CBM and SAMSUNG Status
18-Jun-94 14:30:43
Sb: #152821-CBM and SAMSUNG Status
Fm: Steve Ahlstrom 76703,2006
To: Garry Nelson 76470,2663
Garry,
If you're interested in Samsung info …
1. Samsung is the biggest company in South Korea (Huyndai, Daewoo and
Lucky Goldstar are the next biggest).
2. Samsung is the 18th biggest company in the world.
3. Samsung is the biggest manufacturer of memory chips in the world.
COMPANY TURNOVER Mrd. USD
1. Samsung 2,5
2. Hitachi 2,4
3. NEC 2,2
4. Toshiba 2,1
5. TI 1,3
6. Mitsubishi 1,2
7. Fujitsu 1,1
8. IBM 1,1
9. Micron 0,9
10. Hyundai 0,9
4. Samsung semiconductor group has 7600 employees, of which 1500 are in
R&D of memory chips.
5. Samsung was the first in the world to develop a 16 megabit dram memory
chip in 1992.
6. Samsung is planning to sell 64 megabit dram chips early next year.
Next year Samsung is also going to present a 256 megabit dram
prototype. During this century there will also be a one gigabit
dram chip.
7. Samsung is the 9th largest manufacturer of consumer electronics.
8. Samsung is the 4th largest manufacturer of televisions.
9. Samsung is the 2nd largest manufacturer of microwave ovens.
(Source: Tekniikka & Talous nr. 23, 16.6.1994)
-sja