Hitachi, Toshiba and Renesas to Establish Semiconductor Foundry Planning Company.Tokyo, Japan, Jan 19, 2006 - (JCN JCN Japan Corporate News JCN Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience JCN Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing JCN Journal of Christian Nursing JCN Job Control Number JCN Journal of Child Neurology JCN joint communications network (US DoD) ) - Hitachi, Toshiba, and Renesas Technology Renesas Technology Corporation (ルネサス テクノロジ| announced on January 18 that they have agreed to jointly set up Advanced Process Semiconductor Foundry Planning, a planning company for a semiconductor foundry business employing advanced fabrication fabrication (fab´rikā´sh  n),n the construction or making of a restoration. processes, in January. To be capitalized at 100 million yen ($870,000 yen) and headquartered in Tokyo, the joint venture will be owned 50.1% by Hitachi, 33.4% by Toshiba and 16.5% by Renesas. The construction of a semiconductor foundry capable of employing next-generation 45nm process technology is said to require an investment of at least 300 billion yen ($2.6 bil). The three partners have decided to create a joint foundry company to which they will be able to outsource fabrication of advanced systems-on-chip LSI LSI: see integrated circuit. (Large Scale Integration) Between 3,000 and 100,000 transistors on a chip. See SSI, MSI, VLSI and ULSI. products based on 65nm or finer process technologies. With an initial staff of 10, the new company will nd examine the feasibility of launching an independent foundry business and formulate formulate /for·mu·late/ (for´mu-lat) 1. to state in the form of a formula. 2. to prepare in accordance with a prescribed or specified method. related business plans. Copyright [c] 2006 Japan Corporate News Network. All rights reserved. |
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