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Chipmaker Elpida doesn't last the month, files for bankruptcy protection

article published on 27 February, 2012

The Japanese chipmaker Elpida Memory, whose CEO noted the company's "uncertain future" earlier this month, has filed for bankruptcy protection. Elpida's move is the largest corporate failure for a Japanese manufacturer since World War II. Liabilities, as of March 2011, were $5.5 billion and the company's desperate attempts to refinance or get a bailout from the Japanese government failed. ... [ read the full article ]

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I wasn't aware that Japan was making any memory at all. Design perhaps, but 'making'? Most if not all of that is being done out of Korea, or have my meds & ability to heavily camouflage from the earth's surface once again shielded me from another manufacturing global move I was made unaware of?

I mean their stuff goes into cheaper Kingston DDR3 stuff & some phones, but nothing that really stands out. Talk about trying to break into a market that had already been beaten into submission. The Koreans simply won't allow the Japanese into a market their dominating at the moment no matter what the cost. This is a 'history' thing here. Economics has very little else to do with it.
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