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Thursday 25 February 2016
Taiwan FTC extends review period on ASE-SPIL takeover bid
Taiwan's Fair Trade Commission (FTC) has extended its review period on a proposal submitted by Advanced Semiconductor Engineering (ASE) to acquire a majority stake in Siliconware...
Monday 22 February 2016
Taiwan IT vendors mixed on HNA Ingram Micro acquisition
Seeing the global largest IT distributor Ingram Micro having agreed to sell the company to the China-based HNA Group at a price of US$6 billion, Acer, which is a client of Ingram...
Thursday 28 January 2016
Chinese Semiconductor Industry's Latest Move: Sage Micro's Low-key Acquisition of Initio
Sage Microeletronique Corp acquired Initio Corporation on the last day of 2015. Since the second half of 2015, Chinese companies were frequently making acquisitions to integrate upstream...
Thursday 28 January 2016
SPIL seeing orders shift away
Siliconware Precision Industries (SPIL) has seen some of its clients shift orders to other OSAT companies, and estimated more than NT$30 billion (US$893 million) worth of orders will...
Thursday 21 January 2016
Richtek to delist from TSE on April 29
Richtek Technology will be delisted from the Taiwan Stock Exchange (TSE) on April 29, the date when its acquisition by MediaTek becomes effective, according to the analog IC specia...
Friday 8 January 2016
SPIL says share price undervalued in ASE new bid
Siliconware Precision Industries (SPIL) has argued that the price offered by Advanced Semiconductor Engineering (ASE) for a further stake in the company is too low.
Tuesday 29 December 2015
ASE says bid for more SPIL shares to take place as scheduled
Advanced Semiconductor Engineering (ASE) has maintained that its plan to buy an additional 24.71% stake in SPIL through a tender offer will be carried out as scheduled.
Tuesday 29 December 2015
Intel completes acquisition of Altera
Intel on December 28 announced that it has completed the acquisition of Altera, a provider of field-programmable gate array (FPGA) technology.
Monday 28 December 2015
SPIL to evaluate ASE acquisition proposal
Taiwan-based Siliconware Precision Industries (SPIL) has canceled a scheduled provisional shareholder meeting to seek approval for its planned alliance with China's Tsinghua Unigroup,...
Monday 28 December 2015
ASE dismisses speculation about Ardentec acquisition
Advanced Semiconductor Engineering (ASE) has posted a filing with the Taiwan Stock Exchange (TSE) dismissing a Chinese-language Commercial Times report indicating Ardentec...
Friday 25 December 2015
Sigurd to acquire TSI for NT$17.50 per share
Testing company Sigurd Microelectronics has announced plans to acquire its fellow Taiwan-based firm Test-Serv (TSI) for NT$17.50 (US$0.54) per share, or a total of approximately NT$1.4...
Thursday 24 December 2015
No justification for ASE to take over SPIL, says SPIL
Siliconware Precision Industries (SPIL) has responded to Advanced Semiconductor Engineering's (ASE) latest offer for the company saying SPIL does not see any justification for ASE...
Monday 21 December 2015
SPIL responds to ASE offer
Siliconware Precision Industries (SPIL) has confirmed on December 14 that the company received a proposal submitted by Advanced Semiconductor Engineering (ASE) to acquire all outstanding...
Monday 14 December 2015
Micron to acquire Inotera remaining shares
Micron Technology and Inotera Memories have signed an agreement for Micron to acquire Inotera's remaining shares for consideration worth NT$30 (approximately US$0.92) per share, according...
Friday 27 November 2015
Tsinghua Unigroup seeking investment in SK Hynix, says report
According to China's ITHome.com, state-backed tech conglomerate Tsinghua Unigroup intends to buy a stake in South Korea-based SK Hynix for around CNY30 billion (US$4.7 bil...
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