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Friday 15 September 2023
Implications of latest merger between Taiwan and Canadian IC distributors to IC design industry
When the world is de-globalizing, it is the best time for Taiwan to re-connect to the global market. When a Taiwan-based IC distributor is moving toward the European and American...
Wednesday 6 September 2023
Samsung may have changed tack in M&A amid geopolitical tensions
Following Nvidia and Intel's failed respective proposals to acquire Arm and Israel-based Tower Semiconductor, concerns arise about the prospect of significant mergers and acquisitions...
Thursday 31 August 2023
Unitech PCB to step up new plant establishment in Thailand
Unitech Printed Circuit Board is considering a merger to expedite the establishment of its new production site in Thailand, according to industry sources.
Friday 18 August 2023
Silicon Motion to seek damages from MaxLinear over collapsed merger deal
Silicon Motion Technology has vowed to take MaxLinear to court over a collapsed merger deal, saying it will seek damages well over the termination fee as stated in their agreement.
Thursday 17 August 2023
Geopolitical tensions impede Intel's Tower acquisition
Intel's inability to complete the acquisition of Tower Semiconductor was already anticipated as geopolitical risks intensified, according to sources at Taiwan-based pure-play found...
Friday 28 July 2023
MaxLinear announces termination of merger deal, but Silicon Motion intends to enforce it
US-based MaxLinear has announced that it has exercised its contractual rights to terminate its May 5, 2022 merger agreement with Taiwan-based Silicon Motion. But Silicon Motion has...
Tuesday 18 July 2023
China approval would be key to Kioxia-Western Digital merger
China's approval would be key to whether Kioxia could quickly merge with Western Digital's flash business, according to industry sources.
Tuesday 4 July 2023
AcBel finishes merger of ABB Power Conversion
Taiwan-based power supply maker AcBel Polytech announced on July 3 to have completed the acquisition of ABB Power Conversion with an amount of US$505 million and has completed all...
Wednesday 7 June 2023
Global 1Q23 enterprise SSD revenue falls by nearly half
Due to a slump in both volume and prices, revenue in the enterprise SSD market fell 47.3% sequentially to nearly US$2 billion in the first quarter of 2023, according to TrendForce.
Tuesday 16 May 2023
Kioxia and WD reportedly resume merger talks
As the slow demand for NAND persists, Kioxia and Western Digital are reportedly accelerating their merger talks, which may create the second-largest flash memory chip producer after...
Tuesday 25 April 2023
Optoma works with NYCU to construct R&D center for AI and VR in Taiwan
Optoma, a subsidiary of Coretronic, has partnered with Tawan's National Yang-Ming Chiao-Tung University (NYCU) to work on building an R&D center for AI and VR interaction and...
Wednesday 19 April 2023
Samsung focuses output cut effort on DRAM
Samsung Electronics has focused its output reduction efforts on DRAM, while striving to maintain its NAND flash chip output to further enhance its market leadership, according to...
Friday 24 March 2023
Toshiba board reportedly OKs takeover by JIP-led group
Toshiba's board of directors has approved a JPY2 trillion (US$15.3 billion) offer from a consortium led by Japan Industrial Partners (JIP) to buy the company, according to local media...
Friday 17 February 2023
Kioxia and WD resume merger talks
Kioxia and Western Digital (WD) have resumed talks over a potential merger, but given the current state of the NAND flash industry, industry sources expect there may be many obstacles...
Thursday 5 January 2023
Western Digital, Kioxia revive merger talks with flash memory demand sinking
Western Digital Corp. has restarted talks with Japan's Kioxia Holdings Corp. in a deal that could unite two technology storage providers, according to people familiar with the matt...
Global wafer foundry industry analysis and forecast, 2022
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