11.   Japanese computer makers are turning to scientists overseas to help them develop software and applications for massively parallel supercomputers.

12.   Also helping Intel is the increased number of computer makers who are getting into the market.

13.   AMD has nabbed only one large computer maker -- Digital Equipment Corp. -- for its new chips.

14.   Although China accounts for only a tiny portion of sales by Massachusetts computer makers, many of them see the country as a promising new market.

15.   Although licensing is rare in the technology industry, it is expected to become more commonplace as computer makers become more like consumer companies.

16.   Among the potential replacements are computer maker Hewlett-Packard and software company Novell Inc.

17.   Amelio was fired for failing to turn around the money-losing computer maker.

18.   Among computer makers, the big winners were Compaq Computer Corp. of Houston and Packard Bell Electronics in the Chatsworth area of Los Angeles.

19.   An important administration argument for loosening export controls was that easing controls was the only way American computer makers could compete against widely available foreign-made technology.

20.   Analysts expect major U.S. computer makers to wait until AMD has faster versions of the chip available before they use it in their machines.