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Top 10 electronics business deals of 2012
Peter Clarke
12/5/2012 4:21 PM EST
Taiwan's 'M Brothers'
Industry consolidation wasn't limited to North America and Europe during 2012. In what could be the most significant deal of the year in the nascent Asian market, Taiwanese fabless chip vendor MediaTek Inc. announced it was acquiring a stake in Taiwan rival MStar Semiconductor. Taiwan's Fair Trade Commission approved MediaTek's acquisition of a 48 percent stake in MStar in August.
The rivals both make SoCs for smart phones and multimedia devices. Together, the Taiwanese companies also dominate the digital TV chip market, collectively holding 60 percent of that segment.
MediaTek President C.J. Hsieh emphasized to us in January the importance of low-cost chips, especially those for the consumer electronics market. The TV SoC battle is especially brutal because “the technology for TVs progresses very fast,” Hsieh explained.
A few months after we spoke with Hsieh, MediaTek made its move to acquire a stake in MStar.
MediaTek President C.J. Hsieh is acquisitive.
Industry consolidation wasn't limited to North America and Europe during 2012. In what could be the most significant deal of the year in the nascent Asian market, Taiwanese fabless chip vendor MediaTek Inc. announced it was acquiring a stake in Taiwan rival MStar Semiconductor. Taiwan's Fair Trade Commission approved MediaTek's acquisition of a 48 percent stake in MStar in August.
The rivals both make SoCs for smart phones and multimedia devices. Together, the Taiwanese companies also dominate the digital TV chip market, collectively holding 60 percent of that segment.
MediaTek President C.J. Hsieh emphasized to us in January the importance of low-cost chips, especially those for the consumer electronics market. The TV SoC battle is especially brutal because “the technology for TVs progresses very fast,” Hsieh explained.
A few months after we spoke with Hsieh, MediaTek made its move to acquire a stake in MStar.
MediaTek President C.J. Hsieh is acquisitive.
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GREAT-Terry
12/5/2012 11:25 PM EST
Good refreshing to the memory. Some acquisitions are so important to the market!
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tpfj
12/6/2012 11:55 AM EST
No Google+Moto, Intel+Infineon, Nvidia+Icera, Samsung+CSR?
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peter.clarke
12/7/2012 7:25 AM EST
@tpfj
Intel acqisition of Infineon closed in January 2011
Nvidia acquisition of Icera closed in June 2011
Google Moto deal did close in 2012 but was first announced in August 2011 and is equipment related.
Samsung acquisition of CSR mobile development operations is an important deal that was first announced in July 2012. Samsung agreed to pay CSR plc (Cambridge, England) $310 million for its handset connectivity and location operations and the associated technology. Samsung has also agreed to invest an additional $34.4 million to take a 4.9 percent stake in publicly-held CSR.
We covered the story initially here:
http://www.eetimes.com/electronics-news/4390445/Samsung-acquires-CSR-s-mobile-business
and followed up with an analysis here:
http://www.eetimes.com/electronics-news/4391689/Does-Samsung-deal-leave-CSR-out-in-the-cold-
Thanks to tpfj for the reminder.
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tpfj
12/11/2012 10:24 AM EST
Not sure what you mean by Google acquiring Moto Mobility is an equipment deal and therefore somehow not relevant? Some would argue its the insurance policy for Android. You are right, the other two were 2011 deals, oops (blush), time sure seems to fly.
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iniewski
12/10/2012 12:06 PM EST
AMD deal is strange, it's like buying the customer so you can sell your own wares more
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Tom.Arneberg
1/4/2013 3:07 PM EST
Hey, what about Intel/Cray? http://www.eetimes.com/electronics-news/4371639/Cray-sells-interconnect-hardware-unit-to-Intel?pageNumber=0
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Frank Eory
1/4/2013 5:45 PM EST
I guess Google's divestiture of Motorola's STB and cable modem business to Arris will count as a 2013 deal, even though it was announced last month?
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ValenS
2/20/2013 2:46 AM EST
This is why Apple is king in quality products. Apple just makes everything better than the rest. This gotta get you even more upset huh? Upset for no reason at all. I can't afford a Ferrari but I don't just hate the company for it. I just don't get these Apple hater trailer trash folks. Oh wait! there is a free Android phone for you at T-Mobile.
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