Sony to share data at U.S. plant

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Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) agrees with Sony Corp, arranging to sell the Japanese firm its semiconductor manufacturing facility in San Antonio, TX. The deal specifies that AMD will receive advanced technology in return. Sony will pay $55 million for the plant and will make static random access memory (SRAM) chips there, as well as helping AMD improve its CMOS chip technology. The agreement is one of the first - no doubt, not the last - examples of a technology transfer from Japan to the US. The agreement is part of a growing number of alliances between Japanese and American semiconductor firms. Such alliances are encouraged by the Japanese government to help ease trade tensions, and alliances have been welcomed by American companies who want to stay in touch with leading edge technologies.

Contracts, Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Sony Corp., Advanced Micro Devices Inc., AMD, Integrated Circuits, CMOS, Semiconductor Preparation, SRAM, SRAM (Static random access memory), Sanders, W.J., III

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Matsushita set to acquire advanced chip plant in U.S

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Matsushita Electric Industrial Company Ltd receives a letter of intent from the National Semiconductor Corp to sell an advanced semiconductor chip manufacturing plant. Matsushita will pay National Semiconductor $86 million for the plant, which will be Matsushita's first semiconductor plant in the US. Some US government officials express concern over selling American technology to the Japanese, but officials at National Semiconductor maintain that no technology, processes or products are being transferred to the Japanese company, only the land, the plant and some manufacturing equipment. National Semiconductor believes that no national security objections will be raised.

Semiconductor chips, Mergers, acquisitions and divestments, Microprocessor, CPUs (Central processing units), National Semiconductor Corp., NSM, Matsushita Electric Industrial Company Ltd., Divestiture, Divestment, column, Acquisition

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Chip trade talks fail to set measure for market share

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United States and Japanese negotiators fail to agree on an important part of a new semiconductor trade agreement. The nations fail to agree on a way to measure non-Japanese companies' market share in Japan. The US had hoped for a clear definition on this point to avoid future disagreements, but negotiators now say that each nation will use its own standard of measure, and the two standards differ somewhat. Nevertheless, industry officials say that the new agreement is an improvement over the previous one, which was established in 1986.

Negotiations, Market share, Negotiation

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