If the network bubble and IT downturn in 1999-2001 led to the separation of many semiconductor companies from large OEMs, then the global financial turmoil triggered by the US subprime mortgage crisis will lead many semiconductor companies to merge, that is to say, Today, Stark Semiconductor's stock market is sluggish. Many semiconductor manufacturers will be forced to buy their competitors at a low price because they cannot walk through the coldest winter in the semiconductor industry.
Just as Vishay announced that it would acquire the international rectifier company (IR), the originator of the semiconductor industry, but before the final result, it was reported that Microchip teamed up with OnSemiconductor to acquire another established semiconductor manufacturer, Atmel. Atmel products include microprocessors, programmable logic devices, non-volatile memories, security chips, mixed-signal and RF radio integrated circuits. It is the father of global non-volatile memory technology. Atmel is very popular among users in the high-end market in China. Microchip said in an official news day that it and the two companies in Anson and the United States intend to acquire Atmel for $5.00 per share in cash. The acquisition was initiated by Microchip. According to Atmel's market value on October 1, the amount provided by Microchip will account for 52.4% of its total market capitalization, and the acquisition amount will reach US$2.3 billion. ON Semiconductor will acquire Atmel's non-volatile memory, RF and automotive electronics businesses. The acquisition is still under negotiation, but a letter from the CEO of Atmel to employees can be seen that the acquisition is more likely to succeed.
The case of Vishay's acquisition of IR is also in progress. In August of this year, Vishay took the initiative to issue a $1.6 billion equity takeover offer to IR, and Vishay added its bid to $1.7 billion. Founded in 1947, IR is the world's first semiconductor company to commercialize é”— rectifiers and the originator of the global semiconductor industry. It is still one of the world's largest power semiconductor manufacturers. It would be a sad thing to go through the 61-year stormy IR. If it is acquired, does it mean that the turning point of the global semiconductor industry really comes? This year is also the 50th anniversary of the extension of integrated circuits. In September 1958, the first integrated circuit appeared in the laboratory of Texas Instruments. I have predicted the four major trends of the semiconductor industry in the article of the 50th anniversary of the integrated circuit. The article predicts that the turning point of the semiconductor industry has come, and the semiconductor industry will have more mergers and acquisitions, which will move toward the era of low profit. From the West to the East. Judging from the development pattern of this year, these major predictions are being verified. For example, Fairchild Semiconductor, another originator of the semiconductor industry, has a gross profit margin of only 28.6% from its published second-quarter earnings report. The gross profit of European and American semiconductor companies has fallen below the police line of 30%. It is currently very active STMicroelectronics, in its recently announced second-quarter earnings report, its gross profit margin is only 36.8%, down more than 300 basis points.
STMicroelectronics completed two very large acquisitions this year. Earlier this year, ST's wireless products division merged with NXP's wireless division, which represented 80% of the shares. The newly completed ST-NXP joint venture also made another major acquisition in August this year: it came together with the Ericsson Mobile Platforms Division (EMP), which has been struggling for many years in the 3G market. This is also the trend of the times, they must unite against another powerful opponent Qualcomm. In this way, the wireless departments of the three European companies are united, and now only one Infineon is still fighting alone. However, Infineon has been in the rumor of merger with NXP since last year. Now it is also reported that Infineon wants to acquire Freescale's mobile phone product line.
In the same city and the same street as Infineon, EPCOS, Europe's largest electronic component manufacturer, also separated from Siemens, was also acquired by Japan's TDK Corporation for 1.2 billion euros in July this year. The semiconductor industry in Europe is the year of the earthquake.
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