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From: swilson@pprg.unm.edu (Scott Wilson [CHTM])
Newsgroups: comp.arch
Subject: Re: TI announcement
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Date: 20 Jan 89 17:22:29 GMT
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In article <gXph=Py00VA-MAoUUZ@andrew.cmu.edu> js9b+@andrew.cmu.edu (Jon C. Slenk) writes:
>In a world of Japenese development and marketing, it is heart-warming to see TI
>come out with something like this first. I only hope that they can capitalize on
>it as much as possible, and make themselves richer than anything else around.
>This would, eventually, help the US.
>
>Lets keep it up and kick some economic butt, so to speak.
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>Sincerely,
>Jon Slenk / js9b CMU.
>
>P.S: I just hope TI really _is_ an American company. Is it?

Quoted from the Wall Street Journal, Friady Dec 2, 1988, titled "Hitachi,
    Texas Instruments Agree To Jointly Develop Memory Chip"

    TOKYO - Two of the worlds biggest semiconductor companies - Japans HITACHI
    and TEXAS INSTRUMENTS have agreed to join forces to develop technology for
    making the next generation of memory chips.

    The companies, which until now have been strictly competitors in the
    semiconductor market, will exchange expertise they have seperately
    accumulated on chip production.  NEW TECHNOLOGY THEY DEVELOP TOGETHER
    WILL BELONG TO BOTH COMPANIES. But the companies will apply thier findings
    separately to create marketable products.
    .
    .
    .
    A similar agreement already exists between TOSHIBA and MOTOROLA.
    .
    .
    .
    Under the agreement, the two companies will share the technologies
    they used to develop four megabit chips as well as other "know-how"
    relevant for creating 16 magabit chips.
    .
    .
    .
    ...information that is gained by each company's separate, ongoing research
    during the three years will be exchanged, if it is relevant to the 16
    megabit chip project.  IRONICALLY, THIS COULD MEAN HITACHI GAINS FROM
    TEXAS INSTRUMENTS' PARTICIPATION IN *****SEMATECH****, a Pentagon
    funded consortium for semiconductor research. THe cooperative
    venture was undertaken by AMerican companies to regain the edge in
    semiconductors over Japan.

    Mr. Ishikawa of Texas Instruments said this won't be a problem. Added
    Kazuo Kimbara, a Hitachi board director in charge of electronic devices:
    "The project is based on great trust. That is the spirit."


END OF ARTICLE. EMPHASIS ADDED. SOME PARTS LEFT OUT.

Cute, aye?  These folks appear to have sold us out!  As for what technology
is "relevant" to 16 megabit DRAMS? IT'S ***ALL*** RELEVANT.

Draw your own conclusion, and THEN write letters to Congress about why
your tax dollars are funding the research through certain America Companies
to provide Japan with the tools to swat our fannies with in the coming years!

Scott Wilson
Research Assistant
University of New Mexico
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering

swilson@hi.unm.edu