Shortage of critical parts crimp makers of notebook computers

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Shortages of Intel Corp's 80386SX microprocessors, disk drives and high-resolution flat-panel screens have caused backlogs for delivery of the popular notebook computers. Industry analysts estimate that the backlog numbers as high as 10,000 for notebook computers. The chip made by Intel was in short supply when many companies introduced the powerful portable computers. Two-and-a-half-inch hard disks are also in short supply as are the high-resolution screens that come from Japanese companies such as Sharp Corp and Epson Corp. The short supply is hurting companies already suffering from a sluggish microcomputer market.

Production management, Intel Corp., INTC, Disk drives, Laptop computers, Parts Supply, Notebook Computer

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U.S. computer makers suddenly face two-month shortage of memory chips

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Computer manufacturers are finding memory chips in short supply, and analysts report that the shortage could last until May 1990. In Jan 1990, Japanese memory chip manufacturers announced that they would shore up declining chip prices by cutting production by approximately one-fifth. Chips were in abundant supply, but now companies will pay higher prices for dynamic random access memory (DRAMs). DRAM wholesale prices for 1Mbyte products have risen approximately 15 percent in two weeks during Mar 1990. Japanese chip manufacturers are not revealing whether they will increase production now that prices have stabilized.

Computer industry, Semiconductor chips, Integrated circuits, Equipment and supplies, Price Increases

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Japan's biggest memory-chip makers are cutting output in bid to ease glut

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Japan's makers of dynamic random access memory (DRAM) chips will reduce production, aiming to reduce supplies and increase prices. Japanese producers say they plan to reduce production of one-megabit DRAMs in the 1st qtr of 1990 by 10 percent to 17 percent. Previously, Japanese companies have avoided production cuts during periods of slack demand, a strategy that won them control of about 70 percent of the market worldwide. Now, with control of the market achieved, Japanese manufacturers appear willing to break a cycle of falling prices by cutting production.

Japan, International aspects, Memory, Market share, DRAM (Dynamic random access memory), Dynamic Cell

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