Renesas abandons plan to produce next-generation power chips

Profit outlook made bleak by Chinese rivals boosting their output

Renesas Top 2025-05-27

Renesas Electronics' plant in Takasaki, Gunma prefecture, was designated to produce next-generation power semiconductors for electric vehicles.

RYO MUKANO

TOKYO -- Japanese chipmaker Renesas Electronics has abandoned a plan to produce power semiconductors using a new material, retreating from an "early 2025" scheduled production launch at its plant in Takasaki, Gunma prefecture, Nikkei has learned.

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