Kubota Corp, whose Kubota Computer Co unit builds its Titan graphics computers around the MIPS Technologies Inc R-series RISC, and also manufactures Tricord Systems Inc’s 80486-based servers under licence, says that it will eventually stop using both processors in favour of Digital Equipment Corp’s Alpha RISC. Kubota was the very first to declare for the Alpha RISC, and the Japanese farm equipment manufacturer says it plans to market DEC computers in Japan and the US. Kubota has significant shareholdings in both Tricord and Silicon Graphics Inc, parent of MIPS. We see DEC’s Alpha chips as the choice for next generation of computers, Kubota said, suggesting that the expanded agreement with DEC will be completed later on this month.
