Thanks for the memory: new chips keep Samsung one step ahead

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Samsung Electronics held its position as South Korea's top company in overall leadership in Far Eastern Economic Review's third annual REVIEW 200 survey. The company showed an after-tax profit of $1.2 billion in 1994, and it recently signed aggressive agreements for memory-chip sales totalling $65 billion through 2000. Two other Samsung Group companies made the top 10 list, as did four from the Hyundai chaebol, but none of these rated high in innovation to respond to customer needs. Asiana Airlines' success there makes it a company to watch.

Household audio and video equipment, Audio and Video Equipment Manufacturing, Television Sets, Management, South Korea, Televisions

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Chips on America'a shoulder: abolish the U.S.-Japan semiconductor agreement

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US efforts to enforce numerical targets in the Japanese semiconductor chip market under the 1986 Semiconductor Agreement have created an incentive for the Japanese government to maintain control over industry. Trade sanctions can constrain the operation of free markets in Japan. Despite US claims that Japan has not been complying with the agreement, foreign chip manufacturer market share has exceeded 20% for 1994-1996. Japan has stated that it does not intend to renew the agreement.

Semiconductor Devices, Editorial, United States, Interpretation and construction, Japan, Semiconductor chips, Integrated circuits, International trade, Political aspects, Japanese foreign relations, United States foreign relations, Economic sanctions, Sanctions (International law), Commercial treaties, Trade agreements

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Big deal: Samsung Electronics' huge orders don't mean much

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Samsung Electronics won five-year contracts totalling $65 billion but they had only a temporary impact on the Korean stock exchange in Seoul once the market realized the expected market glut of DRAM could devalue the contracts. The contracts are on a three-month renegotiation schedule, making them vulnerable to price fluctuations. The market may be negatively impacted by the trend toward long-term supply contracts which could generate a price war and harm all DRAM suppliers.

Random Access Memory Circuits, Economic aspects, Prices and rates, Contracts, Securities, RAM (Random access memory), Dynamic random access memory, DRAM (Dynamic random access memory)

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