Japan’s TDK will establish a product development base in California’s Silicon Valley that will focus on next-generation electronics parts. The center will be ready during the current fiscal year, which ends next March.
TDK will specifically develop next-generation electronic parts for smartphones and self-driving cars at the center. The goal is to better cater to the needs of corporate clients.The center will first develop high-frequencyThe number of complete cycles or vibrations per unit of time. Rate of alternation in an AC current. Expressed in cycles per second or hertz (Hz). parts for wireless communications via smartphones and miniature parts for wearable devices.
The center will initially have around 10 staff members, with the number expected to increase gradually.
TDK aims to pitch high valued-added new parts to corporate clients to boost profitability in its electronic components business amid declining prices for smartphones.
