Word: superchip
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Dates: during 1984-1984
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...successful maker of big mainframe computers. Amdahl audaciously planned to build a new supercomputer based on a revolutionary semiconductor chip that would be far faster than conventional ones. But, concedes Trilogy President Frederick White, "it was just too much to bite off." The company abandoned plans for both its superchip and its supercomputer earlier this year, and it lost $73.7 million in 1984's first half. Trilogy now contents itself with the production of conventional chips...
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