Atari Plans to Swap Its Computers to Soviets for Chips
From United Press International
SUNNYVALE, Calif. —
Atari Corp. is seeking a first-of-a-kind deal to trade personal computers to the Soviet Union for memory chips.
“This thing came out of nowhere, and it’s moving very fast,” Gregory Pratt, chief financial officer for Sunnyvale-based Atari, said.
The proposal is for Atari to swap its computers for 256K DRAMs, a basic component of many Atari products, from a Soviet-owned semiconductor plant in Zelenograd, a center for much of the country’s high-tech research.
The Soviets are seeking to trade their DRAMs through Global Development Corp., a Seattle trade consulting firm that has arranged for a series of meetings in Santa Clara, Calif., next month between Soviet officials and U.S. high-tech companies.
