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Renesas Will Buy Intersil

by Yvette Raikes

Semiconductor company Renesas Electronics Corporation will acquire Intersil Corporation, which supplies power management and precision analogue solutions. They have agreed on a share price of $22.50, meaning equity of $3.2 billion. Pending shareholder and …

HP to Buy Samsung’s Printer Business

by Yvette Raikes

HP Inc. has agreed to buy Samsung’s printer business for $1.05 billion. HP will take over the designs, intellectual property (6,500 patents) and 1,300 researchers and engineers as well as a factory in China …

Intel to Acquire Computer Vision Company Movidius

by Milos Pavlovic

Intel is to buy Movidius which is a specialist developer of SoCs for vision processing (Is AR the New Hope for 3D?). Intel wants the technology to be used in “augmented, virtual and merged …

Dell/EMC Deal Nearly Done

by Milos Pavlovic

Dell said that it would close its deal to acquire EMC on September 7th and also said that it would change the name of the combined company to Dell Technologies. Approval by China’s Ministry …

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Ingram Takeover Delayed

by Tom Allen

The acquisition of Ingram Micro by China’s Tianjin Tianhai (a division of the HNA Group) has been delayed. The date that the deal must be completed by has been extended to the 13th November …

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Stratacache Acquires Scala for Global Expansion

by Tom Allen

US digital signage hardware, software and services provider Stratacache has acquired Scala, the digital signage platform developer. The deal combines the USA’s (Stratacache) and world’s (Scala) largest signage companies. Stratacache says that its strong …

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Microsoft Makes Streaming High Priority

by Tom Allen

Microsoft’s Team Xbox has signed an agreement to acquire game streaming service Beam. Beam, based in Seattle, enables live stream viewers to play along with the streamer. The streamer can use Beam’s own protocol …

China Clears Way for Foxconn/Sharp Deal

by Tom Allen

The Sharp/Foxconn merger has been approved by China’s anti-monopoly authorities, completing the final stage of regulatory reviews in the $3.8 billion deal. Foxconn said in a statement that it and Sharp ‘will now move …

Disney Takes Stake in Streaming Company

by Tom Allen

The Walt Disney company has taken a 33% stake in BAMTech, a video streaming company formed by Major League Baseball. The acquisition cost $2 billion, which will be paid in two installments: one now …

LeEco: Today Vizio, Tomorrow the World?

by Ken Werner

When LeEco (Leshi Internet Information & Technology) exhibited at one of the press-and-analyst shows at CES 2016, it had not yet changed its name from Letv. Then, Letv showed prototypes and products that were …

Kyocera Expands Optical Business

by Tom Allen

Kyocera is to acquire 100% of the shares of Melles Griot KK, a Japan-based manufacturer of optical components. Melles Griot is currently a subsidiary of US-based IDEX Corp. The company will become a wholly-owned …

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Sony Expands in Video-Over-IP

by Tom Allen

Sony Europe has acquired Belgian company eSaturnus NV, which develops video-over-IP solutions in the medical field. The acquisition covers all of eSaturnus’s assets, including IP, technologies and software solution capabilities. Sony intends to expand …