Semi-precious

9 February 2021 By Liam Proud Follow @liamwardproud

Germany and Britain must decide whether to allow foreign takeovers of $6 bln Dialog Semiconductor, $5 bln Siltronic and $40 bln Arm. The risk lies in yielding control of scarce, technologically critical assets. In that respect, only the latter two deals are worth blocking.

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GlobalWafers on Feb. 9 said that its bid for Germany’s Siltronic had been successful, after it secured control of more than 50% of the wafer manufacturer’s shares.

Japan’s Renesas Electronics on Feb. 8 agreed to buy Dialog Semiconductor for 4.9 billion euros in cash.

Britain's competition regulator said on Jan. 6 that it would start an investigation into Nvidia’s $40 billion deal to buy UK-based chip designer Arm.

The Competition and Markets Authority said it was "likely to consider whether, following the takeover, Arm has an incentive to withdraw, raise prices or reduce the quality of its IP licensing services to Nvidia's rivals."

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