Comprehensive reform of the semiconductor business of Fujitsu to set up SoC design company with Matsushita. Yamamoto, President and Representative Director of Fujitsu, said, "These measures are concluded after talking about how to (make semiconductor design and manufacturing business) stay in Japan. February 7, 2013, the company announced that it would merge with Panasonic System LSI (SoC) business. Fujitsu is a wholly owned subsidiary of Fujitsu Semiconductor Panasonic has been agreed, and the two sides will merge the the SoC business of design and development functions, the new company set up a fabless form. Future they will negotiate the formal signing of the agreement. At the same time, Fujitsu Development Bank of Japan also requested funding for the new company. The new company set up time is scheduled for mid-2013.It is expected to be about 4500 employees from The Fujitsu Semiconductor transfer to the new fabless companies and OEM companies. In addition, it is also scheduled to lay off about 2,000 people. he new company will vigorously develop custom LSI (ASIC) and image processing ASSPs. In addition, it will engage in the SoC business for servers, television and mobile terminal. nitially, Renesas Electronics also participated in consultations on system LSI business combination. But three companies negotiating obstacles, so first by Fujitsu Semiconductor and Panasonic both companies merged. Yamamoto, the president said, are always welcome Renesas to participate jointly form a new company.In addition, Fujitsu is also in consultation with Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing (TSMC), while jointly established LSI foundry company. Plans to Fujitsu semiconductor factory triple 300mm production line is handed over to the new foundry company. According to Fujitsu, the goal of this foundry is a steady supply of semiconductors to the Japanese domestic and foreign customers, to play more competitive in the global market. Yamamoto said, "can be understood as the new company will strive to develop a (envisaged) Japan joint foundry. Fujitsu plans to OEM companies funded, but the direction of the current consultation is by TSMC funded more than half. Unclear Panasonic will join.These measures, Fujitsu Semiconductor reserves the MCU and analog IC business. However, in the future they will be to explore all possibilities, including the transfer of these business to other companies, including (Fujitsu). |
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