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From: andrew@dtg.nsc.com (Lord Snooty @ The Giant Poisoned Electric Head       )
Newsgroups: comp.arch
Subject: Re: New Moto FP chip
Summary: curtains for the us now?
Keywords: TRW CPUAX SuperChip
Message-ID: <143@daedalus.nsc.com>
Date: 10 Jan 90 00:50:41 GMT
References: <579@sagpd1.UUCP> <2413@motaus.UUCP> <25aa6e06.6de@polyslo.CalPoly.EDU>
Organization: National Semiconductor, Santa Clara
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<25aa6e06.6de@polyslo.CalPoly.EDU>, news@polyslo.CalPoly.EDU (News Guru) writes:
> Umm, given the recent complaints that the Japanese are taking over
> the semiconductor processing equipment market ... I'm wondering
> if the US very-high-speed IC program for the DOD is being built
> on Japanese technology?   Do I have the right Nikon?

I can't answer this question directly, but recent news shows Perkins-Elmer
selling off or some-such.  Bottom line I read is that there are no more
US companies in this market - the Japanese hold 100%. I don't recall my
source (sorry - magazine plethora) but do recall this in the context of
a Taiwanese chip vendor complaining that if Japan decided to deny him
trade, he'd have nowhere else in the world to go, and was lamenting the
lack of US manufacturers of this equipment. This was in the last week or two.
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