Japanese chip maker Elpida Memory Inc. and consumer electronics maker Panasonic Corp. also said they should or would shift production overseas.

日本芯片生产商尔必达(Elpida Memory Inc。)和消费电子产品厂商松下电器(Panasonic Corp。)也称，应该或希望把生产转移到海外。

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Second-ranked computer memory chip maker Hynix Semiconductor and Japan's Elpida memory swung to deep losses as prices of DRAM chips used in PCs tumbled about 50 percent in the third quarter.

排在第二位的电脑内存芯片生产商海力士半导体和日本的尔必达存储器公司在电脑用DRAM芯片销售价格上损失惨重，在第三季度跌落50%。

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There have been recent reports that struggling Japanese memory maker Elpida Memory Inc.

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Elpida Memory said its semiconductor assembly facility in Yamagata has been damaged and that it also is having power issues.

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Applied Materials' customers include Samsung Group, ASM International, Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing, Elpida Memory, Inotera Memories, Photronics, Powerchip Semiconductor and Semiconductor Manufacturing International, according to Revere Data.

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