is a

system on a chip A system on a chip or system-on-chip (SoC ; pl. ''SoCs'' ) is an integrated circuit that integrates most or all components of a computer or other electronic system. These components almost always include a central processing unit (CPU), memory ...

(SoC) company formed in March 2015 from former system LSI businesses of

Fujitsu is a Japanese multinational information and communications technology equipment and services corporation, established in 1935 and headquartered in Tokyo. Fujitsu is the world's sixth-largest IT services provider by annual revenue, and the la ...

and Panasonic. It has about 2,500 employees worldwide and is headquartered in Yokohama, Japan. It is privately held by the Development Bank of Japan,

, and Panasonic. ''Socionext Europe'' is headquartered in Langen, near Frankfurt, with other locations in Munich,

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(UK) and Linz (Austria). ''Socionext America Inc. (SNA)'' is the US branch of Socionext Inc. headquartered in Santa Clara, California. The company is a fabless

ASIC An application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC ) is an integrated circuit (IC) chip customized for a particular use, rather than intended for general-purpose use, such as a chip designed to run in a digital voice recorder or a high-efficien ...

supplier, specializing in a wide range of standard and customizable SoC solutions for automotive, consumer, and industrial markets.

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