LSI Logic completes purchase-foundry agreement with ROHM

LSI Logic Corporation today finalized a purchase-and-foundry-services agreement with ROHM CO., LTD. for LSI Logic's semiconductor manufacturing facility here. The asset purchase is approximately yen 2.65 billion or $24 million.ROHM will be acquiring Fab 1, Fab 2, CMP Center, Office, Energy Center and Testing Facility on 70,000 square-meters of land. In addition, ROHM and LSI Logic have agreed to enter into a wafer supply agreement covering a range of products that are currently being manufactured at the facility."ROHM's purchase of the Tsukuba facility completes the consolidation of LSI Logic's internal manufacturing to the company's Gresham, Oregon campus, supplemented by strategic foundry engagements," said Joe Zelayeta, LSI Logic executive vice president of Worldwide Operations. "Maintaining a balanced, global manufacturing strategy, utilizing both internal capacity and foundries, provides us with greater flexibility to meet anticipated increases in customer demand."Source: PCBnewsline