71.   The global chip industry was suffering lower demand across all sectors, from mobile phones to personal computers.

72.   A global frontrunner in the memory chip industry, Samsung Electronics is pushing hard in the non-memory chip sector.

73.   A Japanese electronics industry leader back-pedalled Friday from earlier remarks that he expected a government role in a planned new private-sector arrengement with the US chip industry.

74.   US government prosecutors have launched an anti-trust investigation into the computer memory chip industry, the Justice Department said Wednesday.

75.   The complaint came as the US Justice Department confirmed a wide-ranging probe into the chip industry for possible price-fixing, but the FTC said its complaint was unrelated.

76.   The global chip industry spends billions of dollars a year to control contamination.