Semiconductors
Qualcomm set to reject Broadcom’s $103-bn takeover bid
13 Nov 2017
Chipmaker Qualcomm’s board is reportedly meeting to prepare its strategy against Broadcom’s unsolicited acquisition offer, as it feels the $70 per share bid undervalues the company
Broadcom reported in $100-bn bid to buy out rival chipmaker Qualcomm
04 Nov 2017
Buying Qualcomm would transform Broadcom into the third-largest chipmaker behind Intel and Samsung, and make it the leader in chips used in the more than 1 billion smartphones sold each year
Broadcom to move legal headquarters back to US
04 Nov 2017
Qualcomm files suits in China to stop production, sales of iPhone
14 Oct 2017
Apple and Qualcomm are locked in a global legal battle over Qualcomm’s practice of charging a percentage of the total price of iPhones and other Apple devices as licensing fee
Toshiba sells memory-chip unit to Bain-Apple group for $17.7 bn
28 Sep 2017
After the sale, Japanese companies, including Toshiba and Hoya Corp, will continue to hold more than 50 per cent of the common stock in Pangea, the investment vehicle that will acquire Toshiba Memory Corporation
Toshiba agrees to sell memory unit to Bain-led consortium for $18 bn
21 Sep 2017
Toshiba said it had also been negotiating with a group that involved iPhone assembler Hon Hai Precision Industry and another that included its jilted Western Digital, which has now moved for arbitration