Kodak TV India on Tuesday said it will invest over ₹500 crore in the next three years to set up a fully-automated television manufacturing plant in Hapur, Uttar Pradesh. Super Plastronics Pvt Ltd (SPPL), the brand...
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Samsung denies interest in Arm Holdings stake
Samsung Electronics Co Ltd on Tuesday denied a media report that it is considering buying a small stake in SoftBank Group Corp’s chip company Arm Holdings. The Korea Times newspaper reported Samsung’s interest in buying...
Nvidia may acquire SoftBank owned UK chip maker ARM for $32bn: Report
US chip-maker Nvidia is reportedly in advance talks to acquire SoftBank-owned UK chip company ARM in a cash-and-stock deal worth at least $32 billion. According to a report in the Financial Times on Friday citing...
Apple buys startup to turn iPhones into payment terminals
Apple Inc. has acquired Mobeewave Inc., a startup with technology that could transform iPhones into mobile payment terminals, according to people familiar with the matter. Mobeewave’s technology lets shoppers tap their...
Chipmaker SMIC inks $7.6 billion investment deal for wafer production
China’s Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp (SMIC) said on Friday it would establish a joint venture company to develop wafer production units in Beijing to bump up its semiconductor output and reduce costs...
Chipmaker Analog Devices to buy rival Maxim for about $21 billion
Semiconductor maker Analog Devices Inc said on Monday it would buy rival Maxim Integrated Products Inc for about $21 billion in the largest U.S. deal this year, aimed at boosting its market share in automotive and 5G...
Apple supplier Foxconn plans to invest $1 billion in India: Sources
Foxconn plans to invest up to $1 billion to expand a factory in southern India where the Taiwanese contract manufacturer assembles Apple iPhones, two sources said. The move, the scale of which has not previously been...
Chipmaker Analog Devices in advanced talks to buy Maxim Integrated – sources
U.S. semiconductor maker Analog Devices Inc is in advanced talks to acquire Maxim Integrated Products Inc, an industry peer that has a market capitalization of $17.1 billion, people familiar with the matter said on...
AMS gains EU antitrust clearance for 4.6 billion euro Osram buy
Austrian sensor producer AMS on Monday gained unconditional EU antitrust approval for its 4.6-billion-euro ($5.2 billion) acquisition of German lighting group Osram, its biggest ever deal. The European Commission said...
China chipmaker SMIC to raise $6.55 billion in Shanghai share sale
China’s Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp (SMIC) will raise 46.29 billion yuan ($6.55 billion) in a Shanghai share sale, more than double its initial target, pricing its offering following a surge in its...
Japan’s Sharp Corp. may move up Dynabook PC unit IPO: Nikkei
Japan’s Sharp Corp has indicated that its laptop making unit may go public this year instead of 2021, the Nikkei Asian Review reported on Thursday. According to the Nikkei report, the Osaka-based electronics maker’s...
Apple acquires startup aimed at managing corporate Macs, iPads
Apple Inc has acquired Fleetsmith, a San Francisco-based startup company whose technology helps businesses manage Apple’s Mac and iPad devices among their employee bases. The move is a push by Apple into the mobile...
