integrated circuit engineering corporation 2 1 japanese company profiles asahi kasei microsystems akm co ltd us representative ts building semiconductor inc 24 10 yoyogi chome 2001 gateway place suite 650 west shibuya ku tokyo 151 san jose california 95110 japan telephone 408 436 8580 81 3 3320 2060 fax 7591 2074 ic manufacturer financial history m 1993 1994 1995 sales 145 215 300 employees 800 overview and strategy was founded in 1983 as a joint venture between chemical industry american the became wholly owned subsidiary of 1986 though ami still maintain business relationship designs manufactures cmos mixed signal circuits combining analog digital functions on single chip or chipset its devices are targeted at telecommunications data acquisition mass storage audio multimedia applications approximately half custom designed products management hirotsugu miyauchi president kyoji kurata director gm technical marketing application yoshihisa iwasaki edward boule