hofer@Informatik.TU-Muenchen.DE (Robert Hofer) (08/09/90)
Hi, I just read in a German PC-Magazin, that a small company delivers superconductor chips to HP. The name of the company is CONDUCTUS. They produce 25000 pieces in this year. The company produces only the superconductor chips and developed these chips with second hand equipment, that they bought from other companies. The company developed the chips without any help from other companies. That's all information that I got. Now my question: Does anybody have further information about technologies and specifications of these chips and can post or mail it ? | Robert Hofer TU Muenchen local ::= lan.informatik.tu-muenchen.de | WIN: hofer@{local} UUCP: hofer%{local}@unido.uucp | ARPA/CS: hofer%{local}@relay.cs.net BITNET: INFSHC01@DM0TUI1S
jayer@hpcvia.CV.HP.COM (Jay_Reinhart) (08/09/90)
/ hpcvia:sci.electronics / hofer@Informatik.TU-Muenchen.DE (Robert Hofer) / 12:00 pm Aug 8, 1990 / >>Hi, >>I just read in a German PC-Magazin, that a small company delivers >>superconductor chips to HP. >> >>| Robert Hofer TU Muenchen local ::= lan.informatik.tu-muenchen.de >>| WIN: hofer@{local} UUCP: hofer%{local}@unido.uucp >>| ARPA/CS: hofer%{local}@relay.cs.net BITNET: INFSHC01@DM0TUI1S >>---------- Who is this company HP? : ) Jay Reinhart ******************************************************************************* The above and beyond are mine. I am not a lawyer therefore I do not represent HP nor receive a lawyers salary. Nor do I represent myself in a court of law. *******************************************************************************
ko@hpl-opus.HP.COM (Herb Ko [SCL]) (08/10/90)
> I just read in a German PC-Magazin, that a small company delivers > superconductor chips to HP. > > The name of the company is CONDUCTUS. > They produce 25000 pieces in this year. Let me try to set the record straight. We have no plans to purchace ANY superconductor chips from Conudctus at this time. HP does own 15% of Conductus and we do have joint research projects on Superconductivity. I believe the origin of the 25000 number is a July 12 1990 Wall Street Journal article where Conductus was said to have the CAPACITY TO PRODUCE 25000 chips a year. I just got off the phone with Ora Smith, the Chief Marketing Officer of Conductus and he told me that the number was a estimate he made during a phone interview with the Wall Street Journal. Conductus does sell High Temperature Superconducting Films, but I would estimate their sales at this time to be closer to 25 than 25000. Herb Ko PS. Please post or mail the reference for this German PC-Magazin article.