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To: Proud_Infidel who wrote (6491)	8/5/1998 5:30:00 PM
From: goldsnow	Respond to of 10921

Hitachi To Center 256M DRAM Output In Singapore 10:29 a.m. Aug 05, 1998 Eastern TOKYO (Reuters) - Hitachi said today it plans to switch the bulk of its next-generation computer memory chip production to its Singapore plant. The Singapore plant will handle production of 256-megabit dynamic random access memory chips (DRAMs) while Hitachi's memory chip plant near Tokyo will conduct testing, a Hitachi spokesman said. The Japanese plant, in the company's central production site in Hitachi Naka City, Ibaraki prefecture, will continue to produce logic chips, the spokesman said. Hitachi earlier planned to mass-produce 256-megabit DRAMs at both plants. The consolidation of its DRAM output is in line with Hitachi's strategy of phasing out loss-making domestic DRAM production. President Tsutomu Kanai earlier said domestic DRAM production would no longer yield profits for Hitachi amid intensified competition. Next-generation 256-M DRAMs, the main memory of personal computers (PC), are expected to be widely used by makers of PCs and precision equipment from around 2000. The Singapore plant is a joint venture with Nippon Steel, among others. Copyright 1998 Reuters Limited