71.   Fujitsu president Naoyuki Akikusa said the system chip business involved huge development costs and specialised knowledge.

72.   He added the system chip business was crucial to keeping ahead of the competition.

73.   The union insists Hynix must remain independent, retaining its dynamic random access memory chip business with financial support from creditors.

74.   The two companies plan to expand their relationship in chip development, design and intellectual property before considering integrating their system chip businesses.

75.   The two companies said they would expand their relationship in chip development, design and intellectual property before considering integrating their system chip businesses.

76.   Like other semiconductor firms, SEC suffered a setback in its chip business.

77.   One envisages Micron taking over all Hynix operations, including memory and non-memory chip businesses.

78.   The finance and economy ministry has in past insisted that Hynix sell its memory chip business to foreigh firms in order to survive.