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2002 

In May the company ships the 100 millionth chip made with silicon germanium, a technology 

pioneered by 

IBM

 that is revolutionizing the design of cell phones and other wireless electronic 

products.  

IBM

 introduces the PowerPC 440GP and 405GPr processors designed to give chip designers a 

richer mix of features for a broad set of embedded applications; the 

IBM

 PowerNP NP2G  

network processor; and powerful new processors for the 

IBM

 eServer z900 with double digit 

price/performance improvements. ..... In April, 

IBM

 discloses technical details of the new 

IBM

PowerPC 440GX, which combines the PowerPC 440 processor core and other key functions on a 

single chip. (The new embedded processor, an upgrade to 

IBM

's PowerPC 440GP, is targeted to 

support 

CPU

 speeds of 466 to 600 MHz.) ..... In June, 

IBM

 announces the industry's most 

advanced custom chip capability. The new 

IBM

 application specific integrated circuit offering, 

called Cu 08, supports circuits as small as 90 nanometers (a nonometer is a billionth of a meter), 

as well as innovative materials and design techniques to drive power consumption down by as 

much as 40 percent while pushing performance up as much as 20 percent. ..... In October, the  

company introduces the 

IBM

 PowerPC 970 64 bit microprocessor and the PowerPC 405EP 

processor (for wireless local area network access points and other networking applications).  

IBM

 is selected by a partnership of U.S. public safety and transportation agencies in Virginia, 

Maryland and the District of Columbia to build the Capital Wireless Integrated Network, the first 

operable wireless system to span multi state government jurisdictions    which will allow 

officials from more than 40 local, state and federal agencies to communicate with each other in 

real time. ..... The company says in October that will soon open the 

IBM

 Government Solutions 

Center, a computer science laboratory just outside Washington D.C. (in Vienna, Va..), to bring 

together 

IBM

 experts and public sector customers in a facility to research, validate and develop 

technology solutions for such initiatives as e government, e democracy and homeland security.  

Nestle, the world's largest food and beverage enterprise, selects 

IBM

 as the exclusive provider of 

servers, storage systems and database software for the next five years for the 

GLOBE

 data centers 

at the heart of Nestle's worldwide business transformation initiative. ..... Amtrak and 

IBM

complete an agreement aimed at boosting the carrier's 

IT

 systems while cutting costs $85 million 

over a seven year period. ..... 

IBM

 launches a new disaster recovery service to help customers 

better safeguard their networks, provide faster and more secure back up systems for their data 

and ensure near uninterrupted access to critical business information.  

One year after announcing its Project eLiza initiative to develop self managing or  autonomic  

systems, 

IBM

 demonstrates new technology that can save an estimated 20 percent on customer 

information technology budgets. The new technology includes Enterprise Workload Manager, 

ITS

 Electronic Service Agent, Enterprise Identity Mapping and  Raquarium.   

Eight U.S. major league baseball teams use 

IBM

's 

PROS

, a Web based software application 

which allows scouts to quickly collect, store and access information on prospects and players. 

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