Intel and partners to use Sharp's Japan LCD plants for chip research

Troubled electronics maker to get extra income by leasing out clean rooms

Intel is looking to research chip packaging and other back-end processes at Sharp's facilities. (Intel)

KOTARO HOSOKAWA and KANOKO SAKAMOTO, Nikkei staff writers

June 6, 2024 05:01 JST

TOKYO/OSAKA -- Intel and its 14 partner Japanese companies will use Sharp's underutilized liquid crystal display plants in the country to research semiconductor production technology, Nikkei has learned, in a move that will reduce costs for the alliance and provide needed income to the struggling electronics company.