NEC Corp has won another order for its SX-4 supercomputer – the same computer which is at the center of Silicon Graphics Inc’s formal accusations that NEC under priced and took a loss on a recent supply order to gain US market share and injure competition (CI No 2,966). The latest supply deal is to Texas oil exploration company Digicon Inc and is reportedly worth about $4.6m. Silicon Graphic’s Cray Research unit accused NEC of selling vector supercomputers to the US National Center for Atmospheric Research a US agency much cheaper than it sold them in Japan.
