Word: microprocessors
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...decline brought about by a diminishing share of the global market and faster growth elsewhere. Industry is the only lasting foundation of a country's power, and America is lagging behind in manufacturing, which is at the core of a nation's wealth. With the notable exception of the microprocessor, not one new product that has appeared in the past few years was made in America. For high-technology products, the U.S. has a positive trade balance only in those sectors in which it has had a semimonopoly for some time: aerospace and computers...
...kids in bed? The curtains closed? It's time to turn on the computer and start playing some of the hottest electronic games around -- games so hot that they threaten to melt your microprocessor. Welcome to the world of high- tech titillation, where characters perform feats of onscreen electronic eroticism that leave little -- or nothing -- to the imagination...
...abysmal showing in computers so far is somewhat baffling. Its scientists at Bell Laboratories have been on the leading edge of computing, playing a key role in developing such technology as the microprocessor. But the company has failed to convert high science into financial success. Its first commercial computers, a series of midsize machines called 3Bs, flopped largely because, at up to $100,000, they were overpriced. The company later formed joint ventures with Convergent Technologies and Italy's Olivetti to make personal computers under the AT&T brand. It also formed a partnership with Sun and made a number...
Hoff still believes that his Intel group legitimately beat Hyatt to the punch. Yet some patent lawyers say Hyatt's new patent appears to apply to all microprocessor chips and the millions of personal computers and other products (from pocket calculators to videocassette recorders) that depend on them. Industry executives by and large are keeping mum, but if Hyatt's patent is broadly interpreted by courts, it could make him super-rich. According to analysts, a standard nonexclusive licensing fee of 3% of the value of computer products sold would translate into a $210 million payment just for last year...
...battles anyway. One argument likely to be used against Hyatt is that he never translated his invention into working products. Another line of attack is the principle in patent law of "prior art." This holds that a patent could be invalidated if someone proves that he previously invented a microprocessor identical to Hyatt's, even though it was not patented...