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To: MulhollandDrive who wrote (5244)6/29/1998 1:49:00 PM
From: MileHigh  Respond to of 93625
 
The below reference could be to RDRAM!?...

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Fujitsu forgoes Netscape
By Reuters
Staff, CNET NEWS.COM
June 29, 1998, 8:40 a.m. PT
update TOKYO--Fujitsu has stopped preinstalling Netscape Communications' Navigator browser in its personal computers.

Separately, the Japanese electronics giant said it is also reexamining its product mix in the memory chip business.

Fujitsu's PCs for the home-use market will now be preinstalled only with Microsoft's Internet Explorer browser, a Fujitsu spokesman said. The move follows Netscape's decision to end customer-service support for Fujitsu PC users.

Separately, Fujitsu will reduce the ratio of "general use" DRAM (dynamic random access memory) chips in its total DRAM operation in terms of value to less than half by the 2000-01 business year.

The company will instead focus on strengthening business in higher-capacity, or "value added" DRAM chips, such as chips used for processing graphics, the spokesman said. The ratio of the general-use DRAMs, found mainly in personal computers, stood at about 80 percent in 1997-98.

Last week, the company said it may consider withdrawing from making DRAM chips, after posting a large loss in the DRAM business in last year.

Story Copyright c 1998 Reuters Limited. All rights reserved.




To: MulhollandDrive who wrote (5244)6/29/1998 6:48:00 PM
From: JMD  Respond to of 93625
 
betty, thanks for the Viking press release link. Your point is well taken as regards finding narrow niches in the non-PC world. I would be very content with broad categories (as long as there's a passle of 'em!). Similar story with LSI Logic where you look for their system on a chip application in Sony Playstations, DVD drives, etc. That is once you do find a VOLUME specific app, it's neat to be able to follow along by proxy. thanks again, mike