Microelectronics Monitor. Issue Number 30
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Sp.;cial ir.. this issue is an article on the impa.ct of technological char.ge on softi-.oare development: implications for the LDCs and NICs prepared. for the Monitor by Dr. Robert Scht-:are of the World Bank's Dep.?..!'tme~t of Information, Technology and Facilities, Washington, D.C. l.fa.::-ch 1990 • This publication 1s d1strihuted free of charge _____.._.,.,...,..,:. ""i'Y•,-/'.. ,,,,..Wf"&', .•.... All&P&i IMl•~·M• ._,._. # ""- '" ,~ ...-. • ,.,._ • -- - •• -· ---------- -- --- I • Nl:.-WS AND EVENTS ••••.•••••••••••••• __ •••• l 11. MA!li'l:."'T 71li::llL''·. ANU COf<PAN"i !ll:.wS ••••••••• 1 ~ Computer society estd~lish'1s task force H .. H kct l tends 12 on expert system applications Computer centre for Thurso G..1A:i scm1..:un.Juct0r s..l~es in US ou ~he Nev consortium for high-temperature in..:t~.J.S~ 12 superconductor applicat!ons r~S'1drch E"rop'1.>n l"->Sition in world semi American companies hasten res'1.trch condu~tur tn.ark~t 12 into fast chips Cc.Hpc.rate n'1two:king 13 WIPO meeting looks at data base Us'1 ot portables and laptops on the protection 2 i rn.:r~as~ l:; Japan and US both claim supercomputer Applic.ition llldintenance 13 lead IT revenue~ 13 Italy gets ST chip plant 2 SPARC pr0c.1ucts on the threshold 14 France may open JESSI R'D programme to The rosy future of multi-chip Americans modules 14 JESSI work in Grenoble to begin 3 Disks and drives in 1992 14 Europ<.!an micro plans axed 3 Networks fastest growing segment of Report examines PCB presence in Europe 3 computer industry 14 US firms in bid to kill trade pact 3 Critical point of image processing US eases Cocom IT export restrictions 3 industry developm~nt 15 Network service delayed by EC Cears 4 Ch3nges in design automation tOt">!s 15 Europe pins last hope on IOTV 4 US chip majors on upward ~rend 15 Thumbs-up for Euro initiative 4 Cheaper flash chips to take memory Comp.!ny news 15 by storm 4 Battle to win the world's greatest J~pan's giants fight it out in memory contest .; 4-Hbit arena 15 Trade bodies to li:1k ui;i 5 Sellldtech rolls ou~ its first •creen• look for computer print-outs 5 silicon 16 US firms hot up on neurals 6 US giants rev up chip production 16 GPT first off mark into Soviet Intel to launch complex chips 16 telecommunicati0ns Ii IEH eyes role in European project 16 Batteries li•it portable electronics 6 rJjitsu links with China on Refining hullk.n in~erfaces 6 printers 17 Chip set adds muscle to PC group's Hitachi R'D 17 cause 6 National cuts losses by dropping flash chips 17 Zenith, AT'T team up for HDTV R'D 17 II . NEW DEVELOP•iF~'TS •••.....••.....•••••... 7 Optical memories score 17 First fu22y processor 18 Cell opens door to 64-Kbit memory 7 Nev diagnostic t0<>l for semiconductors 7 Ice particles olast dust off chips 7 IV. APPLICATIONS •••.••..•.••.•..•••••••••.• 18 NHJ( shows ATV hardware 7 Reversible computers take no energy Space industry seeks out tough to run 8 transputers 18 SX-3 supercomputers claimed to be Low-cost blue to the light-emitting fastest 8 diode spectrum 18 Honeywell reaches VHSIC goals 8 Systems tor small firms 18 U1t laboratory aims for nanometer thin New ta~ drive/tape cartridge system 18 films 9 Geographic information systems 19 Lift-off GaAs laser bonded onto glass A new IC application: the human substrate 9 heart 19 Opto-electronic integrated circuit Benefits of CAO/CAE/CAK 19 being developed ? First commercial application of Silicon chips stay cool tor greater superconductors 19 purity 9 Stereolit~o9raphy for fast creation of Nev biochip ? prototypes trom CAD systems 20 VLIW technique can increa5e computer • New portables 20 speed IJ Compute:s m.