Sony to sell chip facility to Toshiba for $835 mln
 

*Source: Reuters (http://www.reuters.com/article/techn...617520080220)*
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TOKYO (Reuters) - Sony Corp (6758.T: Quote, Profile, Research) said on Wednesday it will sell its microchip production facilities in western Japan to Toshiba Corp (6502.T: Quote, Profile, Research) for 90 billion yen ($835 million), in their latest move to focus on their core businesses.

The equipment will be used by their semiconductor joint venture that will make high-performance Cell chips and RSX graphic chips, both used in Sony's PlayStation 3 game console, as well as other microchips that go into Toshiba products.

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