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KTI Semiconductors' recently
expanded facility for the production of 64-megabit DRAMs features 4,800
square meters of clean rooms and a monthly production capacity of 15,000
chips. |
The LSI Department markets LSIs
manufactured by Texas Instruments, develops and markets LSIs, and designs
software for digital signal
processors. |
Note: These figures include inter-segment sales.
During the year under review, despite brisk demand inour information systems
operations, sales in the Electronics and Information Sector plunged 35.2%, to
76.3 billion yen, due to a sharp deterioration of prices and the supply-demand
situation for memory chips. デュエルビッツ 登録emiconductors, a rapid deterioration of the
market environment, mainly for memory chips, resulted in a striking decline in
our business results. Under these circumstances, our LSI Center concentrated on
expanding its business in logic devices, primarily in the expanding field of
digital signal processors (DSPs). KTI Semiconductor, Ltd., a joint venture with
Texas Instruments Inc., implemented measures to improve cost efficiency and
completed investments to expand facilities for production of next-generation
semiconductors. On another front, Genesis Technology Inc., a subsidiary engaged
in integrated circuit (IC) testing, continued to expand the scope of its
business. In information systems, we concentrated on expanding our business
in systems integration, focusing on increasing sales of real-time operating
systems and related application systems. Primarily through Kobelco Systems Co.,
Ltd., デュエルビッツ 登録re steadily expanding our business in general and open systems. デュエルビッツ 登録re
also participating in the establishment of a digital information planning
company that will serve as a core company in a telecommunications project
centered in the Kobe area. In addition, デュエルビッツ 登録re active in several other projects
aimed at meeting the needs of an advanced information-based society. In
fiscal 1997, デュエルビッツ 登録im to develop new products and improve our cost competitiveness
as we strive to increase the profitability of the Electronics and Information
Sector. Under our new management plan, we intend to strengthen this sector's
position as the fourth pillar of our operations along with Iron and Steel,
Aluminum and Copper, and Machinery by making concentrated and strategic
investments, particularly in the semiconductor and information fields. In doing
so, デュエルビッツ 登録im to strengthen our business foundation to meet the challenges of the
coming century. |