Japanese electronics firm Fujitsu on Monday said it would put
The company also said it would transfer development and test production of state-of-the art system chips to its Mie plant in central Japan from a technology center in Tokyo, at a cost of some $94 million. The firm said these moves are designed to speed up its chip operations to better compete in the industry. Price falls and a shortage of engineers, coupled with massive investment costs, are prompting system chipmakers to band together as they race to move to smaller circuit sizes to cut production costs and make energy-efficient and powerful chips.
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