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PC CHIPSRUNNING WINDOWS NT  \nExecs Say NT+Intel's Pentium ChipHas Become‘The Combination'  \nCiting poor sales performance,IBMCorp.andMotorola say they will no longer sell computers thatuse the PowerPC chip and run Microsoft's WindowsNT software—a move that boosts industry dominanceof Intel's Pentium Chip and leaves Apple's Macintoshline as the only high-volume desktop computer to usethe PowerPC.  \n\"Frankly,the volumes have been very low,\"Bill O'Leary,a spokesman for IBM's RS6000(Continued on Page 2)  \n\n| Intel's ‘Ultra'Supercomputer Breaks  \u003Cbr>Teraflops Barrier,Triples Speed Record  \u003Cbr>Intel Corp.says it has developed an“ultra”  \u003Cbr>supercomputer capable of perfoming 1 trillion  \u003Cbr>operations per second—almost three times the record  \u003Cbr>368 billion operations per second boasted by Hitachi  \u003Cbr>Ltd.'s supercomputer in 1995.Intel's mind-boggling  \u003Cbr>1.4-teraflop machine will be installed in early 1997 at  \u003Cbr>the Department of Energy's Sandia National Laborato-  \u003Cbr>ries in Albuquerque to test nuclear weapons and predict  \u003Cbr>weather changes and natural disasters.Other potential  \u003Cbr>applications include genetic and space research.The  \u003Cbr>new $55 million supercomputer contains 9,200 Pentium  \u003Cbr>Pro processors operating in tandem.It is considered the  \u003Cbr>first step in a 10-year federal plan to develop a 100-  \u003Cbr>teraflop supercomputer.IBM and Silicon Graphics,  \u003Cbr>whichearlier this year acquired Minnesotasupercomputer  \u003Cbr>giant Cray Research Inc.,currently are developing 3-  \u003Cbr>teraflop systems for use by 1999.   |\n| --- |\n\nPublished 50 times per year by Milin Publishing Group,Inc.  \n714 Church Strect,Alexandria,VA 22314-4202  \nPhone(703)739-8500,Fax(703)739-8505,E-mail:millinpubs@aol.com.S495 per year within the U.S.and Canada,S542 internationally.Multicopy rates available.  \nAvailable on microfilm from UMI and online from Information 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      ….8  \nIntervest:First Electronic Exchange For Bonds.……10  \nPage 1  \nPublisher:S.L.Millin  \nGroup Publisher:Thomas G.Shack,Ⅲ  \nManaging Editor:Michael E.Cotter  \nSenior Editor:Elizabeth J.Lohr  \nSubscription Manager:Ruth A.Hill  \nDirector of Marketing:Jon S.Lowder  \ndivision,toldThe New YorkTimes.\"Most people havecome to the conclusion that NT on Intel is thecombination.\"  \nO'Leary says IBM will cease developing andmarketing PowerPC systems running NT and redirectits efforts on selling systems running A.LX.,IBM'sversion of UNIX.IBMalso plans to sell Pentium Pro-powered workstations for scientists and engineers thatrun Windows NT.  \nMotorola,which unveiled a new line ofWindows NT PowerPC systems in September,says itwillonly support the machines through the nextversionof Windows NT in two years.\"The business wasn'tmaterializing quickly enough to justify the investmentswe were making in it,\"a Motorola spokesman toldTheTimes.  \nAccording to industry observers,the 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