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Memory (from 8) to 269.8 million units by 1984, certainly
phenomenal growth in only two years.
very survival mandated they go all-in.
Filing suit in the U.S. International Trade Heavy sanctions
Commission — a costly exercise to be In 1987, the Reagan administration placed
sure — Micron petitioned the USITC in heavy sanctions against the Japanese for
June 1985 to investigate what everyone “dumping.”
believed was an uneven playing fi eld.
While the sanctions only lasted for seven
USITC ruling months, Japan’s chip makers were fi ned
In August 1985, the USITC ruled the 64K $300 million for violating §337 of the U.S.
DRAM imported by the Japanese was “ma- Tariff Act of 1930.
terially injuring” the U.S. semiconductor
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industry. Stronger tariff s
Stronger tariff s, as much as twice the sell-
How important were DRAM chips during ing cost of the chips, were instituted, the
the Memory Wars? According to data from New York Times reported on Nov. 3, 1987.
the USITC investigation, in 1982, 33.1 mil- Thus began the end of Japan’s long reign
lion units were produced. This escalated as the memory king.
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