Renesas Electronics denies building a chip factory in the United States, says it will continue to expand production in Japan
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Update time : 2022-07-26 11:10:41
Thomson Reuters reported on Thursday (July 21), Renesas Electronics CEO Hidetoshi Shibata said in an interview in Silicon Valley on Wednesday that Renesas does not intend to build a chip factory in the United States, will continue to expand production capacity in Japan.
He said, in terms of front-end production, Europe or the United States and other regions may not have a good supply of raw materials, Renesas is investing in natural disaster challenges and other related technologies, and to keep some inventory for emergencies.
Shibata also revealed that customers in the automotive industry are trying out their first 7nm (produced by other chipmakers) chips. He said that automotive chips generally use more mature process technology, Renesas expansion will continue to use the 40nm process.
NEC Electronics Corporation is a semiconductor subsidiary spun off from NEC in 2002, specializing in semiconductor products, and applications, including "advanced technology solutions for the high-end computer and broadband network markets," "cell phones, personal computer peripherals, automotive and consumer electronics market system solutions "and other multi-market solutions for various consumer applications.
Renesas Technology is a semiconductor company formed by the merger of the semiconductor divisions of Hitachi, Ltd. and Mitsu bishi Electric Corporation (except for semiconductors for power control) on April 1, 2003, and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan. At the time of establishment (2003), it was the third largest semiconductor company in the world, after Intel and Samsung Electronics.
