IIT's turnaround hinges on doing a few things well

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New Integrated Information Technology Inc (IIT) CEO Joseph Parkinson is attempting to turn his company around by restricting the company's product focus to video conferencing chips and Motion Picture Experts Group (MPEG) video devices for consumer and business markets. Parkinson says that the very hot MPEG market in Asia and the new generation of CD-ROM video games are producing a high, fast-growing demand for suitable chips. He also expects the videoconferencing market to take off in 1996, propelled in part by growing bandwidth availability and the adoption of standards. IIT, a private company founded in 1988, is pursuing strategic alliances to improving the capabilities of its videoconferencing technologies. It is also pursuing strategies to ensure sufficient wafer supplies and manufacturing capabilities so that the company can expand production in response to market growth.

Management, Product information, Company product planning, Integrated Information Technology Inc.

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Texas Instruments hopes for a happier new year

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Richard Templeton, Texas Instruments (TI) Semiconductor Group president, explains his and CEO Tom Engibous' strategy for growth. TI will focus on its digital signal processor (DSP) business which accounted for 40% of revenue in 3rd qtr 1996. DSPs, he says, is where the market is going, with applications in such areas as the Web, hard disk drives, DVD, networking and wireless communications. TI suffered a financial downturn in 1996 with the slowing down of the DRAM market and, Templeton says, while withdrawing from the DRAM arena is not an option, the company will reduce its dependence on commodities as a percent of its portfolio. Specifically, TI is increasing its spending on non-DRAM products, such as ASICs, while continuing to invest in DRAM R&D. TI's new 0.18 micron technology will be sampling in the second half of 1997.

Preview of coming year, Technological forecasting, Interview, Texas Instruments Inc., TXN, Digital signal processors, Digital signal processor, Signal processing

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India: Asia's new chip hub

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India is emerging as Asia's newest burgeoning semiconductor development marketplace, as foreign investors and chip makers capitalize on the region's wealth of engineering talent and low-cost of operation. Infrastructural constraints such as daily power outages and a lack of modern buildings has not deterred the increasing technological interest in India. Indian nationals that studied abroad are returning to their country in greater numbers than ever before, bringing with them a sophisticated understanding of the semiconductor industry. US chip manufacturers praise the quality of technological engineering throughout India, and companies from other sectors of the high-tech industry, such as electronic design automation software , are opening new facilities across the country.

Forecasts and trends, Industry trend, India, Market trend/market analysis, Foreign Investment

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