Toshiba is considering to sell its less profitable semiconductor businesses including its System LSI business to concentrate resources in advanced NAND, flash memory, and nuclear power generators and other coal fire equipment, according to a recent Nikkei report.
The report pointed out with the exception of NAND flash operations, Toshiba planned to sell most of its semiconductor business including analog semiconductor chips, LSI, microcontroller units and power control chips. In total, the combined business worth is an estimated 200 billion Japanese Yen (US $1.69 billion).
Toshiba announced in late October 2015 that it was exiting the white LED market, and several financial firms showed interest in acquiring its LED business a…
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