Fujitsu Limited announced its decision to pursue the reorganization of its LSI business divisions into a new subsidiary scheduled to be established within March 2008. The new subsidiary will enable Fujitsu to intensify its focus on its ASSP and its ASIC business. Fujitsu also announced that development and mass-production prototyping of its advanced process technologies for the 90nm-generation and beyond will be consolidated to its Mie plant located in Mie prefecture of central Japan. Fujitsu will strive to accelerate development of process technologies for 45nm-generation and beyond. Fujitsu's services for LSIs are currently conducted at its Akiruno Technology Center (Akiruno TC) in western Tokyo. The Akiruno TC was established in July 2000 as a development site for advanced LSI technologies, centralizing the LSI development and design divisions of the Fujitsu Group.
Transfer of manufacturing equipment to the Mie plant is scheduled for March 2008. 45nm-generation process technology development is currently being shifted to the Mie plant, with transfer scheduled to be completed within the first half of fiscal year 2008 (April – September 2008). Fujitsu plans to continue to utilize Akiruno TC as a facility of the Fujitsu Group. In regard to costs that will be incurred for equipment transfer to the Mie plant and other costs, Fujitsu estimates that incurred costs will be approximately 10 billion yen (JPY).