Intergraph Corp, which has been looking for second sources for its Clipper RISC microprocessor family for some time has, as expected (CI No 1,285) signed the Samsung Semiconductor Business Division division of Samsung Electronics Corp to manufacture and market Clipper components on a worldwide basis, and the two companies will co-operate in development of future chips based on the Clipper architecture. The value of the multi-million dollar accord was not released. Samsung, which already has a similar agreement with Hewlett-Packard Co for the Precision Architecture RISC, will initially focus on manufacturing and marketing the second generation Clipper C300, in both chip and module formats. It is also permitted to manufacture and market the lower cost C200 and future Clippers. Samsung expects to begin production of the C300 wafers in July 1990, with volume by December 1990. Intergraph claims that over 33,000 Clipper-based systems have so far been shipped around the world.
