Fifteen trillion won will be invested in the Semiconductor Business that consists of Memory and System LSI.

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Toshiba will continue to develop technologies that contribute to high performance, low power system LSI for mobile products.

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"Imagination is the only barrier to the next era of mobile applications, " stated TH Kim, vice president of System LSI marketing, Device Solutions, Samsung Electronics.

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Increased demand for NAND flash chips used in mobile devices and enhanced revenue in the System LSI Business, which creates mobile application processors and CMOS Image Sensors, supported overall profitability.

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"FinFET transistors can deliver lower power consumption and higher device performance, but they also bring tough challenges, " said Dr. Kyu-Myung Choi, vice president of System LSI infrastructure design center, Device Solutions, Samsung Electronics.

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The System LSI Business, which creates application processors (AP) and image sensors for smartphones, is forecasted to maintain profitability in the third quarter as demand for faster and higher-capacity chips used in mobile devices increases.

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Employing approximately 190, 500 people in 206 offices across 68 countries, the company consists of nine independently operated business units: Visual Display, Mobile Communications, Telecommunication Systems, Digital Appliances, IT Solutions, Digital Imaging, Memory, System LSI and LCD.

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"As mobile devices like smartphones and tablets get smaller and thinner, the pixel size of image sensors needs to shrink accordingly, " said Andrew Burt, vice president of the Analog and Imaging Business Unit, System LSI Group at TAEC.

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