March 28, 2011
TOKYO, Japan, March 28, 2011 — Renesas Electronics Corporation (TSE: 6723) has announced the impact of the earthquake in northern Japan on March 11, on Renesas Electronics Group (“the Group”) manufacturing sites and its response to the planned blackouts. The Group intends to add details of the impact from the earthquake to its financials when confirmed information is available.
[Status of Renesas Electronics Group's factories (as of March 28, 2011, 12:00 p.m)]
| Factory | City/ Prefecture | Operational Status and Status of Electric Power Supply | Status of the investigation | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Renesas Northern Japan Semiconductor, Inc., Tsugaru Factory (Front-end line) | Goshogawara-shi, Aomori | Restarted part of its manufacturing | Restarted part of its manufacturing with limited production capacity |
| 2 | Renesas Yamagata Semiconductor Co., Ltd., Tsuruoka Factory (Front-end line) | Tsuruoka-shi, Yamagata | Restarted part of its manufacturing | Restarted part of its manufacturing with limited production capacity |
| 3 | Renesas Electronics Corporation, Naka Factory (Front-end line) | Hitachinaka-shi, Ibaraki | Temporarily shutting production | Part of its electricity supply restored (for lightings, etc). Currently assessing the status of manufacturing equipment at both the 300mm wafer fabrication line and the 200mm wafer fabrication line. Target to restart part of its manufacturing from July, 2011. |
| 4 | Renesas Electronics Corporation, Takasaki Factory (Front-end line) | Takasaki-shi, Gunma | Preparing to begin startup procedures to restart its manufacturing | Plan to begin startup procedures to restart its manufacturing after the planned blackout is terminated |
| 5 | Renesas Electronics Corporation, Kofu Factory (Front-end line) | Kai-shi, Yamanashi | Preparing to begin startup procedures to restart its manufacturing | Plan to begin startup procedures to restart its manufacturing after the planned blackout is terminated |
| 6 | Renesas High Components, Inc. (Back-end line) | Tsuruta-cho, Aomori | Restarted its manufacturing | Restarted its manufacturing during the time when there is no planned blackout being implemented |
| 7 | Renesas Northern Japan Semiconductor, Inc., Yonezawa Factory (Back-end line) | Yonezawa-shi, Yamagata | Restarted its manufacturing | Restarted its manufacturing during the time when there is no planned blackout being implemented |
| 8 | Renesas Eastern Japan Semiconductor, Tokyo Device Division (Back-end line) | Oume-shi, Tokyo | Restarted its manufacturing | Restarted its manufacturing during the time when there is no planned blackout being implemented. Restarted all manufacturing processes as of March 27. |
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