Greener pastures: Taiwan's chip makers look for new ground

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Shortages of land, water and electricity in Taiwan have led to several semiconductor companies, including Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co, planning to build plant elsewhere. A second science park is planned in Taiwan to resolve the land problem but its completion is expected by Jan 1997, too late for many expansion plans, while the electricity is unlikely to be available by then. Semiconductor manufacturers provided $3.3 billion of Taiwan's annual sales. The problems may be temporarily solved by companies rethinking expansion plans in light of the expected market glut.

Semiconductor Parts, Semiconductor industry

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Hard drive: Taiwan aims for the semiconductor big leagues

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Taiwanese firms are eager to get into the business of manufacturing dynamic random access memory, or DRAM, chips, both to secure a steady supply and for their profit potential. DRAMS, used mostly in personal computers, are now made mostly in the US, Japan, and South Korea. As a major manufacturer of PCs, Taiwan has suffered from a current shortage of DRAM chips. However, the technology is complex and expensive, requiring injections of help from foreign companies. The new plants will face stiff international competition.

Random Access Memory Circuits, Product development, RAM (Random access memory), Dynamic random access memory, DRAM (Dynamic random access memory)

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Nice of you to notice: Taiwan's United Microelectronics revels in Intel lawsuit

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Taiwan's United Microelectronics (UMC) considers a lawsuit by giant US chipmaker Intel its welcome to the big leagues of the business. Intel claims a chip made by UMC and sold in Asia and Europe - the U5 - violates four patents Intel holds for its 486 computer chip. While Taiwan's chipmakers have only a fraction of Intel's size, they hope to challenge its dominance and perhaps reverse-engineer its Pentium chip, successor to the 486. Suits over electronics patents are increasingly common for the Taiwanese makers.

Semiconductor Devices, Management, United Microelectronics Corp.

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