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Thursday 14 March 2024
China likely to see rising M&A in chip industry amidst cooling IPO market
Amid an overheated frenzy in semiconductor investments, the Chinese government's decision to cool the market down has bore fruit. An expert believes an industrial consolidation has...
Thursday 7 March 2024
Qisda picks up M&A pace; subsidiaries going public
Qisda Chairperson Peter Chen announced that the group will be picking up its merger and acquisition pace this year, as several of its subsidiaries are slated for IPO and the conglomerate...
Tuesday 27 February 2024
Mirror on the wall... will Intel become 2nd largest foundry in the world? Perhaps, but...
Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger wants the company to become the world's second-largest foundry service provider by 2030. With the right partners, it may achieve the goal faster than expected...
Monday 26 February 2024
Renesas calls off plans to acquire Sequans
Renesas Electronics has terminated the previously announced memorandum of understanding (MOU) between Renesas and Sequans Communications, under which Renesas made a tender offer to...
Monday 26 February 2024
Why Kioxia is warming up to SK Hynix for WD merger talks
The memory market has rebounded from the previous trough, led by NAND Flash's multi-fold price surge. However, the NAND business of many integrated device manufacturers (IDMs) is...
Tuesday 20 February 2024
Arm, OpenAI, and Softbank showing interest in buying Graphcore
British AI chip startup Graphcore is rumored to be for sale, with the asking price estimated at US$500 million. Arm, SoftBank, and OpenAI are said to be among potential buyers.
Monday 5 February 2024
WT Group gets US$1.9 billion syndicated loan for acquisition
WT Group, the fourth-largest semiconductor component distributor in the world, has signed a contract with banks to obtain half of the capital needed to acquire its Canadian counterpart,...
Tuesday 30 January 2024
Generative AI Seen as Helping to Identify M&A Targets, Bain Says
Deal makers are turning to artificial intelligence and generative AI tools to source data, screen targets, and conduct due diligence at a time of heightened regulatory concerns around...
Thursday 25 January 2024
Chinese government support produces 100 domestic EDA vendors, but few will survive
China's multitude of government-supported (electronic design automation) EDA vendors are facing the prospect of elimination.
Tuesday 16 January 2024
Faraday to acquire Aragio Solutions
Faraday Technology, a Taiwan-based provider of fabless ASIC services and silicon IP, has announced plans to acquire silicon IP company Aragio Solutions through its subsidiary Sheng...
Tuesday 16 January 2024
EgisTec to acquire IP company InPsytech
IC design house Egis Technology (EgisTec) has announced plans to acquire InPsytech, a silicon intellectual property company, for NT$4.7 billion (US$150.5 million).
Thursday 11 January 2024
Qisda's NT$200 billion revenue streak set to continue into 2024
Taiwan-based conglomerate Qisda Corporation has maintained its consolidated revenue above NT$200 billion (US$6.5 billion) for three consecutive years, signaling a resilient performance...
Monday 25 December 2023
Kioxia seeks integration solutions amid failed merger and financial woes
Following the dissolution of the merger between Japan's Kioxia and the US-based Western Digital (WD) memory division, Kioxia is now exploring integration with other entities. Financial...
Thursday 7 December 2023
WT Micro's US$3.8b merger fuels ongoing evolution in global IC distribution
In recent years, a wave of consolidation has swept through the global IC trading sector, with companies seeking to stand out in a fiercely competitive market by engaging in mergers...
Friday 17 November 2023
WPG optimistic about industry M&A trend
Taiwan-based IC distributor WPG Holdings has a positive outlook on the impact of IC distributor mergers and acquisitions (M&A) on industry development and expects the semiconductor...
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