Motorola wins chips accord

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Motorola Inc. has been awarded a $1.9 billion project to manufacture silicon chips for the Chinese government. The chips will be used in government cellular telephones.

China, New orders received, Motorola Inc., MOT

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Samsung Electronics signs 5-year deals to supply chips to computer makers

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Samsung Electronics Company Ltd. has signed several contracts, reportedly worth billions of dollars, to supply several leading computer manufacturers with semiconductors for a period of five years. IBM, Sun Microsystems Inc. and Dell Computer Corp. are just some of the companies that signed contracts with Samsung.

South Korea, Samsung Electronics Company Ltd.

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Quake hits the PC industry

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Production delays ensued among Taiwanese computer chip manufacturers during the first week of Oct 1999, following an intense earthquake which rendered key areas in the country powerless. Reports revealed that the power outage forced major companies to suspend production, thereby causing the prices of microprocessors to rise considerably. Industry analysts believe that such conditions may create an adverse impact on adjacent business, particularly on the information technology sector.

Taiwan, Electronic Computer Manufacturing, Analog & Hybrid Computers, Production data, Random Access Memories, Economic aspects, Semiconductor chips, Integrated circuits, Microcomputers, Prices and rates, Earthquakes, Natural disasters, RAM (Random access memory), Materials, Dynamic random access memory, DRAM (Dynamic random access memory)

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