578 news items tagged acquisition
USI to acquire Asteelflash
Friday 13 December 2019Universal Scientific Industrial (USI), a member of Taiwan's ASE Technology Holding, has disclosed plans to acquire fellow EMS company Asteelflash for around US$450 million.
UMC enters supply chain for Sony CIS
Thursday 12 December 2019United Microelectronics (UMC), through its takeover of Mie Fujitsu Semiconductor (MIFS), has entered the supply chain for Sony's CMOS image sensors, according to industry sources.
Nuvoton braces for impact from acquiring loss-making business from Panasonic
Tuesday 10 December 2019Acquiring Panasonic's loss-making semiconductor business will have a negative impact on Nuvoton Technology's profitability in the short term, and it may take time for the business...
ST closes acquisition of silicon carbide wafer specialist Norstel AB
Thursday 5 December 2019STMicroelectronics has announced the closing of the full acquisition of Swedish silicon carbide (SiC) wafer manufacturer Norstel AB. ST exercised its option to acquire the remaining...
Cadence to acquire AWR from National Instruments
Wednesday 4 December 2019Cadence Design Systems and National Instruments (NI) have announced they have entered into a definitive agreement for the former to acquire AWR Corporation, a wholly-owned subsidiary...
Nuvoton to buy Panasonic chip unit
Friday 29 November 2019Panasonic has agreed to sell its semiconductor business to Nuvoton Technology, a Taiwan-based MCU specialist majority owned by memory chipmaker Winbond Electronics.
GlobalWafers new fab in Korea to mass produce 12-inch wafer in 3Q20
Monday 25 November 2019GlobalWafers has disclosed it has inaugurated the second plant of its wholly-owned subsidiary MEMC Korea Company (MKC), which is scheduled to start volume production of 12-inch silicon...
Former Elpida CEO joins China state-owned chipmaker
Tuesday 19 November 2019Tsinghua Unigroup has announced the appointment of Yukio Sakamoto, the former CEO for Japan's Elpida Memory, as senior VP of Unigroup and head of the group's Japan-based unit.
Synergy from acquiring Kemet: Q&A with Yageo chairman Pierre Chen
Tuesday 19 November 2019Taiwan-based Yageo announced recently plans to acquire fellow US-based passive component company Kemet in an all-cash transaction valued at US$1.8 billion. The acquisition is expected...
Lite-On Semi shareholders OK acquisition by Diodes
Monday 28 October 2019Shareholders of Lite-On Semiconductor, a maker of discrete and analog semiconductor devices, have approved an acquisition proposal made by US-based Diodes.
VIS expects revenue surge in 2020
Tuesday 22 October 2019Vanguard International Semiconductor (VIS) will see its revenues rise sharply in 2020, thanks mainly to its acquisition of Globalfoundries' 8-inch fab in Singapore, according to Fang...
Diodes takeover of Lite-On Semi faces pressure from China
Friday 18 October 2019Diodes' planned takeover of Lite-On Semiconductor has gained regulatory approvals in the US and Taiwan, but China's regulatory body has recently claimed that both firms have failed...
GF acquires Smartcom PDK development team
Thursday 17 October 2019Globalfoundries has acquired the PDK engineering team from Smartcom Bulgaria. The newly acquired team will enhance GF's scale and capabilities, while strengthening competitiveness...
UMC allowed to buy remaining stake in Mie Fujitsu
Thursday 26 September 2019United Microelectronics (UMC) has satisfied all closing conditions, including final approval from all relevant government agencies, for the full acquisition of Mie Fujitsu Semiconductor...
Semiconductor acquisitions regain momentum in 2019, says IC Insights
Friday 20 September 2019After slowing in the past couple years, semiconductor merger and acquisition activity strengthened in the first eight months of 2019, according to IC Insights.
DuPont sells SiC wafer division to SK Siltron
Wednesday 11 September 2019DuPont Electronics & Imaging has announced it has signed an agreement to sell its compound semiconductor solutions (CSS) business to SK Siltron. The transaction is expected to...
Acer seeking new exponential growth momentum beyond PC sector
Friday 6 September 2019Acer will no longer just follow the Wintel direction for PC development, but will also develop new businesses based on fresh microtrends, seek exponential growth momentum through...
CCL, IC substrate and flexible PCB demand to boom in 5G era
Monday 26 August 2019Chip and component demand for 5G related applications, including network equipment, and antennas for handsets and IoT devices, is set to grow robustly starting 2020. In the PCB industry...
Goodix to acquire NXP voice and audio solutions biz
Tuesday 20 August 2019Shenzhen Goodix Technology has reached a definitive agreement with NXP Semiconductors under which it will acquire all assets of NXP's voice and audio solutions (VAS) business, according...
Diodes to acquire Lite-On Semi
Friday 9 August 2019Diodes and Lite-On Semiconductor (LSC) have entered into an agreement that provides for the acquisition of the Taiwan-based discrete and analog chipmaker by the US vendor, according...
HPE acquires MapR business assets
Tuesday 6 August 2019Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) has announced it has acquired the business assets of MapR, a data platform for artificial intelligence (AI) and analytics applications powered by...
Apple revving up in-house IC design capability; TSMC to benefit most
Monday 29 July 2019Apple has clinched a deal to acquire Intel's smartphone baseband (modem) chip business unit, and the US vendor is also expected to roll out MacBook models featuring its own ARM-based...
Taiwan passive components makers actively moving to develop 5G RF, antenna products
Friday 19 July 2019Lackluster terminal market demand has prompted Taiwan's leading passive components makers Yageo and Walsin Technology to step up implementing new development roadmaps for the next...
ASE Technology to repurchase shares of China subsidiaries from Tsinghua Unigroup
Wednesday 17 July 2019ASE Technology Holding has announced it will buy back the stakes of China-based subsidiaries Siliconware Technology (Suzhou) and Suzhou ASEN Semiconductors it has sold to Tsinghua...
Foxconn likely to rely on new acquisitions to build semiconductor ecosystem
Monday 15 July 2019Foxconn Technology Group, gearing up to build its own semiconductor ecosystem, is expected to activate a new round of acquisition deals to fill up the gaps in its supply chain, according...
- Why Intel might be mulling another big AI acquisition to help it battle Nvidia (Dec 3) - The Street
- Chipmaker Broadcom is behaving like a private equity firm (Jul 4) - The Financial Times
- Broadcom in advanced talks to acquire Symantec (Jul 3) - Bloomberg
- Exclusive: Applied Materials to buy KKR's Kokusai Electric for $2bn (Jul 1) - Nikkei Asian Review
- Nvidia to acquire Mellanox for US$6.9 billion (Mar 11) - Company release
- Samsung denies reports it's looking to acquire NXP (Mar 7) - The Street
- TPG-backed chip tester UTAC taps Citigroup for US$1 billion sale (Feb 22) - Bloomberg
- Unravelling US-China trade truce threatens deal wave (Dec 5, 2018) - The Financial Times
- Deal-shy chipmaker TSMC says it's open to memory acquisition (Sep 6, 2018) - Nikkei Asian Review
- Renesas is considering an acquisition of US chipmaker IDT (Aug 31, 2018) - Bloomberg