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Moore’s Law Increasing Complexity, and the Limits of Organization: The Modern Significance of Japanese Chipmakers’ Commodity DRAM Business

In: Dynamics of Knowledge, Corporate Systems and Innovation

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  • Hiroyuki Chuma

    (Hitotsubashi University)

  • Norikazu Hashimoto

    (Hitachi Central Research Laboratory)

Abstract

The purpose of this chapter is to identify the contributing factors of the weakening competitiveness of Japanese science-based industries and search for measures to overcome these factors. For this purpose, the case of the semiconductor industry, especially the process of the rise and fall of the DRAM business experienced by this industry, is used for analysis. While attempting to do so, we make a unique trial through the following two analyses: (1) the analysis of the analytical report in detail (by using the electronic microscope) concerning the mass-produced DRAMs manufactured by the Japanese, US and South Korean manufacturers during several generations, and (2) the analysis of the micro- and macro-attributes of the research and development activities of each manufacturer based on the DRAM-related patents of Japan and the US over several decades and the academic papers of the major academic societies represented by ISSCC (International Solid-State Circuit Conference) and IEDM (International Electronic Device Meeting).

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  • Hiroyuki Chuma & Norikazu Hashimoto, 2010. "Moore’s Law Increasing Complexity, and the Limits of Organization: The Modern Significance of Japanese Chipmakers’ Commodity DRAM Business," Springer Books, in: Hiroyuki Itami & Ken Kusunoki & Tsuyoshi Numagami & Akira Takeishi (ed.), Dynamics of Knowledge, Corporate Systems and Innovation, chapter 0, pages 209-245, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:sprchp:978-3-642-04480-9_9
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-04480-9_9
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