41.   Japanese electronics giant Mitsubishi Electric Corp. said Wednesday that it will begin shipping samples of next-generation computer memory chips later this year.

42.   LG Semicon is a leading South Korean maker of computer memory chips.

43.   Many technology stocks fell after Dell Computer announced late Monday that a surge in the price of computer memory chips will likely hurt its third-quarter earnings.

44.   Micron makes computer memory chips and related products.

45.   Signetics KP buys wafers from major South Korean semiconductor makers and turn them into computer memory chips.

46.   The interchangeable cards are the size of fat credit cards, and contain rows of tiny computer memory chips.

47.   The ministry said the weak export was largely due to falling international price of computer memory chips, a major export item of South Korea.

48.   This week, those companies confirmed that they received subpoenas from the U.S. Department of Justice, which was investigating alleged anticompetitive practices among makers of computer memory chips.