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PAPERBACK list:$19.00 Web:$17.10 add to cart PDF BOOK your price: $15.00 add to cart Rights & Permissions Free Resources PDF EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Display this book on your site! Related Titles Securing the Future: Regional and National Programs to Support the Semiconductor Industry Productivity and Cyclicality in Semiconductors: Trends, Implications, and Questions -- Report of a Symposium Other Related Titles U.S.-Japan Strategic Alliances in the Semiconductor Industry: Technology Transfer, Competition, and Public Policy (1992) Office of International Affairs (OIA) Web Search Builder Use this book's key terms to search within this book, across our collection, or across the Web. Skim This Chapter Skim this chapter and use this chapter's key terms to search within this book. Reference Finder Paste in your own text to find books that relate to your topic. Page 113   E-mail  Facebook  Digg  Stumble  Twitter More The following HTML text is provided to enhance online readability. Many aspects of typography translate only awkwardly to HTML. Please use the page image as the authoritative form to ensure accuracy. Appendix B Examples of Japanese Acquisitions and Investments in U.S. Semiconductor Companies Japanese Investor U.S. Company Year Product/Technology Equity (% or $millions) 1. ASCII Nexgen Microsystems 1990 microprocessors $5/100% 2. ASCII Tera Micro Systems 1990 peripheral chips $2 3. ASCII Crosspoint Solutions   gate arrays 50% 4. Fujitsu Hal Computer 1991 microprocessors $40.2/44% 5. Fujitsu Microelectronics VIA Technologies 1989 IC chips 23.5% 6. Hitachi Kasei Kollmorgen R&D Ctr.   circuit boards 100% 7. Hitachi, Ltd. Ceraclad   ceramic packages 100% 8. Ishihara Sangyo Kaisha Mountain View Research 1990 circuit boards $6/100% 9. Koito North American Lighting     $16 10. Kubota C-Cube Microsystems   graphics VLSI 36.1% 11. Kubota MIPS   RISC 17.8% 12. Matsushita National Semiconductor 1990 manufacturing plant $86/Division 13. Mitsubishi Corp. VIA Technologies 1990 MPUs $1 14. Mitsubishi Corp. Tera Microsystems 1991 RISC chips $.8/6.7% 15. Mitsubishi Electric Powerex   discrete devices 33% 16. Mitsui Comtek Integrated CMO Systems ASICs     17. Mitsui Petrochemical Kodak (Pathtek) 1990 3-D devices $4/Division 18. Nikko Capital Co. DSP Group 1991 digital chips $7 19. Nikon Metals Anacomp 1989 thin film disc Division 20. Nippon Steel Simtek   semiconductors $2 21. NKK Paradigm Technology 1991 SRAMs $5 Page 113 Front Matter (R1-R8) 1 Introduction (1-3) 2 Background: Technology Transfer and Latecomer Catch-Up (4-8) 3 Strategic Alliances and Technology Transfer (9-14) 4 Forces Driving the Formation of Strategic Alliances (15-30) 5 A Typology of Alliances (31-50) 6 Issues for U.S. Policy: Japanese Investments and U.S. Competitiveness (51-53) 7 Issues for U.S. Policy: National Security (54-58) 8 Issues for U.S. Policy: Global Technological Stratification and U.S. Technological Capabilities (59-66) 9 Possible Scenarios for U.S.-Japan Alliances and Their Implications for the United States (67-73) 10 Conclusions (74-90) Appendix A: Case Studies of U.S.-Japan Technology Linkages in Semiconductors (91-112) Appendix B: Examples of Japanese Acquisitions and Investments in U.S. Semiconductor Companies (113-114) Appendix C: Examples of Japanese Acquisitions and Investments in U.S. Semiconductor Equipment and Materials Companies (115-116) Appendix D: Workshop on U.S.-Japan Technology Linkages in Semiconductors: Agenda and Participants (117-118)

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U.S.-Japan Strategic Alliances in the Semiconductor Industry: Technology Transfer, Competition, and Public Policy Appendix B Examples of Japanese Acquisitions and Investments in U.S. Semiconductor Companies Japanese Investor U.S. Company Year Product/Technology Equity (% or $millions) 1. ASCII Nexgen Microsystems 1990 microprocessors $5/100% 2. ASCII Tera Micro Systems 1990 peripheral chips $2 3. ASCII Crosspoint Solutions   gate arrays 50% 4. Fujitsu Hal Computer 1991 microprocessors $40.2/44% 5. Fujitsu Microelectronics VIA Technologies 1989 IC chips 23.5% 6. Hitachi Kasei Kollmorgen R&D Ctr.   circuit boards 100% 7. Hitachi, Ltd. Ceraclad   ceramic packages 100% 8. Ishihara Sangyo Kaisha Mountain View Research 1990 circuit boards $6/100% 9. Koito North American Lighting     $16 10. Kubota C-Cube Microsystems   graphics VLSI 36.1% 11. Kubota MIPS   RISC 17.8% 12. Matsushita National Semiconductor 1990 manufacturing plant $86/Division 13. Mitsubishi Corp. VIA Technologies 1990 MPUs $1 14. Mitsubishi Corp. Tera Microsystems 1991 RISC chips $.8/6.7% 15. Mitsubishi Electric Powerex   discrete devices 33% 16. Mitsui Comtek Integrated CMO Systems ASICs     17. Mitsui Petrochemical Kodak (Pathtek) 1990 3-D devices $4/Division 18. Nikko Capital Co. DSP Group 1991 digital chips $7 19. Nikon Metals Anacomp 1989 thin film disc Division 20. Nippon Steel Simtek   semiconductors $2 21. NKK Paradigm Technology 1991 SRAMs $5

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U.S.-Japan Strategic Alliances in the Semiconductor Industry: Technology Transfer, Competition, and Public Policy Japanese Investor U.S. Company Year Product/Technology Equity (% or $millions) 22. Oki Electric Vitelic   ICs   23. Olin Asahi Aegis   IC packages 100% 24. Ono Sokki KLASIC 1991 circuit boards $4.3/Division 25. Otari Electric King Instrument 1990 tape loaders 100% 26. Ozaki Elec. Planade Energy Systems   power meters 100% 27. Ricoh Panatech Research   semiconductors Division 28. Rohm Xetel 1990   $3.2 29. Sanken Sprague Technology 1990 semiconductors $58/Division 30. Shin-Etsu Chemical Brooktree   graphic chips $2 31. Shin-Etsu Semiconductor Cree Research   blue LEDs $2 32. Sony Advanced Micro Devices 1990 manufacturing plant $55/Division 33. Sumitomo Metals Mosaic Systems 1990 multi-chip modules $2 34. Sumitomo Metals nCHIP 1991 multi-chip modules   35. TDK Silicon Systems 1989 ICs $200 36. Toko Signal Processing Technology   digital image chips 100% 37. Tokuyama Soda Allegro Microsystems 1990 semiconductors $58/Division 38. Tokuyama Soda General Ceramics   ceramic package $59 39. Toppan Printing Texas Instruments 1990 photomasks $19/Division 40. Toppan Printing Prostar 1990 circuit boards 100% 41. Toshiba Integrated CMO Systems   ASICs   42. Toshiba Synergy Semiconductor 1991 SRAMs   43. Toshiba Vertex Semiconductor 1991 ASICs $20 44. Uemura Automated Semiconductor 1989 IC plating $.4 45. Yamaha Sequential Circuits   ICs   NOTE: List does not include the significant "green field" investments in the United States by the major Japanese semiconductor companies. SOURCE: Compiled by OJA Staff from data provided by the Economic Strategy Institute and the American Electronics Association Japan Office.

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