TECHNOLOGY - Jan. 23, 1993
From Times Staff and Wire Reports
IBM Stops Funding Supercomputer Project: IBM said it has halted funding of a daring project by designer Steve Chen to build the most powerful mainframe computer in the world. Chen, who reportedly is seeking new funding for his Eau Claire, Wis.-based Supercomputing Systems Inc., had been working for five years to develop a mainframe to compete with the most powerful Cray Computer Corp. machines. Chen formerly worked at Cray. International Business Machines Corp. had agreed to fund SSI through 1992, and had continued the funding on a temporary basis until this week, said IBM spokeswoman Marta Decker in White Plains, N.Y.
