The EMC Corporation, the world's biggest maker of storage for computers, agreed to buy RSA Security for about $2.1 billion to expand its security software business.
The Fairchild Semiconductor International Corporation, whose semiconductors are used in cellular phones, air bags and personal computers, agreed yesterday to buy QT Optoelectronics for about $100 million, mostly in stock.
Lloyd M. Smith, a professor of chemistry at the University of Wisconsin who has helped develop other DNA computers, agreed that they are unlikely to replace electronic models.
Microchip Technology Inc., which makes semiconductors used in everything from cars to computers, agreed yesterday to buy a plant in Puyallup, Wash., from the Matsushita Electric Industrial Company and will hire more than 1,000 workers.
ScanSoft Inc., a maker of software that allows users to convert paper documents and photos for viewing on computers, agreed today to acquire the Caere Corporation for $143.4 million in cash and stock, buying out a competitor in the digital-imaging market.
FAIRCHILD SEMICONDUCTOR CORP., South Portland, Me., whose chips are used in cellular phones, air bags and personal computers, agreed to buy the closely held Kota Microcircuits Inc., based in Loveland, Colo., and the Power Management unit of Micro Linear, based in San Jose, Calif., for $21 million in stock and cash.
Moreover, computer users' agree that computer use causes these symptoms.
While experts argue how long it could take to build a fully functioning quantum computer, most agree that it will take between 50 and 100 qubit computers to begin realizing that vision.
The big computer companies agree.
One thing computer programmers agree on is that there is no such thing as a bug-free piece of software.
