Major chip advance is reported by Hitachi

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Hitachi Ltd announces a working prototype of a 64M-bit memory chip. This announcement comes five years earlier than predicted and focuses industry analysis on future technologies involving chip design, production and use. The prototype's existence leads to speculation about the prospects for advanced systems such as desktop supercomputers. Hitachi does not indicate when the chip will be commercially produced nor what type of production method will be used. The prototype is made from 0.3 micron-wide circuits etched with electron beams instead of ordinary light. The new chip uses very low amounts of power. US consortia formed to work on developing 16- and 64M-bit chips are not holding together or are producing disappointing results. Japanese firms are planning to begin production of 16M-bit chips by 1992.

Semiconductor chips, Integrated circuits, Product development, Memory, Hitachi Ltd., Magnetic media, Magnetic storage media, Future Technologies, Prototype, HIT

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In computer research race, Japanese increase their lead

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Research at the Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Co explores the semiconductor-preparation method known as X-ray lithography. This is one of many such projects that underscore Japan's increasing lead in high-technology research. The Japanese feel that whoever can maintain the lead in chip sophistication will control many of the new frontiers in consumer electronics. They now support a dozen programs researching different chip making technologies, compared with one such program in the US. A study reveals that Japanese company's R&D budgets have increased 60 percent between 1982 and 1987, compared with a 20 percent increase for their US competitors. Another report indicates that the US is holding its technological position in few areas and is gaining position nowhere.

Analysis, Telecommunications services industry, Telecommunications industry, Telephone companies, Consumer electronics, International aspects, Industrial research, United States economic conditions, Nippon Telephone and Telegraph Corp., Semiconductor production equipment, Semiconductors, Research and Development, Telephone Company, Semiconductor Preparation, X-ray lithography

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For a job well done, Japanese honor the chip

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Japanese businessmen in the semiconductor industry pay tribute the the success of the microprocessor chip and offer sacrifices of worn devices at temples. Religion plays an integrating role in some Japanese corporations, and it is not unusual to find priests purifying computers before a company installs the software. Workers also build shrines on top of computers and in other ares of a corporation. Japanese engineers are planning to supplement their annual ceremonies of sacrificing electronic and semiconductor devices by building a monument to loyal and departed parts.

Social aspects, Microprocessor, CPUs (Central processing units), Microprocessors, Quality control, Religion, Religious aspects, Social conditions, Social Issue

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