"scrap" auction...

[Sridhar Ayengar]

Chuck Guzis wrote:
>> When Gene Amdahl left IBM to start Amdahl Corp, he started up with 
>> capital from Fujitsu.  Eventually, Fujitsu bought the remaining 
>> outstanding shares of Amdahl, which has operated as a subsidiary of 
>> Fujitsu since 1997.
> 
> Whatever happened to Gene's "next" venture--what was it, "Waferscale 
> Technology" or some such thing.  I recall that he received what was 
> then an almost unheard-of first-round VC financing--something like 27 
> million.

It was called Trilogy.  More like $200 million.

Unfortunately, it imploded spectacularly.

Peace...  Sridhar