101.   Fujitsu already makes memory chips, disk drives, PC cards and other PC components in U.S. plants.

102.   Furthermore, Samsung is planning factories to build memory chips although the company is yet to decide on the timing and location.

103.   Hardest hit in Japan was Advantest, which produces the equipment that semiconductor makers use to test memory chips.

104.   He also said Vanguard International Semiconductor Corp., a TSMC affiliate founded last year that specializes in manufacturing computer memory chips, will be profitable this year.

105.   He decided to focus on producing high-performance, high-volume memory chips.

106.   He said IBM told analysts today that it continued to see a negative impact from exchange rates and prices for computer memory chips.

107.   He said Micron is boosting its production of chips and that prices for memory chips are stabilizing.

108.   He said that unit demand for memory chips is rising, which should largely offset the decline in prices.

109.   He said the Pentium II already includes a memory chip that had to be supplied separately to computers.

110.   High said the delay is because of slack demand for flash memory chips, which Intel disclosed in its third-quarter earnings announcement earlier this week.