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Socionext Inc.
Native name
株式会社ソシオネクスト
Company type
Public KK
Traded as
TYO: 6526
Industry
Semiconductor
Founded
March 1, 2015; 9 years ago (2015-03-01) Yokohama, Japan
Headquarters
Nomura Real Estate Shin-Yokohama Building 2-10-23 Shin-Yokohama, Kōhoku-ku,
Yokohama
,
Japan
Areas served
Asia
Austria
China
Europe
Japan
South Korea
North America
Key people
Masahiro Koezuka (CEO)
Amane Inoue (President, COO)
Kenji Ushida (CFO)
Yoshifumi Okamoto (CTO)
Tsutomu Nozaki (CMO)
Products
Custom SoCs
Application-specific standard products (ASSP)
Total equity
¥30.2 billion (2015)
Number of employees
2,500 (2023)
Website
www.socionext.com/en/
Footnotes / references [1][2][3]
Socionext (株式会社ソシオネクスト, Kabushiki-kaisha Soshionekusuto) is a system on a chip (SoC) company formed in March 2015 from former system LSI businesses of Fujitsu and Panasonic.[4] It has about 2,500 employees worldwide and is headquartered in Yokohama, Japan. It was privately held by the Development Bank of Japan (DBJ) (40%), Fujitsu (40%), and Panasonic (20%).[5]
Socionext Europe is headquartered in Langen, near Frankfurt, with other locations in Munich, Maidenhead (UK) and Linz (Austria).
Socionext America Inc. (SNA) is the US branch of Socionext Inc. headquartered in Santa Clara, California. The company is a fabless ASIC supplier, specializing in a wide range of standard and customizable SoC solutions for automotive, consumer, and industrial markets.
On 12 October, 2022, Socionext went public in an IPO to list its shares on the Tokyo Stock Exchange Prime Market. [6]
On 5 July, 2023, Socionext announced that the board of directors approved a secondary offering of shares of common stock of the company in the international markets.[7][8][9] As a result, DBJ, Fujitsu, and Panasonic Holdings sold all of their shares (37.5% of total shares outstanding as of 31 March, 2023). [7][8][10]
^"ソシオネクストのあしたはどっちだ――SCR大喜利まとめ" [What is Socionext's future? - SCR large settlement] (in Japanese). 日経テクノロジーオンライン (Nikkei Technology Online). April 22, 2015. Archived from the original on May 31, 2015. Retrieved 2020-01-02.
^"富士通とパナソニックのシステムLSI統合会社「ソシオネクスト」" [Fujitsu and Panasonic's System LSI integrated company "Socionext"] (in Japanese). PC Watch. March 16, 2015. Archived from the original on May 31, 2015. Retrieved 2020-01-02.
^"Last ASIC Vendor Standing in Japan". EE Times. April 4, 2016.
^Socieonext (March 2, 2015). "Socionext Inc. Starts Operations" (PDF) (Press release). Archived (PDF) from the original on March 22, 2015. Retrieved 2020-01-02.
^"New Listings". Japan Exchange Group. Retrieved 2023-08-25.
^ ab"ソシオネクスト、富士通やパナソニックHDが全株売却". 日本経済新聞 (in Japanese). 2023-07-05. Retrieved 2023-08-25.
^ ab"ソシオネクスト、政投銀や富士通など大株主が保有全株売り出し". Reuters (in Japanese). 2023-07-05. Retrieved 2023-08-25.
^"Notice Regarding Secondary Offering of Shares and Change in the Largest Shareholder (which is also a Principal Shareholder) and Principal Shareholders" (PDF). Socionext Inc. 2023-07-05. Retrieved 2023-08-25.
^"Presentation Materials for 1Q of Fiscal Year Ending March 31, 2024" (PDF). Socionext Inc. 2023-07-28. p. 21. Retrieved 2023-08-25.
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