TECHNOLOGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
From Times Staff and Wire Reports
Intel, Japanese Firm to End Pact: Intel Corp. and Nippon Steel Semiconductor Corp. said they will end their flash memory chip manufacturing agreement in 1995. Nippon Steel Semiconductor has been manufacturing flash chips for Intel since 1991. The termination of the agreement between the two companies comes as Intel looks to build flash chips based on more advanced technologies. Flash chips, used primarily in portable devices, retain data even after their power is shut off. Nippon will continue to manufacture Intel flash products in decreasing volume over the next year while converting capacity to produce dynamic random access memory chips, the companies said.
