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Toshiba, NEC Electronics, Fujitsu eye joint development of 32nm chip TOKYO, July 25 KYODO* Toshiba Corp., NEC Electronics Corp. and Fujitsu Ltd. are holding talks to discuss joint development of an advanced system large-scale integrated circuit chip that can substantially enhance the performance of mobile phones and other digital devices, sources familiar with the matter said Wednesday. The three companies are hoping to share the cost of developing process technology for the 32-nanometer system LSI chip, which is estimated at more than 100 billion yen, in an effort to compete with major overseas rivals such as Intel Corp. of the United States and Samsung Electronics Co. of South Korea, the sources said. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
