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| Author: | Uttal, B. |
| Title: | Competition How chipmakers can survive |
| Journal: | Fortune
1987 : APR.13, No. 8, p.57-58 |
| Index terms: | SEMICONDUCTOR INDUSTRY USA COMPETITIVENESS |
| Language: | eng |
| Abstract: | Plan for the U.S. Defense Department to pump $2 billion into the U.S. microchip industry to bring about a recovery. How the U.S. semiconductor industry is unable to compete with the Japanese giants. Investment by Japan. Allegation of Japanese dumping. Promise by Japan not to sell chips below cost, in particular DRAMS, dynamic random-access memory chips, need for U.S. makers to switch to microprocessors and role of consortiums. Two graphs show profits of Japanese and U.S. top five manufacturers and prices of a DRAM on U.S. market and Japanese export price. |
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