MaxLinear and Silicon Motion Technology have entered into a definitive agreement under which MaxLinear will acquire Silicon Motion in a cash and stock transaction that values the...
China-based ODM Wingtech Technology has seen semiconductor sales significantly bolster its profits since acquiring in late 2019 Nexperia, a Dutch supplier of discrete and MOSFET components...
Taiwan-based WT Microelectronics has announced plans to take over Singapore-based IC distributor Excelpoint Technology via its wholly-owned subsidiary WT Semiconductor for a total...
Qualcomm has completed its acquisition of Arriver from SSW Partners, enhancing its ability to deliver open, fully integrated, and competitive advanced driver assistance system (ADAS)...
SK Hynix and Solidigm have unveiled their first collaborative product, a new enterprise solid-state drive (eSSD), which combines the former chipmaker's 128-layer 4D NAND flash with...
Hangzhou Fullsemi Semiconductor, an IDM foundry specializing in analog chips, has raised an undisclosed sum of investment from China's National Semiconductor Industry Investment Fund...
Semiconductor companies around the world are weighing the risks and opportunities of M&A (mergers and acquisitions) deals, which could play an important role in advancing their...
TSMC and its fellow Taiwan-based pure-play foundries are expected to see their combined global market share top 70%, when their additional fab capacities come online, according to...
Notebook ODMs, including Wistron and Compal Electronics, are actively moving to grow their presence in the industrial PC (IPC) sector through acquisitions or cooperation with IPC...
Intel has announced plans to acquire Tower Semiconductor, an Israel-based analog IC foundry, for US$53 per share or a total of approximately US$5.4 billion in cash.
Nvidia and SoftBank Group have announced the termination of the previously announced transaction whereby the former would acquire Arm from the latter. The parties said they agreed...
Memory chipmaker SK Hynix has reported its operating profits surged 148% to KRW12.41 trillion (US$10.3 billion) in 2021, when revenue grew 35% on year to nearly KRW43 trillion.
Technology merger and acquisition activities accelerated in 2021 and deals in Asia broke the US$100 billion mark for the first time in history, totaling US$137.3 billion, up 86.3%...
Taiwan-based chipmakers, led by foundry TSMC and silicon wafer supplier GlobalWafers, are gearing up to tap into the market for gallium nitride (GaN), silicon carbide (SiC) and other...
