1.   Companies and government agencies are having to go through their important computer systems chip by chip to figure out which might cause important systems to freeze.

2.   The new company will make system chips, general semiconductors and some devices.

3.   System chips put both memory and logic functions onto a single silicon wafer.

4.   The two companies will limit their semiconductor businesses to the production of special, so-called system chips which put both memory and logic functions onto a single silicon wafer.

5.   Toshiba and Fujitsu said they would focus on high speed system chips for servers and telecommunications as well as home electronics equipment.

6.   Toshiba president Tadashi Okamura told a news conference the two firms planned to jointly develop advanced system chips, which combine many computer operations on one chip.

7.   Japanese makers have been exiting the DRAM business in favour of higher value-added products such as system chips.

8.   The deal with Nippon Motorola Ltd. would see the new system LSI chips used in multimedia equipment and computer peripherals such as digital cameras and personal information terminals.

9.   The daily said Fujitsu and Toshiba were talking about forming a comprehensive alliance, focusing on next-generation system chips for digital home appliances and automotive applications.

10.   The Nihon Keizai report said the two would focus on jointly dezf,iping and manufacturing next-generation system chips for digital home appliances and automotive devices.