Renesas is considering selling units for the production of chips for mobile devices

During 2013, Renesas decides to sell units for the production of chips for mobile devices, the source said, citing the words of the manufacturer.

If the decision is made in favor of the sale, the buyer will not be easy to find, because the market of chips for mobile devices, competition is intense. Among the companies that offer only basic elements and not to let the devices themselves, dominates Qualcomm, and such major cell phone makers like Apple or Samsung, develop themselves to their own needs of the chip.

At the time, the business of manufacturing mobile chips tried to sell the company Freescale, but the attempt was unsuccessful and the corresponding activity had simply collapsed.

NXP was able to sell the company's mobile division for $ 1.7 billion. The buyer is the company STMicroelectronics.At the same time, STMicroelectronics and Ericsson could not find buyers for the joint venture ST-Ericsson , which eventually will be closed. Information about what is going to come out of STMicroelectronics joint venture ST-Ericsson in 2013 , appeared in December last year.

But Infineon has sold unit for the production of mobile chips from Intel for $ 1.4 billion .

To be a successful attempt to Renesas?

Source: ElectronicsWeekly.com