Memory ICs

Marked growth in the demand for 4-Mbit and 16-Mbit DRAMs was supported by continuing activity in the personal computer market in the U.S. and a rapid surge in demand for personal computers in Japan. In the fourth quarter of fiscal 1995, DRAM prices dropped significantly making market forecasts difficult. Fujitsu is watching this volatile market closely, responding to changes by shifting to 16-Mbit DRAM production and preparing for volume production of high-speed 64-Mbit synchronous DRAMs. Fujitsu has also moved aggressively to meet the growing demand for flash memory ICs generated by the increasing popularity of cellular phones. Fujitsu continues to expand its ability to meet this demand.

Value-added Logic Devices

Fiscal 1995 also saw marked growth in logic ICs, particularly in microcontrollers for high-performance information equipment and home electronic appliances, and in ASICs for multimedia applications. Fujitsu released a range of new products for a variety of applications requiring high-speed, high-density and power-saving functions. These included a 0.35-micron CMOS ASIC, a single-chip semi-custom LSI for digital mobile communication systems and LSI chipsets for three-dimensional image processing.

Electronic Components

Our development of the world's first wide-format 42-inch color plasma display panel (PDP) is complete, and the panel will go into mass-production in October 1996. This new PDP has generated tremendous interest as a potential key device for the multimedia age, especially for wall-mounted TVs.