Burst! Renesas Electronics and NXP announce price increase notice On November 30, Japanese semiconductor manufacturer Renesas Electronics (Renesas Electronics https://www2.renesas.cn/cn/zh) sent a product price increase notice to customers, the effective date of the price increase is January 1, 2021. The notice stated that due to the increase in the cost of raw materials and packaging…

In October 2016, wireless chip giant Qualcomm announced that it intended to acquire fellow chip maker NXP Semiconductors. At the time, Qualcomm said the deal would boost the company’s serviceable addressable markets by around 40%, add “significantly” to the company’s non-GAAP earnings, and expand Qualcomm’s presence “across key growth opportunities: automotive, Internet of Things, security, and networking.” Unfortunately…

A $44 billion tech deal just became the latest casualty in the escalating US-China trade tensions. Qualcomm had been waiting nearly two years for its purchase of Dutch chipmaker NXP to clear global regulatory hurdles. The massive deal, first announced in October 2016, had been approved by regulators in eight other jurisdictions, including the European…

Qualcomm first announced its plans to acquire NXP almost 21 months ago and has since jumped through hoops to appease investors and regulators around the world, but it still remains at the mercy of Chinese regulators to approve the deal. At stake is one of the largest and most defining acquisitions in the semiconductor industry.…

Qualcomm, one of the largest American telecom equipment companies, has been trying to settle its $43 billion acquisition of Dutch automotive chip firm NXP Semiconductors for almost two years. However, pending regulatory approvals have kept investors glued to their screens to monitor the extreme volatility of the stocks. Qualcomm is one of the industry pioneers when…

ZTE’s final penalty payment to the U.S. should have paved the way for a MOFCOM approval for Qualcomm’s  buyout of NXP Semiconductor.  But NXPI stock is languishing. Why are markets treating the deal as over? Qualcomm announced its planned takeover of NXP Semiconductors in Oct. 2016, but the chipmaker has faced an uphill battle in getting the deal approved. NXP’s…

The global automotive chip market size is expected to reach USD 56.24 billion by 2025, according to a study conducted by Grand View Research, Inc., exhibiting a CAGR of 10.7% during the forecast period. Rising awareness regarding energy-efficient lighting systems and burgeoning sales of luxury vehicles equipped with navigation and infotainment systems are creating an upswing in the demand…

A Chinese court temporarily banned Micron Technology Inc. chip sales, cutting the U.S. company off from the world’s largest semiconductor market, Taiwanese rival United Microelectronics Corp. said.In a patent ruling in favor of UMC, the Fuzhou Intermediate People’s Court of the People’s Republic of China issued a preliminary injunction stopping Micron from selling 26 products, including dynamic random access…