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Electronic News, July 10, 2000 by Jayant Mathew

Toshiba Licenses CMOS Technology to Dongbu

Toshiba Corp. last week said it will provide Dongbu Electronics Co. Ltd. with 0.25-, 0.18-, and next-generation 0.15-micron (or 0.13-micron) CMOS process technology and invest $50 million this year and next year in Dongbu's new facility in Eumsung, Korea. The license covers Tokyo-based Toshiba's CMOS process and intellectual property cores, including standard cells, I/O cells, analog cells and micro cells with embedded flash memory, which Dongbu will use to manufacture logic LSIs, embedded analog systems and NOR flash memory. Kangnam-ku, Seoul-based Dongbu will sell cores under its own brand name and as OEM products for Toshiba. Toshiba, in turn, said it will have access to engineering and production outsourcing as it shifts from 0.25-micron to 0.18-micron process technology.