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To: Amadeo Mendez-Vigo who wrote (8329)	9/1/2000 4:02:14 PM
From: DJBEINO	Respond to of 9582

alsc closed @25 1/8 -1 3/16 (4.51%) vol 390.5k down 11/16 for the week

To: Amadeo Mendez-Vigo who wrote (8329)	9/3/2000 4:32:28 PM
From: DJBEINO	Respond to of 9582

U.S. scraps dumping charge against Taiwan-made SRAM Taipei, Aug. 31, 2000 (CENS)--The U.S. Court of International Trade (CIT) on Aug. 30 affirmed the judgement made by the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) that Taiwanese manufacturers did not dump their SRAM (static random access memory) in the U.S. market. According to the Taiwan Semiconductor Industry Association (TSIA), the American semiconductor manufacturer Micron Tech accused many Taiwanese manufacturers of dumping SRAM in the U.S. two years ago. The ITC, based on its investigation, made an initial judgement to support Micron Tech's dumping charge. The TSIA, on behalf of the accused Taiwanese SRAM makers, appealed to the ITC twice. The ITC maintained its initial judgement in response to the first appeal, but reversed the judgement in reply to the second in June this year, making its final decision that Taiwan-made SRAM had not hurt the American industry. The ITC then referred its final judgement to the CIT for final arbitration at the end of June. Both Micron Tech and the TSIA submitted documented explanations in July, with the former asking for a public hearing on the ITC's final judgement. Since Micron Tech could not provide relevant evidence at the public hearing on Aug. 22, the CIT upheld the ITC's final judgement on Aug. 30. Although Micron Tech has the last recourse by appealing to the Circular Appellate Federal Court (CAFC) in 60 days following the CIT's sentence, the TSIA thinks such a action will be in vain and would not affect the CIT's final decision. Because of the CIT's final decision, the accused Taiwanese SRAM makers can take back the temporary antidumping tax that has been paid since the ITC's initial judgement.

To: Amadeo Mendez-Vigo who wrote (8329)	9/6/2000 2:14:58 AM
From: DJBEINO	Respond to of 9582

Samsung Sees Chip Shortages Lasting to 2002, Will Expand Chip Production By Ian King Seoul, Sept. 6 (Bloomberg) -- Samsung Electronics Co., the world's No. 4 chipmaker, said shortages in the $30-billion-a-year memory chip market are likely to last for another two years. The company's semiconductor division chief said growing demand for various electronic goods using dynamic random access memory, or DRAMs, will more than offset slack U.S. computer sales, one reason investors have dumped memory-chip stocks. ``The mercurial growth of the Internet market and digital media products will lead to a shortage of DRAMs until the year 2002,'' Lee Yoon Woo, the president and CEO of Samsung's semiconductor division, at press conference. Samsung's forecast comes after its shares dropped 33 percent from a July 13 high of 394,000 won, including a 18 percent fall in the last two weeks on investors' concern a quicker-than- expected rise in chip prices earlier this year would lead manufacturers to boost production and cause oversupply. ``The market sentiment on the stock is based on wrong information or not understanding the right information,'' said Keon Han, an analyst at Bear Sterns in Hong Kong. The company forecasts its chip-related sales for this year will reach $13 billion. Samsung will invest a total of 5.7 trillion won ($5.2 billion) in the business. Separately it will invest $3.5 billion in new facilities between the end of this year and 2003. Production To meet expected memory chip shortages, Samsung will begin production at its 10th plant south of Seoul and begin production from its 11th later this month. Line 11, using 300 mm silicon wafer equipment, is slated to begin production in the second half of 2001. Nearly all chipmakers today use 8-inch wafers. Samsung expects its move to larger wafer sizes to boost chip production per silicon wafer -- and productivity. The company will build a system chip factory with 8-inch silicon wafer lines for custom-designed computer chips. Samsung forecasts sales for the whole of its semiconductor business to reach $30 billion by 2005 and predicts that sales from its custom chip division will reach $5 billion in that period. Samsung Electronics shares rose 1.8 percent to 262,500 won in early trading today after two days of decline. Samsung had about 20.7 percent of the world's memory chip market as of the end of last year. ©2000 Bloomberg L.P. All rights reserved. Terms of Service, Privacy Policy