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Microelectronics Monitor OCCASION This publication has been made available to the public on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the United Nations Industrial Development Organisation. DISCLAIMER This document has been produced without formal United Nations editing. The designations employed and the presentation of the material in this document do not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of the Secretariat of the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) concerning the legal status of any country, territory, city or area or of its authorities, or concerning the delimitation of its frontiers or boundaries, or its economic system or degree of development. Designations such as “developed”, “industrialized” and “developing” are intended for statistical convenience and do not necessarily express a judgment about the stage reached by a particular country or area in the development process. 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I I~ ~.,., .~ ~ Th,1s publication 1s distributed free of charge - ~-~--~~~~~~~----,,_---------------------------------------------------------------- The Microelectronics Monitot proposes to accept industry­ related advertisements from companies interested in reaching planners and p ... l!cy-makers as well as entre­ preneurs and members of the scientific community in some sixty developing countries throughout the world and inform them about their products and services. The Monitor is published four times a year and distributed free of charge to individuals and institutions on an approved mailing list which inc!udes at the moment 1300 entries. The Monitor has been published since 1982 and has built up a sound reputation both in developed and developing countries. Our activities in the field of advertising are directed towards helping to finance the .:.reparation. publication and mailing of the Monitor. which will continue to be distributed free of charge. Advertisements will be printed in b!ack and white and in English only. Prices in Austrian Schillings or the equi­ valent in SUS will be AS 5.000 for a full page: for half page advertisements. AS 3,700; and for a quarter page. AS 2,500. Requests for placing of advertisements. accompanied by a layout. illustrations and text. should be submitted to the Editor. Microelec.tronics Monitor. CONTENTS l . NE'liS AND !:.\:ENT S .•....................... Neural computer network 12 Genetic algorithms faster than Sil i.:on Vdlley hit by _ low,fown .is big ~I programs 12 firms falter Pinhole hologram nolds hope for computing 12 US pro..:essor giants lin .. up 32-bit Experimental model of optical laun.:hes neurocomputer 13 Sun clones to hit market No· . .,._ computers 13 US plans ~ext ele.:tronics wdr l Ne·.i superconductor may put theories to Electronics industry in front line 2 t~st 13 Assaults on the environment 2 Superchip hands computing power to Mastering micros for J .. v .. lupm.. nt sdent ists 14 Optical interface standard in the Exotic semiconductors 14 pipeline Superconductors have superstructure 15 International food aid infor~~tion Superconducting thin film coated with system l silver 15 ILO population packages New ~ystems to interact with computers 16 Budget for JESSI programme 4 Hybrid circuit requiring no alumina When is a .:hip not a Eurochip? 4 substrate 16 Centre tor quantized electronic Quantum effect transistors may transform stru..:tures set up electronics 16 OAU contributes to RASCOM study "4 Experimental quantum wire structure 16 Training in geographic information Conservative logic seen as solution to systems technology for managers of overheating problem 17 natural resources from developing Shipley fills holes in board quality 17 countries 4 Long-distan•e support for UN system meet in9s 5 III. MARKET TRENDS AND COHFANY NEWS •.••.•••.. 17 Treaty on integrated telecommunications signed at WATTC-88 5 Market trends 17 Se.:urity of computer installations 6 PC-based geographic mapping market 17 Putting superconductors to work 17 Trade da~a sought 6 Some potential applications of high-temperature superconductor I I • NEW DEVELOPMENTS ..........••............ 