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. |
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