Sony is considering selling the plant that it uses to make PS3
graphic chips to Toshiba.
According to Reuters, the sale of the
production facility in western Japan's Oita prefecture is an attempt by Sony
to shed costly semiconductor assets and focus on strategic products such as
image sensor chips used in digital cameras and camcorders.
In
September Sony was in negotiations with Toshiba to sell its manufacturing
facilities in Nagasaki, also in western Japan, for advanced microchips
including the Cell microprocessor, dubbed "supercomputer on a
chip".
Business daily Nikkei has said Sony planned to sell the production
facilities in Nagasaki for about $856 million although no one has
confirmed that price.
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