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A Hitachi logo is seen at an electronics shop in Tokyo October 27, 2012. REUTERS/Toru Hanai

A Hitachi logo is seen at an electronics shop in Tokyo October 27, 2012.

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TOKYO | Thu Dec 6, 2012 10:05pm EST

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's Hitachi Ltd said on Friday it would cease production of chips used in information and telecoms hardware at the end of March 2014.

"The semiconductor industry has seen an increasingly horizontal division of labor in terms of development, design and manufacturing in recent years," said Hitachi in a statement.

Hitachi, an industrial manufacturer that makes goods ranging from nuclear reactors to washing machines, said efforts to boost cost efficiency and competitiveness drove the decision.

(Reporting by Mari Saito; Editing by Michael Watson)
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