>y creJte experimental data 20 •Hot electron" bipolar trdn5istors SJ!ety could become the ~omputer's developed ]c,b 20 Prototype tran5istor T~ic .i.ir•~er~ ut over relidnce on Warm superconductors pick up m3qnetism th1nkirHJ c·oml>llter:; 20 New material trips up 5u~,erc.: 0 .>ndu.:t i119 New ~cr1~1)r desiqn~ through ddVdnced theory l•l m(, iel J llLJ mcth<>d5 21 Depositing superconduc:llfl'J th111 !1lm:; J (J c.jr.1ph1•: '"di time l!TIJ'je mdnipuldtor 21 on silicon 11 f''lctt 51'(C'1H Vi5U,l!i 21 first elcctricdl 9cnerdtor u~1n1 ,·,>mput ._.r notehook5 21 supcrconductinq materldl New su1>erconduct inq mdter l,tl:. m(1y not be dl>le to Cdirry ldrqt! ttlec·tr lt~.11 V. C:<1Hl'llT~:1< t:tllJCAT !<Ill •••..••••..•..••••••. 21 currents .''' ~urtp:;.hol of d ::;,uper<;onrJ11,·t11r In .ii~·t l<Jr1 11 A1:t IV 1 t 1 .. :;. qf ~ht! fJl<C("fJ 21 t".•He:ll I Ht.it chip Ii 1JJ(("1'IJ ~vt J up interest <Jruup5 2J i iol.trp processor m.iy d1,tl l ""'l" th" On l •nc <1..tt"' l>1t:il' on the w..ty 24 Trttn~putl:'r 11 Trct1n1nr1 t1.1t..t htt-,e }4 ii s0~-rwAR1:: ______________________________ _ \'I. Unit '-',j Kl n"}d.Jt:'! UK .supports -·'-·mpvJu.J lC' t~t.:hnvloqy Wriling sottware in ~GLs Alvc'i prlhjt.\m.rn~ lc.iJ:; tv suct..:ess · COdlpciter-aided software enginee: in'): tul prv.:c~scs 39 A few words of caution Un i t ...-d: ~ t ..it t: :::> ~, t Amt..· r ~ '· ~t 39 Instant facts at your fingers Am~rit..-..t ~Xh)ls its ~!i-tustr i.ll strength 39 Cutting through the CAS-~ hype in .supe:,:vndu1....·t..._.,r s COdlputer security plan Un ion 0t Sv·: i "~ ::;,,.:: .1: 1 "t R"publ ics 40 Iron out the computer bugs 'Mail~JA 1 Vt:lllt!E~ Wtth ~.. RG firms 40 40 "Viruses" used as blackmail S0vit:t s0tt~.tr~ cvm1r1g Virtually a virus, but for a good cause Curtdir: rdiSt:!'•i vu trd.:ic barriers 40 Data protection Patent applications may endanger software industry 26 VIII. FACT0R1 AUTC\MAT ION 41 Copyright cases 27 Software licensing 27 Macintosh PC tv be mo.jit i~d for the Stepping through the minefield 28 shop floor 41 IBM's Officevision introdaced 28 Sewing robot 41 Japanese target software for Miniature robot to assist in medical development 29 treatment 41 Hard times for software 29 Automation marketing program created Software for educational statistics 30 jointly 41 POPLINE on CD-ROM 30 Computerization in welding controls 41 llNFPA Core Library 30 Welding rob,,t 41 CD-ROM project from PAHO 30 Software progress has improved autom.:tion 41 Teleconferencing eye to eye 31 Machine Gr pro.:ess specific software 41 INSTEAD - technological alternatives for developing countries 31 Translator software 31 !X. STANDARDIZATION AND LEGISLATION •....... 42 US software houses fear EC directive 31 Accustomed to your face 32 Standardization 42 Networking stctnJ.Jrds 42 Vil. COUNTRY REPORTS •••••••.•..••••••••.•..• 33 A voice for standards 42 ISO gets Lisp drctf t 42 42 China 33 Credit-card siz.,d ICs Copyright laws 33 Spare Inte1nctti0n.Jl tctkes over in European Community 33 directing Spare standctrd 43 Europe aims to catch up on CAD data get new standard 43 semiconductor research 33 Users fear stctnd~rds impotence 43 43 Fran.::e 33 Europe lays down ISON standards Investment in CIK 33 Safety standards on the way 44 France's ISON hors d'oeuvre 34 Data e><ch.Jnge stand.Jrds used todcty 44 Cerinan Democratic Republic 34 Steering a pctth in ct standards maze 44 Technological feat: 1-Kbit DRAMs 34 Germany, Federal Republic of 34 Legislation 45 5-Cigaf lops supercomputer 34 45 Hong Kong 34 Progrctmmes may retcti11 copyrights 45 R'D up in air 34 California acts on privctcy protection India 34 United States threcttens pirates with National Centre for Software trade sanctions we.Jpons 46 Technology 34 European Convnunity copyright move Services and technologies f rOdl India 35 under fire 46 Futur5 growth prospects for the electronics industry in India 36 Ireiand 36 X.