Motorola to Join Alliance of IBM, Siemens and Toshiba to Develop Advanced
Memory Chips

FISHKILL, N.Y., October 25, 1995 . . . IBM, Siemens, Toshiba and Motorola
today announced plans for a four-way alliance to develop future
generations of highly advanced semiconductor chips, including a 1-gigabit
dynamic random access memory (DRAM) device.

The announcement builds on the success of the existing high-tech alliance
among IBM, Siemens and Toshiba, that developed a fully-functional 256-Mb
DRAM.

According to plans unveiled by the four companies, the new alliance team
will continue to develop and enhance existing 64- and 256-megabit chips
and cooperate on next generation 1-Gb DRAMs. A 1-Gb device will be four
times the memory capacity of a 256-Mb chip, making possible the storage of
100,000 double- spaced pages of typewritten text on a single chip.

While 4-Mb and 16-Mb DRAMs are currently available in the marketplace, the
semiconductor industry is pushing to develop ever more sophisticated
memory devices for use in power-hungry systems, such as powerful personal
computers and workstations, as well as high-definition digital video,
multimedia and telecommunications systems.

"The existing alliance clearly is one of the most powerful and successful
in the industry. It's a premier team of the world's best scientists and
engineers," said Dr. Michael J. Attardo, general manager of IBM's
Microelectronics Division. "We are proud of our successes. We relish the
future and all of its possibilities. We welcome Motorola as the newest
member of the team."

"Motorola's enthusiastic participation in this alliance underscores our
commitment to provide our customers the most advanced memory technology,"
said Tommy George, president of Motorola's Semiconductor Product Sector.
"It is a great fit with our broad technology portfolio and manufacturing
expertise."

"Siemens welcomes Motorola to the development alliance," said Dr. Jurgen
Knorr, senior vice president of Siemens and head of its Semiconductor
Group, "As one of the world's leading chip manufacturers, Motorola has an
excellent base of know-how that will provide major inputs and
contributions to the group. By making this move, we can speedily offer our
customers the world- class products they need for their systems and other
applications in telecommunicatio

Commenting on the new alliance, Toshiba Corporation Executive Vice
President Masanobu Ohyama said, "We are pleased to welcome Motorola, one
of our longest-standing partners in the semiconductor field, to the
tripartite cooperative research into 256-megabit technologies, and to
extend the scope of its research to embrace 1-gigabit DRAMs. I believe
that the extended alliance of the four companies, each with its own
strengths in the semiconductor business and technology, will also provide
the frame- work for investigating new opportunities for future
cooperation."

Motorola researchers are expected to join the development teams from IBM,
Siemens and Toshiba, who have been working on high-density memory chip
development for several years at IBM's Advanced Semiconductor Research and
development Center in East Fishkill, N.Y.

This alliance is the outgrowth of separate long-term relation- ships among
the companies. IBM and Siemens work together in 16-Mb DRAM manufacturing.
Toshiba and Motorola have a manufacturing joint venture for 16-Mb DRAMs in
Japan. IBM, Siemens and Toshiba are collaborating on a next-generation
64-Mb device, and IBM and Toshiba recently announced plans to build a
wafer facility in Manassas, Virginia to manufacture the device. Toshiba
and Siemens have been collaborating in various semiconductor areas,
including 1-Mb DRAMs, standard cells and gate arrays.

IBM and Motorola are involved with Apple Computer Inc. in a joint
technology development alliance for PowerPC microprocessors, and a joint
venture between IBM Japan and Toshiba manufactures advanced flat-panel
computer displays.

Subject to final agreement, Motorola plans to become the fourth member of
this high-tech development team, bringing a wealth of technical expertise
and experience in the semiconductor industry. The company's Semiconductor
Products Sector is the largest U.S.-based broad-line supplier of
semiconductors.
 
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