Renesas acquires Intersil for automotive chips

On the 22nd, Beijing time, the Nikkei said: Japan Renesas Electronics is in the process of acquisition negotiations with US stock chip maker Intersil, the transaction price can be as high as 3 billion US dollars. The merger can be reached as early as this month, and the current market value of Intel is about $2.1 billion.

According to the Nihon Keizai Shimbun, Japanese semiconductor manufacturer Renesas Electronics is negotiating with US peer IntersilCorp. for the final phase of the merger. The basic agreement is reached within the fastest month. The purchase price is 3 100 billion yen ($2.98 billion). Renesas intends to use cash on hand or seek bank financing to cover the acquisition. According to reports, Intersil has a high market share in the field of power management chips, and Renesas expects to continue to look at the automotive chip market by acquiring Intersil to meet the demand for autopilot.

Renesas bought and added to the United States

Renesas itself has energy-saving semiconductor technology in the automotive field, and the market share of automotive microcontrollers is the highest in the world. However, with the trend of electric vehicles and automatic driving research and development, the demand for automotive microcontrollers is gradually declining, and the communication sensors required for autonomous driving technology are not the proud areas of Renesas, so from 1 year ago. Since then, Renesas has sought to acquire overseas companies to strengthen technology and production lines in related fields.

Therefore, the purpose of Renesas' purchase of Intel Muir is for the automotive semiconductor market. In addition to its high market share in power management semiconductors, Intel has a business profit margin of approximately 20 to 29%, and Intel's semiconductors in communications, such as automotive and industrial machinery, and smart phones, also have key technologies. Ensure that the electronic circuit is maintained at a certain voltage and supports low power consumption.

Another advantage of Intergur is that it has a corresponding product for both small-to-smart phones and voltage control needs in the industrial infrastructure industry. In the future, it will be expanded to power-saving semiconductors for electric vehicles and fuel cell vehicles.

In addition, Intel's customers are located in emerging markets in the US, Europe and Asia. Renesas is expected to expand its automotive semiconductor production lines and overseas markets through the acquisition.

Semiconductor giants seize the market for automotive chips

At present, the global market for automotive chips is about 3 trillion yen, while NXP Semiconductors NV acquired car manufacturers Freescale Semiconductor and Infineon Technologies AG in 2015. ) Also acquired the US company in 2015, which caused the original global leader, Renesas, to fall to the third place.

In 2015, NXP’s automotive chip business revenue was US$4.1 billion, Infineon’s US$2.8 billion, and Renesas’ US$2.6 billion. Renesas announced on August 10 that due to the increased demand for automotive semiconductors, the Kumamoto Kam Factory, which was originally planned to be sold/closed, will continue to operate and will not consider selling/closing.

When the global chip market shrank 0.8% to $377.8 billion this year, US IT research firm Gartner predicted that the automotive chip market is expected to reach 40 billion in 2019, with a mixed growth rate of about 6% per year. "A decade ago, the car (chip industry) was not hot enough. Now it has shown its charm," said Reinhard Ploss, president of Infineon, the leader of automotive energy management chips.

Today's cars need to use 100 separate electronic controllers, each of which is connected to a specific function, such as driving or braking, through a complex circuit. These aspects are the areas in which these mobile/computer chip manufacturers have been deeply involved for many years. At the same time, the acquisition can also give funds to companies with tight funding to continue research and development.

In 2015, Infineon took the lead and spent $3 billion to acquire InternaTIonal Recifier. The automotive sector will continue to grow at a high speed in the next 10 to 15 years, and the computer chip giant Intel, which has been struggling for ten years in the mobile processor market, has completed the process in order to add autopilot functionality to Intel processors. Important car features, they also spent $16.7 billion in 2015 to acquire programmable chip maker Altera.

About Renesas Electronics

Renesas Electronics is one of the world's top ten semiconductor chip suppliers. April 1, 2003 - Established by the semiconductor division of Hitachi, Ltd. and the Mitsubishi Electric Semiconductor Division. It has achieved the highest market share in the world in many fields such as mobile communications, automotive electronics and PC/AV. Headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, 26,000 employees (20 countries, 43 companies worldwide), corporate chairman and CEO, Ito Tatsu. The business development, design, manufacture, sales, and service of system LSI, discrete semiconductor components, and SRAM, etc., such as single-chip logic simulation. Renesas Integrated Circuit Design (Beijing) Co., Ltd. Suzhou Branch (RDB-SU) is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Renesas Technology. Since its establishment in January 2004, it has more than 150 outstanding engineers, responsible for the field of home appliances and automotive electronics. MCU's series of design work, and in April 2006 began to develop MCU for the Chinese market.

Renesas main agent/distributor: Avnet, Arrow, Edom, WPG (Daizhongda Holdings), Sekorm (Shiqiang Advanced Technology), Shenzhen Penglida, Zhejiang Jingbei , Shanghai Hongri, Guangling Electronics, Xinruili Technology, Fenghong Technology, Zenitron

About Intersil

Founded in 1999, Intersil is a global technology leader specializing in the design and manufacture of high performance analog semiconductors. Intersil is headquartered in San Jose, Calif., and Intersil's mission is to be the premier high performance analog company. With a solid foundation and years of simulation experience, the company continues to focus on the leading attractive high performance analog market that will provide Intersil with a sustainable long-term model of success.

Intersil is a market leader in analog and mixed-signal semiconductors. The world-class engineering team is ready to provide leading-edge products and all the support needed to help customers bring their products and systems to market in the shortest possible time.

Founded in 1999, Intersil is headquartered in Milpitas, Calif., and is listed on the Nasdaq: ISIL, with more than 1,700 employees worldwide.

Intersil's main products include power management, amplifiers and buffers, audio and video, data converters, interface circuits, switches / multiplexers / cross matrices, clock and digital devices, aerospace and military devices. Intersil's products are used in a wide range of applications, including automotive electronics, computers, consumer electronics, industrial applications, medical, security surveillance, and LED lighting.

Intersil's main agents/distributors: Avnet, Fuchang Electronics, Xuanyuan, Maolun, WPG (DAI)

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