Word: semiconductor
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Throughout the current global slump, Yun has continued to invest in new processes and research. The company refined its semiconductor and liquid-crystal-display operations so effectively that traditional competition from Tokyo was upended. "Samsung is more cost effective, and its manufacturing technology is better than at companies like Sharp and Hitachi," says Shiro Mikoshiba, a Nomura Securities analyst in Tokyo. "The Japanese stopped competing two years...
...number of computer chips in popular gadgets like digital cameras, cell phones, DVD players and those portable devices used to play downloaded music. Why bother? You don't need the recipe to enjoy the soup. But anyone struggling to understand what has been a remarkable turn in orders for semiconductors and the high-tech equipment needed to make them should take note: products such as cars and medical devices--from pacemakers to hearing aids--are taking up a lot of the slack left after the telecom bust. APPLIED DIGITAL SOLUTIONS' new VeriChip, for example, is injected under your skin...
...Throughout the current global slump, Yun has continued to invest in new processes and research. The company refined its semiconductor and liquid-crystal-display operations so effectively that traditional competition from Tokyo was upended. "Samsung is more cost effective, and its manufacturing technology is better than at companies like Sharp and Hitachi," says Shiro Mikoshiba, a Nomura Securities analyst in Tokyo. "The Japanese stopped competing two years...
...Unfortunately, diversification campaigns by PC manufacturers often go awry. Taiwan's Acer, for example, was once a well-known computer brand, but the company has faded from prominence and struggled to make a profit despite forays into fields such as semiconductor manufacturing. By entering unfamiliar territory, Legend risks losing focus where it truly matters-PC and server sales contribute 93% of Legend's revenues. At least one industry analyst says the company's strategy has become so diffuse he no longer understands...
...would make the outlook for Korea that much brighter. Korea's big electronics exporters will benefit when Americans start buying more cell phones, stereos and fridges, particularly Samsung Electronics whose nifty DVD players are already a must-have item for U.S. consumers. As the world's biggest semiconductor maker, the company would also get a boost from a pickup in the U.S. high-tech sector. Other beneficiaries: the myriad suppliers to Korea's shipbuilders, carmakers and other chaebol exporters. Korea's dependence on the U.S. market has lessened, but it is still a big part of the picture...