Intel Corp (NASDAQ:INTC) and 14 Japanese partner companies will use Sharp’s underutilized LCD plants in Japan to research advanced semiconductor production technology.
The collaboration will reduce the alliance’s costs and provide Sharp with the needed income.
Intel will focus on back-end chip production processes, including assembly, with suppliers like Omron, Resonac Holdings, and Murata Machinery at Sharp’s LCD factories, the Nikkei Asia reports.
Sharp’s clean rooms will support new production methods, leveraging their suitability for minimizing particles and dust, which is essential for …