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