Motorola in Toshiba chip pact; parts will be made at factory in Japan

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Motorola Inc and Toshiba Corp agree on creating a new generation of computer chips in a Japanese factory. The two semiconductor concerns work in a joint venture to develop four-megabit dynamic random access memory (DRAM) chips, which will become vital components to future, advanced consumer electronics products. The new technology-sharing agreement between the two companies stipulates that the chips be manufactured in Japan and not in Texas, as Motorola reportedly had wished. Motorola indicates that it will instead focus its US factories and plants on producing static random access memory (SRAM) chips, a technology that is used for significantly more expensive applications requiring high-performance.

Toshiba Corp., Microprocessor, CPUs (Central processing units), Microprocessors, Contracts, Motorola Inc., MOT, DRAM (Dynamic random access memory), DRAM

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U.S. export ban hurting makers of new devices to code messages

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The US National Security Agency (NSA) restricts export of coding technology that makes it easy for microcomputers to code and decode materials at a relatively low cost. The NSA does not have a practical way for cracking the codes generated by this technology, which translates a message into a string of numbers and then disguises it by multiplying that number by other numbers. Decoding requires knowing the multiplier. The coding technology can fit onto a microprocessor chip and does the job that in the past required more powerful and expensive computers. The NSA cannot control the technology in the US but is determined to see that it is not exported.

Computer peripheral equipment, not elsewhere classified, Laws, regulations and rules, Economic policy, Military aspects, Technology, Export controls, Information storage and retrieval systems, Codes, United States. National Security Agency, Government Regulation, Coding, Code Breaking

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Perkin unit to remain U.S. owned; I.B.M. helps in deal; earlier interest from Japan led to an outcry

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A group of U.S. companies that includes Silicon Valley Group Inc and IBM have purchased the semiconductor equipment unit of Perkin-Elmer Corp. The sale to U.S. companies is viewed favorably in the US by those who have expressed concern about a Japanese company receiving the technology. The new company is named SVG Lithography Systems Inc. Silicon Valley paid $20 million for a two-thirds interest, Perkin-Elmer will retain less than 20 percent interest, and IBM will eventually make an equity investment of less than 20 percent.

Mergers, acquisitions and divestments, Investments, International Business Machines Corp., IBM, International competition (Economics), Silicon Valley Group Inc., SVGI, Perkin-Elmer Corp., Japanese Competition, SVG Lithography Systems Inc.

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