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To: Dan Spillane who wrote (52099)	11/10/2000 7:31:34 AM
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Microchip Makers Seek to Cut Dependency on DRAM Devices November 10, 2000 (SEOUL) -- With international DRAM prices falling below the US$4 level, Korean makers of semiconductors are moving to expand their non-memory chip businesses to cut their dependency on DRAM products. Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. said it will expand its SRAM, flash memory, system chip and other non-memory semiconductor business units. The company said it will set up a non-memory chip production line at its Onyang plant by 2002. Samsung expects sales of non-memory chips to reach 2 trillion won this year, and plans to increase such sales to 5 trillion won by 2005. Also, Hyundai Electronics Industries Co., Ltd. said it will convert its Chongju plant (which it had planned to use as a memory-chip production center) to a foundry line. It's slated to produce 90,000 units of wafers by the end of this year and an annual 140,000 units by the end of 2001. Anam Semiconductor Co. and the Dongbu Group have been taking steps to expand their foundry units, with Anam moving to increase its production capacity from the current 30,000 units to 45,000 a month by 2003. The Dongbu Group, which recently entered the semiconductor market, said it will begin output at its foundry plants next year at a level of 45,000 units a month by 2002. Meanwhile, the prices of DRAMs recovered from a sharp fall and stabilized on Wednesday, according to industry watchers. The prices of the benchmark 8x8 PC-100 type 64-megabit SDRAM stood at US$3.85-$4.08 during the day, with the prices of 8x8 PC-133 SDRAMs standing at US$3.90-$4.13 per unit. The prices of 16x8 PC-133 type 128-megabit SDRAMs remained relatively stable at US$10.36-$10.92, and the prices of 16x8 PC-100 128Mb SDRAMs stood at US$10.00-$10.66 per unit. nikkeibp.asiabiztech.com