Last ASIC Vendor Standing in Japan
Fujitsu/Panasonic SoC co.: fabless, feckless or both?
4/4/2016 08:13 AM EDT
YOKOHAMA, Japan — Managing a 13-month old pre-IPO fabless company — saddled with 2,700 employees and seven disparate business units — isn’t a challenge for the faint of heart. The task gets almost impossible when the company is under government pressure to keep all its employees on the job.
The SoC chip vendor in question is Socionext in Japan.
Socionext, born in March, 2015, is the merger of two troubled LSI design teams — from Fujitsu and Panasonic. The company is 40-percent owned by Fujitsu, 20 percent by Panasonic and 20 percent by the Development Bank of Japan (DBJ).
To read the full article, click here
Related Semiconductor IP
- Multi-channel Ultra Ethernet TSS Transform Engine
- Configurable CPU tailored precisely to your needs
- Ultra high-performance low-power ADC
- HiFi iQ DSP
- CXL 4 Verification IP
Related News
- Chip Interfaces, through its JESD204C IP, supports Extoll’s collaboration in the development of Eridan’s next-generation ASIC
- CSP CapEx to Soar Past US$520 Billion in 2026, Driven by GPU Procurement and ASIC Development
- GUC Expands Presence in Japan with New Office Opening in Yokohama
- SEMIFIVE Secures AI Semiconductor Design Projects in Japan, Accelerating Global Expansion with New Local Subsidiary
Latest News
- SEALSQ and Lattice Collaborate to Deliver Unified TPM-FPGA Architecture for Post-Quantum Security
- SEMIFIVE Partners with Niobium to Develop FHE Accelerator, Driving U.S. Market Expansion
- TASKING Delivers Advanced Worst-Case Timing Coupling Analysis and Mitigation for Multicore Designs
- Efficient Computer Raises $60 Million to Advance Energy-Efficient General-Purpose Processors for AI
- QuickLogic Announces $13 Million Contract Award for its Strategic Radiation Hardened Program