Status: Clearance Acquirer: SK hynix Inc. (South Korea) Acquired: NAND business of Intel Corporation (US) Value: US$9 billion Industry: Semiconductors… Continue Reading
Status: Clearance Acquirer: SK hynix system Inc. (South Korea) Acquired: NAND business of Cypress Semiconductor Corporation (US) Value: US$6 million Industry: Semiconductors… Continue Reading
Status: Withdrawn; Abandoned Acquirer: Unic Capital Management Co., Ltd. (China); China Integrated Circuit Industry Investment Fund Co. (China) Acquired: Xcerra, Inc. (US) Value: Approx. US$580 million Industry: Semiconductor… Continue Reading
Status: Clearance Acquirer: ARRIS International plc (England and Wales) Acquired: Brocade Communications Systems, Inc. (US); Broadcom Ltd. (Singapore) Value: US$800 million Industry: Telecommunications; Network and Data Solutions; Semiconductors… Continue Reading
Status: Clearance Acquirer: Eugene Technology Co., Ltd. (South Korea) Acquired: ALD and CVD memory product line of Aixtron SE (Germany) Value: US$45-$55 million Industry: Semiconductors… Continue Reading
Status: Presidential Order Acquirer: Canyon Bridge Capital Partners, Inc. (US); China Venture Capital Fund Corporation Limited (China) Acquired: Lattice Semiconductor Corp. (US) Value: Approximately US$1.3 Billion Industry: Integrated Circuits; Electronic Engineering; Semiconductors… Continue Reading
Status Update: Clearance Acquirer: Renesas Electronics Corp. (Japan) Acquired: Intersil Corp. (U.S.) Value: Approx. US$3.22 Billion Industry: Semiconductors UPDATE: On February 21, 2017, Intersil Corporation issued a press release stating that, in relation to its pending acquisition by Renesas Electronics Corporation, the parties “received notification by the Committee on Foreign Investment in the … Continue Reading
Status: Clearance Acquirer: IDG Capital Partners (China), MLS Co, Ltd. (China) and Yiwu State-Owned Assets Operation Center (China) Acquired: LEDvance, business unit of Osram Licht AG (German) Value: Approx. EUR400 Million (US$442.2 Million) Industry: Semiconductors According to recent news reports, the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) has cleared the … Continue Reading
Status Update: Withdrawn and Abandoned Acquirer: Infineon Technologies AG (Germany) Acquired: Cree, Inc. (US) Value: US$850 million Industry: Semiconductors UPDATE: On February 16, 2017, Cree Inc., announced that “it will terminate the definitive agreement to sell its Wolfspeed Power and RF division (“Wolfspeed”), which includes the silicon carbide substrate business for power, RF and … Continue Reading
Status: Clearance Acquirer: ASML Holding NV (The Netherlands) Acquired: Hermes Microvision, Inc. (Taiwan) Value: Approx. NT$100 billion (US$3.1 billion) Industry: Semiconductors ASML Holdings NV, a Netherlands company that manufactures “chip-making equipment,” announced on October 26, 2016, that it received all necessary regulatory clearance, including from the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United … Continue Reading
Status: Clearance Acquirer: Beijing E-Town Chipone Technology Co., Ltd. (China) Acquired: Integrated Memory Logic Limited (U.S.) Value: Approx. US$144.5 million Industry: Integrated Circuits; Semiconductors On November 2, 2016, Exar Corporation announced that it received clearance from the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) concerning the sale of its fabless semiconductor subsidiary, … Continue Reading
Status: Presidential Order Acquirer: Fujian Grand Chip Investment Fund LP (China); Zhendong Liu (China) Acquired: Aixtron SE (Germany) Value: Approximately €670 million Industry: Semiconductors Late in the evening on Friday, December 2, the White House published the text of a “Presidential Order – Regarding the Proposed Acquisition of a Controlling Interest in Aixtron … Continue Reading
