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To: Don Green who wrote (37715)3/1/2000 1:08:00 PM
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Chipmakers To Boost Output By Outsourcing More In Taiwan
Thursday, March 2, 2000
TOKYO (Nikkei)--Japan's major semiconductor manufacturers are greatly increasing the number of chips that are produced on consignment by Taiwanese firms.

Demand for chips used in mobile phones and digital home electronics devices is outpacing the projections of Japanese chipmakers, which are now turning to foundries in Taiwan to help meet the shortfall, analysts say.

After several years of excess global production capacity, semiconductor supply began to tighten about a year ago. Chipmakers responded by stepping up production, but shortages continue.

Mitsubishi Electric Corp. (6503) plans to triple output of SRAM (static random-access memory) chips by the end of the year, consigning production of 6-7 million SRAM chips a month to Taiwan's Macronix International Co. Mitsubishi Electric currently produces a total of roughly 3 million SRAM chips a month in Germany and other locations.

Toshiba Corp. (6502) will have Taiwan's Winbond Electronics Corp. boost monthly consignment production of DRAM chips by 2 million units to 5 million units beginning in the fall, while Toshiba itself is planning to step up production of higher-value-added flash memory chips.

Fujitsu Ltd. (6702) will soon ask Taiwan Semiconductor Mfg. Co., the largest chipmaker in Taiwan, to raise production of chips used in DVD players.

NEC Corp. (6701), for its part, is currently negotiating with a large Taiwanese company to make SRAM chips for mobile phones.
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