Japan-U.S. Chip Consortium Opens Silicon Valley Base

Silicon Valley, April 20 (Jiji Press)–A consortium of 12 Japanese and U.S. semiconductor-related companies held an opening ceremony for its development base in Silicon Valley on Monday. The consortium’s Japanese members include Resonac Corp., a subsidiary of Resonac Holdings Corp., formerly Showa Denko K.K., Toppan Holdings Inc. and Towa Corp., and its U.S. members include 3M Co. The consortium, called “US-Joint,” focuses on the back-end process of semiconductor manufacturing, which involves assembling final products. Using manufacturing equipment from its members, the consortium will also develop new products on a trial basis based on the needs of major information technology companies. At the opening ceremony, Resonac Holdings President Hidehito Takahashi expressed confidence that next-generation packaging technology for assembling semiconductor products will emerge from the base. END [Copyright The Jiji Press, Ltd.]