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STEADY AS SHE GOES AFTER BOOMING '88 Sales of semiconductor production equipment surged over 50% in the U.S. last year. That surge is deceptive in appearance, however, because in 1987 […]

Nynex projects profit in '90 ATLANTA -- Nynex Business Centers will be profitable next year, according to a spokesman who tried to dispel reports that the chain is on the [...]

Going gets tougher in communications New orders for communication equipment had a flurry of activity in November, rising 26.2% from October to reach $7.67 billion. A large defense order produced […]

Why the semi industry won't crash again Everybody's speculating about a crash in the U.S. semiconductor industry. Industry leaders are gun-shy and, after the experiences of 1985, understandably so. But […]

Autodesk VAR targets 150% climb in sales PALO ALTO, Calif. -- Avcom, one of Autodesk's largest VARs, expects revenues this year to climb 150 percent to $5 million. Last year, [...]

MOVING TO OS/2 at the fall Comdex trade show (see 'Letter from Las Vegas,' page 16), IBM announced a new timetable for delivering its various versions of OS/2. The first […]

The coming year will likely be a positive one for the microcomputer industry and may see the introduction of significant new products -- including a laptop from Apple and a […]

By Madeline Epstein What's in store for 1989? Lower prices, analysts say. Computer vendors will continue to slug it out over the next several months, translating into even lower prices […]

New Year's Predictions Forrester Research Inc., a Cambridge, Mass., technology consulting firm that often goes out on a limb with predictions, has compiled a list of 10 whoppers. Among the […]

By Richard March Intel Corp. Chairman Gordon Moore returned from vacation to find his company embroiled in rumors. Speculation centered on excess inventories of Intel's 80386 microprocessor chip. A few […]

Trying to predict the course of the industry is a notoriously risky business. Notwithstanding this caveat, I think the time has come to be very cautious about expectations for both […]

Modeling Technology: Trends for the Early 1990s Major changes in computer hardware technology are looming just beyond the horizon. Imagine the improvement in productivity possible with desktop computers armed with […]

Slump Talk: It'll Happen, but It Won't Hurt BALTIMORE--Everyone has talking about a slump in PC sales at a conference of industry executives and investors last week, but no one […]

Setting Expectations: OS/2's Success Will Take Some Time Discussions about Microsoft and OS/2 tend to polarize at two extremes: 'How can they possibly lose?' and 'They can't seriously expect to […]

Minis Are a Small Part Of the Micro Scheme Current industry wisdom holds that the mini vs. micros argument has been put to rest forever, and the both machines have […]

Modeling Technology: A Guide to the Future For 25 years, I've been making statements about the future of technology and have gained a reputation for accuracy. Looking back now at […]

Kapor: Success of Future Products Depends on Creative Marketing Software engineers may think they have it tough trying to come up with new ideas and applications to take the microcomputer […]

Compaq Sees Low EISA Use Most PCs purchased after 1989 will not be built around EISA, according to Compaq Computer Corp. officials. 'The primary [application] of EISA will be in […]

But Would Bush Dare To Put It On His Resume? A Soviet computer program that predicts that outcomes of U.S. presidential elections says George Bush will beat Michael Dukakis in […]

Perhaps the PC business's psychological embrace of the boom-or-bust, no-middle-ground business analysis was shaped by its intimate relationship with the chip business. The difference is that it's really like that […]

In-Stat: Computer, Telecom Boosting U.S. Semicon Sales SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. - Continued growth in the U.S. computer and commercial communications markets has caused semiconductor analyst firm In-Stat to raise its 1988 […]

RELEASE NOTES A few developments in the microcomputer business make it clear that fundamental changes are under way. Most well-known of these is the year-old memory-chip shortage. The obscene price […]

DOS, OS/2 Are Bound To Coexist Four years after OS/2 became the subject of rumor, well over a year after it was official announced and eight months after IBM shipped […]

Forecast Sharp Slowdown In Semicon Growth for '89 CUPERTINO, Calif. -- The Semiconductor Industry Association's World Semiconductor Trade Statistics forecast indicates a dramatic slowdown in the industry in 1989 after […]

