Texas Instruments seeking big fees from Japan firms

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Texas Instruments Inc (TI) wants to raise the royalties it requires from the Japanese semiconductor industry for the right to use TI's patented DRAM technology. Industry reports indicate that TI wants 10 percent of the wholesale value of any product that incorporates the DRAM chip, compared to the usual 1 percent to 3 percent. These demands would equal payments of about $1.5 billion from the industry annually. Representatives of Toshiba Corp do not confirm the specifics but do indicate that negotiations are under way with TI regarding licensing payments. Mitsubishi Electric Corp and Fujitsu Ltd are also talking with TI but do not report higher royalty requests. Other issues in the negotiations involve the royalties for the recently received 'Kilby patent' for all integrated circuits and any leverage Toshiba and others can gain from the technology they own and TI licenses.

Semiconductors and related devices, Semiconductor industry, Japan, Licensing agreements, Intellectual property, Texas Instruments Inc., TXN, Random access memory, RAM (Random access memory), DRAM (Dynamic random access memory), DRAM, Licensing, Patent

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Workstation options expanding

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The Sun Sparcstation SLC workstation will cost under $5,000, run 12.5 million operations per second and is expected to be unveiled by Sun Microsystems Inc on May 15, 1990. The new workstation, which has a 17-inch monochrome monitor with no disk drive and no ability to expand with add-on cards, is an indication of a growing workstation market where companies like Toshiba Corp and Sony Corp are seeking market share. Toshiba is expected to begin selling the Toshiba Sparc LT workstation that will weigh 17.7 pounds, process at 13.2 million instructions per second and cost about $12,600. The company is touting the machine as the world's first portable workstation. Workstations are expected to become smaller, faster and cheaper as competition increases.

Electronic computers, Computer industry, Toshiba Corp., Product information, Product introduction, Market share, Sun Microsystems Inc., SUNW, Sony Corp., Workstations (Computers), Workstations, product announcement, Trends, Sun Microsystems SPARCstation (SPARC-based system), Toshiba SPARC LT (Portable computer)

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