Samsung moves from product copycat to developer; South Korean electronics company uses its know-how to turn a corner

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Samsung Electronics Co takes leadership in developing products for both the consumer electronics and computing markets. The South Korean firm has traditionally copied the technology developed by other companies, but is now branching out with its own innovations. Samsung is in the race to develop a marketable high-definition television standard, and a recently released color laser printer delivers superior performance than do similar products made by leading Japanese companies. Industry analysts believe that semiconductor development will be an important element to the future success of Samsung. Already, the company has attracted notice for quickly bringing to market a DRAM chip. Semiconductor sales are growing at an annual rate of 25 percent, with faster growth expected in coming years. Samsung is positioning itself to become a major player in the developing international electronic alliances, but some companies are hesitant to become involved with Samsung because of its weaker financial position.

Semiconductors and related devices, Semiconductor industry, Consumer electronics, Samsung Electronics Company Ltd., Competition

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Canon boasts it has best way to make flat screens for computers and TV sets

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Canon Inc claims to have a revolutionary new way to make flat high-resolution screens for computer displays and television sets. A spokesman for Canon says his company plans to introduce the new screen in the spring of 1992. He says Canon expects to take as much as half the Japanese market for desktop-computer displays within five years. Canon's breakthrough reportedly uses ferroelectronic technology. Industry observers differ about Canon's claims: some say the company is exaggerating; and others believe this might be the technology that will transform high resolution flat-panel displays into a practical reality.

Research, Japan, Product introduction, International competition (Economics), Canon Inc., Flat panel displays, Ferroelectric devices, Japanese Competition, New Technique, Displays, High Resolution, Flat Panel Display

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Seeing the body electric, in 3-D; from all angles, doctors get a virtual peek at organs, vessels and inner tangles

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Virtual reality's greatest application may be the computer's capability of scanning hundreds of cross-sections of the human body and reconstructing them into 3-D models. Neuroradiologists can don special goggles to enhance depth perception as they fly through the tunnel of the aorta. Physicians can study the landscape of tumors in advance and navigate the surgery more efficiently. The technology has made the diagnosis and treatment of blood vessel disorders easier and safer. And New York University is working on virtual colonoscopy.

United States, Science & research, Other Computer Peripheral Equipment Manufacturing, Magnetic Card & Character Readers, Innovations, Technology application, Computer-aided medical diagnosis, Three-dimensional display systems, Computer aided medical diagnosis, Three dimensional displays, Virtual reality devices

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