Original sentence: In late 2000, Fujitsu/Amdahl announced that the company had no plans to invest the estimated US $1 billion (or more) to create an IBM-compatible 64-bit system
Edited sentence: Fujitsu, on the other hand, and suffering from an almost terminal case of myopia, apparently decided that 64-bit was beyond the scope of its (internal) capabilities, and it decided to exit the market.In late 2000, Fujitsu/Amdahl announced that the company had no plans to invest the estimated US $1 billion (or more) to create an IBM-compatible 64-bit system, although Amdahl's engineers were in the best position to do so