And with that drop went LG Semicon's prospects for a successful initial public offering.

CNN: Going to the People

The equipment at a show such as Semicon are indeed the engines of innovation.

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There is also disagreement on the prospects for LG Semicon, which listed last November.

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But Jon and Lee believe that LG Semicon poses more risks than either Samsung or Hyundai.

CNN: The Chips Are Still Down

Hyundai Electronics Industries and LG Semicon also shut down their factories for a week.

CNN: The Chips Are Still Down

After consultants picked Hyundai Electronics to become controlling shareholder of the merged entity, LG Semicon threatened to sue.

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In two years, LG Semicon has rocketed from nowhere to No. 397 on this year's Asiaweek 1000 list.

CNN: Going to the People

During one day at the 2011 Semicon I met no fewer than ten people that I knew from the HDD industry.

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Up till now, both Hyundai Electronics and LG Semicon have grown by borrowing from banks at double-digit interest rates or with the help of their chaebol parents.

CNN: Going to the People

The equipment at Semicon is familiar to me.

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Clear gainers include Intel, which produces 85% of all microprocessors, and the makers of dynamic random access memory (DRAM) chips such as Japan's NEC and Toshiba and South Korea's Samsung Electronics, LG Semicon and Hyundai Electronics.

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At the Semicon show people told me that the semiconductor equipment shows in Asia ( China and Japan) are now much bigger than in the US. This reflects the movement of manufacturing and design from the US to other countries.

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