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To: ComSolut who wrote (31634)	4/2/1998 8:23:00 AM
From: Skeeter Bug	Respond to of 53903

>>Winbond officials said their sophisticated technology in producing eight-inch wafer products has reduced SRAM production cost, and it is unfair for the United States to impose punitive tariffs because of superior technology by foreign firms. ''We will cooperate with other chip manufacturers to seek legal aid at the U.S. judicial system to override the decision,'' an executive of Winbond said. Analysts estimate United Microelectronics and Winbond rely on the U.S. market for less than three percent and one percent of their respective SRAM sales. Taiwan makers produce most of their SRAMs -- costly, high-powered chips that are part of a computer's data storage systems -- not for direct sale but for attachment to computer motherboards, which are then sold as complete units. SRAMs on motherboards are unaffected by the U.S. complaint. << lots of smoke but no fire. 3% of sales?