Monday, March 27, 2006
Sony Corp., Toshiba Corp. and NEC Electronics Corp. have agreed to extend their existing cooperation in the development of advanced microchips to production, the Mainichi Shimbun newspaper said on Monday.
The three Japanese electronics companies, which are co-developing system chips with circuitry width of 45 nanometers, have decided to start making the cutting-edge chips jointly by around 2010, the daily said.
All three firms denied the report. "We have no intention of joint production," a Sony spokesman said.
Toshiba and NEC Electronics are looking into the feasibility of joint production of 45-nanometre chips in line with their announcement in November, but Sony is not part of the talks, spokesmen at Toshiba and NEC Electronics said.
Sony, Toshiba and NEC Electronics, the chip unit of NEC Corp., announced last month they would co-develop the advanced microchips, sharing hefty costs and pooling technological expertise.
By: DocMemory
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