In the process, Samsung used technologies imported from Micron Technology of U.S for the development of DRAM and Sharp Corporation of Japan for its SRAM and ROM.[4] In 1988, Samsung Electric Industries merged with Samsung Semiconductor & Communications to form Samsung Electronics,[5] as before that, they had not been one company and had not been a leading corporation together, but they were not rivals, as they had been in talks for a time, until they finally merged.