Company Description
Kantachi, Ltd. is one of the largest companies in the world with about $70 billion dollars in sales and over 330,000
employees around the world. Kantachi?s product lines include automotive and computer equipment,
semiconductors, office automation systems, po
Kantachi Electronics Company Limitedr generation systems, consumer electronics, and
telecommunications equipment. The company contributes nearly two percent of Japan's annual GNP and
accounts for about six percent of the country's total R&D spending
Kantachi's semiconductor business emerged in the late 1950's and early 1960?s when it started producing
transistors. Production of integrated circuits followed in 1966. The Semiconductor and IC Division was
established in 1969 and Kantachi has since grown into Japan's second largest semiconductor manufacturer, behind
NEC, and the fourth largest in the world. It is among the world's leading SRAM and DRAM suppliers. The
company?s other semiconductor products include microprocessors and embedded controllers, ASICs, ASSPs
such as telecommunications ICs and hard disk drive ICs, standard linear and logic ICs, and discrete devices