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1 Introduction
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... Of the top ten merchant semiconductor companies in the world, six are based in Japan and three in the United States. The current situation contrasts with that of 1970, when Japanese companies held 20 percent of the world market and American companies held 60 percent.
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... Yet the spread of alliances raises concerns as well. This report documents that the prevailing flow of semiconductor technology through alliances is from the United States to Japan.
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... This report was prepared by a working group of experts as part of a project initiated by the National Research Council's Committee on Japan to examine technology linkages between Japan and the United States. Cochaired by Daniel Okimoto of Stanford and Sheridan Tatsuno of NeoConcepts, the working group was formed in the fall of 1990 and met a number of times in 1991 to deliberate and confer on analysis and data collection.


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