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 |