DRAM Deficit Bodes Ill for Industry Recovery: Wyle NEW YORK -- Critical shortages of DRAMs threaten to disrupt the orderliness of the industry recovery, according to Wyle Laboratories president Charley […]

Apple Predicts Growth; Working On Low-End Version of Mac II CUPERTINO, Calif.--Apple Computer Inc. officials told analysts here last week that they expect the firm to grow 30 percent to […]

For PC Investors, a Golden Past Fades into an Uncertain Future Which PC stocks are the Wall Street pros betting on as the new year begins? Perhaps predictably, in light […]

Computergate The eleventh annual Comdex opened to record crowds in Las Vegas recently, confirming the industry's growing fortitude. Here, thousands of vendors and manufacturers vie for the attention of the […]

U.S. Telecom Gear Market To Hit $58B by '95; NATA DALLAS -- The U.S. telecommunications equipment market is expected to grow more than nine percent annually to $58.3 billion by […]

Officials at Intel Corp. say fourth-quarter revenue should reach a new record of '$800 million plus.' The announcement had little apparent affect on the company's stock price, however. The stock […]

U.S. Semiconductor Share Could Slip to 25 Percent NEW YORK -- The U.S. share of semiconductor production could slip to 25 percent by the year 2000 as the result of […]

EIA: DOD Electronics Outlay to Slip LOS ANGELES -- Federal funds allocated to the Pentagon for electronics programs will drop almost five percent from an estimated $56.7 billion in fiscal […]

SIA Sees World Semicon Market Off 1.2% in '90, Up in '91 SANTA CLARA, Calif. -- The worldwide semiconductor market will decline by 1.2 percent next year as a result […]

IBM Stock Buffeted on Soft Projection; 14.2M Shares Traded NEW YORK -- IBM stock came under heavy pressure last week, tumbling a total of 8 points in a combined volume […]

Someday, EDI Will Make Paper Shuffling Obsolete If the National Institute of Standards and Technology has its way, government offices will trade paper for electrons. Electronic data interchange (EDI) will […]

Officials at Chips & Technologies Inc. lowered their earnings expectations last week, sending the company's stock into a slide. The officials warned analysts to expect earnings of about 55 to […]

See Mixed-Mode IC Market Taking Off SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. -- Increasing demand for so-called systems-on-a-chip will trigger rapid growth for mixed-mode ICs, according to market research firm Integrated Circuit Engineering Corp. […]

See U.S. Market for ISDN In CPE Hitting $5B in '94 BOSTON -- The U.S. market for ISDN customer premises equipment will grow from its current $243.4 million to a […]

By Steven Burke Backing away from earlier statements, IBM officials said last week that dealers will continue to see shortages lasting into the summer of its top-of-the-line PS/2, the Model […]

More food for thought One particularly sobering repercussion of the 1988 U.S. drought, notes Lester Brown, president of the Washington, D.C.-based Worldwatch Institute, is that last year -- perhaps for [...]

Motorola Senior VP Sees Flat 1990 for Semicons PHOENIX -- A general recession will likely hit the U.S. economy in the first half of 1990, resulting in a flat year […]

EIA Sees DOD Spending Down, Civilian Agencies Up WASHINGTON -- The federal electronics market in calendar 1989 is expected to show a real value drop to $58.1 billion from an […]

Semiconductor Makers Concerned Price Cuts Could Hamper Growth Semiconductor manufacturers are preparing for a year of moderate growth -- at best -- amid signs of continued softening from the influential […]

AT&T Sees Profit in CPUs in 1990 NEW YORK -- AT&T's computer business, though still losing money, is expected to make it into the black next year, Robert E. Allen, […]

As everyone knows, Round One is over in the great PC-mainframe fight. The round went easily to the PCs. Now Round Two is under way, and the PCs are already […]

NEW ENGLAND: Telecom's the 'Magic Market' BOSTON -- Buoyed by a strong telecommunications market, New England distributors chalked up another year of solid growth, but concern is mounting that an […]