Fujitsu to Sell Analog Device Business to Spansion for $110 Million

A few days ago Fujitsu agreed to sell its microcontroller and analog business to California-based Spansion LLC and affiliates (Spansion). I wrote about this a little bit ago in my Analog Recruiter Blog, This is part of the restructuring plan and allows a more stable production of products Flash Memory Semiconductors to customers.

Spansion is a global leading designer for this type of Semiconductor. Fujitsu's micro controller and analog business shares in Japan will be merged and placed into a new formed company, Fujitsu Limited (FSL).  All of these shares will then be transferred to a Spansion subsidiary in Japan, Nihon Spansion Limited.

This seems to be good for both companies as Fujitsu Electronics Inc., a subsidiary of FSL, will continue to support customers in Japan as a distribution agent of Spansion.

The sales price for Fujitsu's microcontroller and analog business is approximately 10.9 billion yen, approximately $110 million US Dollars.

Till next time, to your technology!
Gary Fowler, Executive Technology Recruiter, Analog Solutions, Semiconductor and Analog Industry Recruiter

6 out of 15 Top Patents in 2011 were Semiconductor Companies

For the first time in history the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office will open offices outside of the Washington, D.C. area. These new offices will be in areas that have a strong semiconductor presence (Dallas, Denver, and Silicon Valley).

It is exciting to see so many new patents being granted for our growing industry. However, the Patent and Trademark Office does have over 600,000 pending patent applications. It can take up to three years for the patents to be fully processed and approved. In our industry this can pose a definite challenge, as innovative ideas need to be implemented quickly for our ever evolving technology world.

Gary Fowler, Analog Solutions, Executive Technology Recruiter, Analog, Semiconductor Employees