intergraph Corp both introduced graphics workstations with powerful 2D and 3D computer graphics capabilities.

Microprocessor, Product introduction, CPUs (Central processing units), Product development, Memory, Workstations (Computers), Performance improvement (Computers), Manufacturers, Performance Improvement, RISC, RISC processors

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PCs and workstations

Article Abstract:

Distinctions continued to blur in 1990 between workstations and desktop, laptop and notebook personal computers, as shown by the introduction in the year of the first reduced-instruction-set-computer (RISC)-based laptop, the Sparc LT, AS1000/L10 from Toshiba. Market research firm Computer Intelligence reports that while sales of PCs through computer specialty stores in the US increased only 4.1 percent to 2.2 million units in the first nine months of 1990, sales of laptops and notebook computers increased 60 percent in the same period to 223,000 units. Other noteworthy introductions in the year were Sun Microsystems' diskless Sparc-based workstation priced under $5,000, IBM's RISCSystem/6000 workstation, the HP Apollo 9000 Series 400 workstations and NeXT Computer Inc's NeXTstation, priced at $4,995. Several laptop and notebook computers and PC peripherals debuting in 1990 are described as well.

Laptop computers, Low Cost, Peripherals

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