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Tuesday 21 November 2017
Samsung to unseat Intel as top semiconductor supplier in 2017, says IC Insights
For the first time since 1993, the semiconductor industry is expected to witness a new number 1 supplier, according to IC Insights.
Tuesday 14 November 2017
Qualcomm rejects Broadcom acquisition bid
Qualcomm has announced that its board of directors has unanimously rejected the unsolicited proposal announced by Broadcom Limited ("Broadcom") on November 6, 2017, saying the bid...
Tuesday 7 November 2017
Qualcomm receives unsolicited takeover offer from Broadcom
Qualcomm on November 6 confirmed that it has received a non-binding, unsolicited proposal from Broadcom to acquire all of the outstanding shares of Qualcomm for per share consideration...
Monday 16 October 2017
Toshiba discloses further investment in 3D NAND flash facility
Toshiba announced recently its board of directors had approved a further investment by Toshiba Memory in production equipment for Fab 6 at its Yokkaichi operations in Mie (Japan).
Friday 6 October 2017
Dialog to acquire Silego
Dialog Semiconductor, a provider of integrated power management, AC/DC power conversion, charging, and low power connectivity technology, has announced it has signed a definitive...
Friday 29 September 2017
Toshiba seals JPY2 trillion deal with Bain group
Toshiba announced on September 28 the company had signed a deal to sell its memory-chip business - Toshiba Memory - to a group led by Bain Capital for about JPY2 trillion (US$18 bi...
Tuesday 26 September 2017
Sigurd to enter board of Winstek
Winstek Semiconductor (formerly STATS ChipPAC Taiwan Semiconductor) is scheduled to hold a shareholders meeting on November 15 to re-elect its board of directors. Sigurd Microelectronics...
Thursday 21 September 2017
Toshiba agrees to sell memory-chip unit to Bain Capital-led consortium
Toshiba has agreed to sell its memory-chip business to KK Pangea, a special purpose acquisition company formed by a Bain Capital Private Equity-led consortium. The decision was made...
Monday 4 September 2017
Posiflex board approves plan for Portwell acquisition
The board of industrial PC (IPC) maker Posiflex Technology has approved a plan to invest over NT$5.1 billion (US$173.4 million) to fully acquire Portwell, also an IPC player, for...
Monday 4 September 2017
Lam Research completes acquisition of Coventor
Lam Research, a supplier of wafer fabrication equipment and services to the semiconductor industry, has completed the acquisition of Coventor, a provider of simulation and modeling...
Wednesday 30 August 2017
Western Digital to acquire Tegile Systems
Western Digital has announced plans to acquire Tegile Systems, a provider of flash and persistent-memory storage solutions for enterprise data center applications. Financial terms...
Tuesday 29 August 2017
Nidec to acquire SV Probe
Japan-based Nidec has announced plans to acquire SV Probe, a Singapore-based probe card manufacturer, through subsidiary Nidec-Read. A stock purchase agreement has been reached between...
Tuesday 22 August 2017
China PCB firms step up capacity expansion
China-based PCB manufacturers including Suzhou Dongshan Precision Manufacturing (DSBJ) and Jiangxi Holitech Technology have moved to expand their production capacities eyeing a bigger...
Wednesday 16 August 2017
Toshiba says court order will not affect memory operations
Toshiba has been ordered by a US court to resume Western Digital's access to certain Toshiba's databases, but this order will not affect the operations of its memory chip unit - Toshiba...
Monday 14 August 2017
GCS optimistic about VCSEL demand for data centers
Pure-play compound semiconductor wafer foundry Global Communication Semiconductors (GCS) has expressed optimism about gallium arsenide (GaAs) demand for vertical cavity surface-emitting...