Peter Clarke, EETimes
7/27/2012 6:54 AM EDT
LONDON – Japan's Fujitsu Ltd. has attempted to open up talks about the sale of its main wafer fab to foundry chip maker Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd., according to reports. The wafer fab in Mie prefecture makes image processing chips and processors for supercomputers.
However, the Wall Street Journal reported that a TSMC spokesperson said the company has no plans to buy any off shore wafer fabs.