富士康计划270亿美元收购东芝芯片业务
Foxconn Technology Group is reportedly planning to bid up to US$27 billion to acquire Toshiba's chip business, according to Bloomberg.
据报道，富士康科技集团计划出资270亿美元收购东芝的芯片业务。
It's yet another major acquisition swoop on a Japanese high-tech firm by Foxconn which earlier bid for taking over the electronics firm Sharp.
Analysts estimate that a reasonable valuation of Toshiba's chip business is between $1.5 billion and $2 billion, and those familiar with the matter say that the second-highest bidder offered in the region of $2 trillion at the end of March, according to a Bloomberg report.
The world's largest contract electronics manufacturer is apparently willing to bid high as it currently does not own any large memory manufacturer, and Toshiba's chip business would support Foxconn as it develops memory as a 'cash-cow' for use in a variety of networking equipment, such as Apple products.
Toshiba, the second largest chip producer is keen to sell all of its chip business, as it looks for cash to survive a substantial overrun of a US nuclear power plant project.