May 23, 2013
The 17th World Semiconductor Council is concluded with great successSemiconductor Industry Association in Japan

Today, the World Semiconductor Council (hereinafter called "WSC") was held successfully in
Lisbon, Portugal, with attendance of world top executives (CEOs), or the same position, fromthe semiconductor industries all over the world.
The WSC is constituted by six semiconductor industry associations and their member
companies of Japan, Europe, United States, Korea, Chinese Taipei and China.
The host of this meeting was Europe, and Richard Clemmer, Chairman & CEO, NXP
Semiconductors, presided at the meeting on behalf of the Semiconductor Industry
Association in Europe.

Japan delegations attending the meeting were Shozo Saito, VicePresident, Toshiba, in a position to the Chair of the Semiconductor Industry Association inJapan, Haruki Okada, President, Fujitsu Semiconductor, and Yoichi Yano, Director ,Renesas Electronics.

1. Promotion of New types of Semiconductor Products, namely Multi-Component ICs (MCO)
Continuous technology innovation enables various new functions, which are integrated into
the new semiconductor products, and the cascade of these products have brought in theexpansion of semiconductors.

In the last six years, the WSC undertakes a deliberation of

the new product definition as "MCO: Multi-component integrated circuits; a combination of

one or more monolithic integrated circuits, electronic components and/or discretes," andencourages governments and the World Customs Organization (WCO) to attain its duty-freetreatment, under which MCO may achieve the global prevalence.

The WSC adopted an

accord of continuous actions to promote the duty-free that MCO should be discussed in theexpansion of the Information Technology Agreement.

The WSC further agreed anachievement of the duty-free by the expansion of ITA until the end of 2013.

2. Cooperative Approaches in Protecting the Global Environment(1) PFC (Perfluoro compound) Emissions
The WSC announced the second year results of the new voluntary PFC agreement for the
next 10 years, agreed in the 2011 WSC.

The 2012 results are:combined WSC absoluteemissions of PFCs decreased by 10.6% compared to 2010, and normalized emission rate(kwh/cm2) decreased by 5.5% compared to 2010.

3. Effective Protection of Intellectual Property(1) Utility Model Patents and Trade Secrets
The statement was adopted by the WSC that governments and authorities of the six regions
should take initiative to globally harmonize the utility model laws, procedures, etc.

Also,

the statement regarding trade secrets was adopted that the six governments and authorities
should recognize their concerns and advocate trade secret protections.
(2) Fighting the proliferation of semiconductor counterfeiting
The WSC discussed anti-counterfeiting among the six regions to facilitate mutualcooperation.

The semiconductor industries agreed that the anti-counterfeit actions shouldinclude training to make out counterfeit products and raising awareness in supply chains,such as users and distributors of semiconductors.

Furthermore, the WSC has great interest in and pursues other topics, such as export andimport restrictions, encryption licensing and certifications, trade facilitation, conflictminerals, semiconductor market report, and unified rule of origin, which could affect orinterfere with the semiconductor industry growth depending on the global trade prosperity.

The WSC recognizes that removal of tariff barriers and promotion of free trade makesubstantial impact on the semiconductor industry.

The WSC calls on governments and theWorld Trade Organization (WTO) for driving forward of Doha Round and ITA.
The WSC adopted the Joint Statements of The 17th Meeting of The World Semiconductor
Council and uploaded on the web （http://www.semiconductorcouncil.org）.
Next meeting will be held in Hsinchu, Chinese Taipei on May 22, 2014.