Kantachi Electronics Company Limited

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,  power  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