In 1983, Asahi, Chemical, Industry, Co, and Asahi Microsystems Inc. co founded Asahi Kasei Microsystems in Japan, Inc., referred to as AKM. Since its inception, AKM has been working on the development of large-scale semiconductor integrated circuits in the field of information and communications. AKM has gained credibility in the industry by successfully developing a CMOS based mixed signal integrated circuit, which has led to a significant reduction in the cost of producing such integrated circuits, demonstrating a promising future.