About Sharp Semiconductor
This record describes Sharp Corporation, the Japanese electronics group, rather than a standalone chip company. Sharp is best known for displays and consumer and business electronics, and its semiconductor activity is one division inside that wider business, including optical and laser devices. The group is headquartered in Sakai, Osaka, and has been an asset-light business in recent years, selling some manufacturing subsidiaries. Readers looking for compute hardware should treat it as a diversified electronics manufacturer with limited exposure to processors or accelerators.
Sharp Semiconductor was founded in 1912 and is based in Sakai, Osaka, Japan. It is listed under Custom Silicon, ASICs.
Compute Technologies
- Display Drivers
- Image Sensors
What Sharp Semiconductor works on
Custom Silicon
Custom silicon means a company designs its own chips for its own products or data centers instead of buying standard parts. The chip is made by a foundry such as TSMC, but the design belongs to the customer.
ASICs
An ASIC, or application-specific integrated circuit, is a chip designed to do one job or a narrow set of jobs. Its circuits are fixed when the chip is made. A CPU can run any program; an ASIC does what it was designed for and nothing else.
