The last three are players in the business workstation market.
Platt saw early on that cheap computers based on Microsoft Windows and Intelchips posed a threat to HP's business in workstations and midrange systems.
However, the need for more power at the higher levels, such as in business PCs and workstations, has added new zip to demand.
With its Unix workstation business lagging, the company had hoped to become a major seller of NT workstations that included its vaunted graphics system.
OSHA says it will cost American corporations $4.5 billion to comply with the new rules, which will require many businesses to adjust workstations and redesign assembly lines.
"They've finally started listening to customers – and listening to the same customers we've been talking to for some time," said Ben Williams, director of AMD's server and workstation business segments.
By getting rid of its Windows NT workstation business, SGI has scrapped the main component in a previous restructuring plan, which was put in place before Belluzzo took over as chief executive in January 1998.
It's a fine line to walk, and I think it's a testament to HP's technical provenance that they are able to succeed in the workstation business today.
But since most servers use four or more processors (some high-end servers, for example, use as many as 64 processors), a two-processor system is only a first step in a long process AMD hopes will lead them into the Intel-dominated Windows-based server and workstation business.
"Time marches on, and if performance doesn't go up at a 20 to 50% level each year, then we're just not doing our jobs in technology," said Barry Crume, AMD's director of planning for the company's server and workstation business.
The hotel offers executive rooms and a concierge lounge, as well as the "Marriott room that works," so deemed for its ergonomically designed workstation for business guests.
