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Tuesday 22 January 2013
The next 50 years: Q&A with Rohm CEO Satoshi Sawamura
Rohm Semiconductor is looking to go beyond traditional practices and strategies while insisting on its original purpose "quality first" to provide best products and services,...
Thursday 3 January 2013
Diodes to acquire BCD Semi for US$151 million
Diodes, a manufacturer and supplier of application-specific standard products within the discrete, logic and analog semiconductor markets, has announced that the company entered into...
Saturday 22 December 2012
Japan Fair Trade Commission clears acquisition of Elpida by Micron
The Japan Fair Trade Commission has cleared Micron Technology's acquisition of bankrupt Japan-based Elpida Memory, according to the US memory chipmaker.
Friday 7 December 2012
Commentary: NSP, DelSolar merger unlikely to stir industry
Some solar makers believe the merger between Neo Solar Power (NSP) and DelSolar, a subsidiary of Delta Electronics, will not affect the industry significantly. Nevertheless, this...
Friday 2 November 2012
Elpida says acquisition by Micron approved by Tokyo court
The Tokyo District Court has made an order approving Elpida Memory's reorganization plans to creditors, and also rejected a separate plan proposed by certain of Elpida's bondholders,...
Thursday 18 October 2012
ASML to acquire litho light source supplier Cymer
ASML and Cymer have entered into a definitive agreement under which ASML will acquire all outstanding shares of Cymer in a cash-and-stock transaction currently valued at EUR1.95 billion...
Thursday 6 September 2012
Lenovo acquires CCE in Brazil
Lenovo Group has announced the acquisition of CCE, which is a leader in PCs and consumer electronics in Brazil. The acquisition is expected to expand Lenovo's presence in the world's...
Tuesday 21 August 2012
E Ink acquisition of SiPix is for prevention of price wars instead of obtaining capacity
Taiwan-based EPD (electrophoretic display) maker E Ink Holdings (EIH) will acquire a 100% stake in fellow EPD player SiPix Technology for a total price of up to NT$1.5 billion (US$50...
Thursday 16 August 2012
Sigurd to buy stake in fellow backend firm
Sigurd Microelectronics, a Taiwan-based packaging and testing company specializing in consumer and mature logic ICs, has unveiled plans to participate in an upcoming fundraiser by...
Thursday 16 August 2012
VIA reportedly has become acquisition target for a China communications chip player
Chip maker VIA Technologies is reportedly being targeted by a China-based communications chip player for acquisition, according to market watchers.
Tuesday 14 August 2012
Ability and Altek to see DSC shipments drop in 3Q12
Taiwan-based digital still camera (DSC) makers Ability Enterprise and Altek are both expected to see a shipment drop in the third quarter of 2012, affected by demand being replaced...
Monday 6 August 2012
Foxconn reiterates agreement to take a stake in Sharp with price to be renegotiated
Taiwan-based Foxconn Electronics (Hon Hai Precision Industry) has reiterated that it has reached an agreement with Sharp to renegotiate the prices for purchasing a stake in the Japanese...
Wednesday 25 July 2012
Risks come with rewards in Micron purchase of Elpida, IHS finds
Micron Technology's recent purchase of bankrupt Japan-based Elpida Memory is a bold move not without risk, even though Micron will emerge from the acquisition considerably larger...
Monday 23 July 2012
HTC amends strategy, reduces stake in Beats
HTC has amended its development strategy and is likely to slow down its acquisition plans after announcing that it has reached a deal of selling nearly half of its holdings in audio...
Friday 20 July 2012
ISSI to acquire Chingis
Integrated Silicon Solution (ISSI) on July 19 announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement with the major shareholders of Chingis Technology under which ISSI intends...