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- AXELL Corporation (6730.T), a Tokyo-based semiconductor company founded in 1996 and headquartered at Akihabara UDX South Wing in Chiyoda-ku, designs, manufactures, and sells semiconductor ICs and printed circuit boards with embedded semiconductor ICs primarily in Japan. Core products include multifunction and LED driver LSIs, memory modules, and graphics LSIs tailored for pachinko and pachislot machines; graphics LSIs for liquid crystal displays in factory automation equipment, medical devices, and large construction machinery; evaluation boards and support software; alongside advancements in middleware featuring data compression and transfer technologies, AI solutions spanning training to inferencing, blockchain systems for mining pools and business applications, and hardware-software security using secret keys. Operations target the amusement industry, industrial embedded systems, and emerging technology sectors through subsidiaries ax Inc. and aimRage Inc. Recent developments encompass accelerated expansion into new businesses including machine learning, blockchain, security, and middleware leveraging core semiconductor expertise; ongoing product launches for embedded systems; a June 2025 share buyback announcement; and a May 2025 dividend increase, reflecting strengthened financial positioning amid FY2024/3Q results reported in February 2025.