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To: John Rieman who wrote (33719)	6/9/1998 11:16:00 PM
From: BillyG	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 50808

Asian chip sales up 4.1% in April, offsetting declines in the U.S. and elsewhere.......... Asian chip sales up in April; overall sales down slightly By Will Wade SAN JOSE -- The Asian chip industry is beginning to show signs of recovery after sales in the region grew 4.1 % in April, according to the Semiconductor Industry Association's latest global sales report. The survey, released here today, says that sales in Asia helped to offset declines in the rest of the world, with total consumption dipping 0.5% from March. "With a second consecutive month of increased sales in Asia-Pacific, we're seeing the beginnings of a recovery in that marketplace," said Doug Andrey, SIA's director of information systems and finance. "We are expecting all markets to gain momentum in the third quarter." The Americas showed the steepest decline from the previous month, with a 2% fall in April. Japan dropped 1.8% and Europe fell 1.5%. The total chip market declined slightly to $10.39 billion. As reported in the SIA's annual semiconductor sales forecast (see June 3 story ), the Internet is proving to be a strong technology driver, leading to higher sales of PCs and networking systems. Digital signal processing is also a hot technology, appearing in nearly the entire spectrum of electronic devices. DSP sales were up 33.6% last year and are expected to grow another 23% this year. elsewhere............ More.............. pubs.cmpnet.com

To: John Rieman who wrote (33719)	6/10/1998 1:30:00 PM
From: DiViT	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 50808

CHINA: More investment needed to develop digital TV 06/10/98 BBC Worldwide Monitoring Source: Xinhua news agency, Beijing, in English 1445 gmt 9 Jun 98/BBC Worldwide Monitoring/(c) BBC Excerpts from report by Xinhua news agency Beijing, 9th June: China's electronics and information technology (IT) enterprises should combine their resources to form large-scale high-tech companies to compete in its huge potential market, local experts said. However, an official from the Ministry of Information Industry (MII) said that, at present, major electronics firms in the country are spending limited resources on a large number of duplicated products... An official from the State Administration of Radio, Film and Television (SARFTV) said that, at present, he cannot see any single company in the country that has adequate resources to develop and market such high-tech products as digital TV (DTV). Wang Lian, director of the Research Management Department of SARFTV, said that the Chinese government has spent millions of yuan in sponsoring the development of the country's first DTV model. However, he said that the commercialization of this model will require several times the current investment. He said that the government, research institutions and enterprises have to pool efforts in developing and marketing DTV. Major electronics companies such as Changhong, Panda, West Lake, Konda, Skyworth and TCL have put hundreds of millions of yuan into developing their own DTV. However, sources from the industry said that these companies still lag 15 years behind their international rivals in terms of technology. Some other electronics companies have already joined hands to bridge the gap. Haier, one of the most well-known household electronic appliance firms in the country, has funded a DTV development project of the Academy of Broadcasting Science. On the other hand, the Chinese government has formulated a strategic plan of DTV development. It supports central and provincial TV stations to broadcast digital signals to promote market demands for DTV. China's DTV market is expected to be worth 200 billion yuan in 2010. Wang said the government should adopt flexible policies in financing, taxation and market regulation to encourage the expansion of large-scale IT companies that serves as leaders of IT products in the country. The government [has] given priority to the growth of an integrated receiver decoder (IRD). The signal converter can enable the country's 200 million analogue TV sets to receive digital signals. However, only a few companies in China have the capacity to produce this product at present.