Japan Using More Foreign Semiconductors: Foreign-made semiconductors...
From Times Staff and Wire Reports
Japan Using More Foreign Semiconductors: Foreign-made semiconductors took a record 12% share of the Japanese market in the third quarter of this year, a Ministry of International Trade and Industry official said. Third-quarter sales totaled $569 million, up from a previous record of $555 million, or 11.5% of the market, in the second quarter. When the U.S.-Japan microchip pact was signed in 1986, foreign firms had an 8.6% share, the official said.