6 materials 18 Investment in $Uperconductor Cold-cathode tips mark dawn of new era 6 development slow 18 Quantum dots represent different state Workstation market trends d of matter 7 Downward trend in computer systems Personal video offers the truly private growth 19 view 7 Bipolar TTL mar~et expected to drop 19 Harnessing the trouble 8 Data base software market forecast 19 New technique permits reprodu..:tion ot Slow growth of graphics super- 19 2~6 colours on computer sc•eens 8 con.puter market Fast bipolar transistor 8 Superconductor parts market forecast 20 t:lectronic material using quantum·w11e CMOS PLDs expected to replace superlattice developed 8 bipolar Pl.Os 20 Smallest ever microchip 8 Mainframes being overtaken by Liquid film material developed 8 micropro~essors 20 New supercori.1uctor discovered 8 Equipment growth forecast 20 ~TP that reduc .. s contact failures 9 US microelectronics benefits from High-temperdture superconductive small f 1rms initiative 20 tr&nsistor 9 US makers will swamp single European New semicon•ju•:tor ldS•H 9 market 22 New optoelectronic device 9 Probing the roots of PC purchdsing 22 New optical memory device 9 Desktop publishing spredding 22 Tr0pics project 9 Technologies for 1989 23 200M-bit memory chip tec:hnoloqy developed 9 The technology action, today and Analog neur•l proces5or chip 9 tumo1 row 23 New type of superr.onductor 10 Compan:; news 24 • 24 GldSS disk ~·ldtters ~issit..ly suitdble Unix puts on a friendly face for h.Jrd disk drives 10 ADC-based produ•.·ts 24 C.Jrton enhanced VJpuur etching developed 10 Chip snags hit IBM 1•rofit 24 25 Ldser ~ased process dttaches gold wires IBM's new RISC bdscd graphics board to microdlips 10 Ff>urth 9ener..1t ion data base 4 Ml>Jt Et:VROM memor·t' .. hip:> 10 manaqemrnt system 25 200 Mb1t me111<,ry pr0d11o:ed in Motorola's new .:hip 25 Toshibd develops :nt:lt 1•:h1p m<.i<l11le 10 OEC bids for fibre link lead 25 "Tou<Jh" CMOS I I Intel reshap~s A~!C strategy 25 26 J.tpanese c;c,mp.>n 1 es un·1e 1 l 11, Ht..1 t !>RAMs 11 ,;heap Et:i'ROMs 26 H1~ro mdc:hlne:;. mdy be <.:omme;,:1dl iz~r! Amtex secures Soviet deal with In r Ive ·1e" r ~ I l AT•T .-!edCS pdth to form all i11nce 26 M1,·ro:;r;op1c St;om11.:.>Jidu1;t .. r l.1:;er dt."'J~l,.)pt:ri 11 with Italy's Italtel :tetero)lin··t ion~ m..t'J rt" 1J'll1tt lr>ni-:.te ·.:hiV Rise technology is challenging for 16 de:;i<Jn technlqlle~ 12 supremacy in the divided PC realm iii CONTENTS (cont'd) VIII. STANDARDIZATION AND LEGISLATION •........ 58 lnnual review of information science and technology 61 Legislation 58 Informatics for development: the new Computer microcode instructions challenge 61 judged within copyright 58 Providing access to United Nations EC plans promise copyright cnaos 59 data bases 61 Akzo gets US superconductivity Register of development activities patent 59 published 61 DIALOG CC>urses for on-line searchers 62 Standardization 59 International tariff information on Common EDI standards 59 floppy disk 62 Emerging CASE standard 59 More on Development Data Pa~es Service 62 Safety study ~rges voluntary New studies from ITU 62 standards 59 Properties of amorphous silicon PC makers get closer to 32-bit (second edition) 63 standard 59 Dictionary comes up on screen 63 Lucrative licensing 63 IX. RECENT PUBLICATIONS . • . • . • . • • . • • . 60 X. SPECIAL ARTICLE • . • • . • • • . • . • . • . • • • • 6 3 URISA =ontecence proceedings liO OECD NCO directory updated 60 The production of intelligent products ILO documentation toe MICRO-ISIS users 60 in developing countries 63 .. I • llWS AllD BVDITS Motorola is preparing to introduce its 68040 microprocessor later this year. It offers a fourfold performance over the company's Silicon Valley hit t:y slowdown as big firms falter top-of-the-line 68030 microprocessor and features 1.2 million transistors, compared with 300,000 on Prophecies of a general slowdown in the the 68030. (Source: Electronics Weekly, semiconductor sector made by industry observers last 25 January 1989) year seem to be coming true with a series of bad news reports from Silicon Valley's big manufacturers. Sun clones to hit market The sl~wdown comes as a result of problems among Cheap clones of Sun Microsystems' workstations personal computer manufacturers and a polarization in will be appearing this year. the industry that i~ pushing out the smaller companies. This will ~orce down the price of computers and Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) was the first with wreak ha•:"~ among established computer 111akers, whose the bad news revealing it lost almost $37 million in share prices are already tumbling in the face of its fourth quart~r. About $17 ~ill ion of the loss shdrply reduced profit forecasts. was due to closing a plant in Sunnyvale. The loss shocked industry analysts who were not expecting such At least two tirms, one in Taiwan and one in a big loss. Hong Kong, are promising cheap Sun clones by the end of the year; while US-based Solbourne Computer National Semiconductor has said it will fire unveiled its second Sun-compatible offering last 2,000 workers, around 5 per cent of its workforce, as week.
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