Just ten years ago, Toshiba has released the most high-tech at the time processor for the console Sony PlayStation 3. In the past year, IBM has lost its factories, placing them with a surcharge of GlobalFoundries. Now it is time for Toshiba company to stop virtually all semiconductor manufacturing .
Nikkei news agency reports that the current fiscal year, Toshiba will end with a net loss of $ 550 billion. Yen. (about $ 4.65 billion.). To optimize the production of the company will be forced to stop and, if possible, to sell all the power, but the most profitable. From areas related to semiconductors managed by Toshiba will only release the flash memory NAND-type. Release analog ICs, LSIs, microcontrollers and power components will be terminated. It also forced the company to abandon the issue of electronics for automobiles, industrial equipment, home electronics, and construction tools.
All the above listed (except for flash) annually bring about Toshiba 200 billion. Yen. From the sale of the respective power company expects to gain about the same amount of money that will be spent on expanding production of flash memory.
Likely buyer of assets Toshiba calls Bank Development Bank of Japan, at the time organized a joint venture with Seiko. Also, there were rumors that Toshiba is in talks to establish a joint venture with Fujitsu, Sharp and others.