日本的日立、三菱公司将在2003年春合资建立的半导体子公司 Renesas 计划投入1000亿日元增设半导体制造设备,是两家母公司2002年设备投资总额的两倍。日立、三菱公司在2002年半导体设备投资额分别为240亿日元和250亿日元,而2003年两家公司共将投资1000亿日元,以提高 Renesas 属下12英寸厂 Trecenti 的生产 Japan’s Hitachi and Mitsubishi Corp. will invest 100 billion yen in semi-conductive subsidiary Renesas in the spring of 2003 to set up additional semiconductor manufacturing equipment, which will double the total investment in equipment of two parent companies in 2002. In 2002, Hitachi and Mitsubishi each invested 24 billion yen and 25 billion yen in semiconductor equipment. In 2003, the two companies invested 100 billion yen in total to increase the production of Trecenti, a 12-inch plant under Renesas