TOKYO -- Fujitsu's decision to withdraw from chipmaking may write the final chapter in a yearslong reshaping of the Japanese semiconductor industry, but opportunities remain for players willing to form partnerships and focus on their strengths.
News broke Thursday that the technology company will sell a Mie Prefecture plant handling system chips for image processing to Taiwan's United Microelectronics. It will also unload a Fukushima Prefecture plant that makes microcontrollers for automobiles, among other devices, to ON Semiconductor of the U.S.
