newsbytes@clarinet.com (01/14/90)
TOKYO, JAPAN, 1990 JAN 1 (NB) -- Fujitsu is building a four-megabit DRAM (dynamic random access memory) production plant in Iwate Prefecture in Northern Japan. The construction of the plant is expected to be complete by April and output of products is expected by the fall. The construction of the plant is proceeding on the same property of the Iwate plant which is currently producing 256 kilobit and one-megabit DRAM chips. Fujitsu is now producing a small quantity of four-megabit DRAM chips in its Mie plant and the new plant is expected to be the company's main production site when four-megabit DRAM becomes a major product in the market. Fujitsu is also aiming to start construction of production lines in its U.S. and U.K. subsidiaries as soon as possible. (Naoyuki Yazawa/19900111)