After the 4.5 billion yuan acquisition attempt, after China refused, the protagonist announced an 8 billion yuan investment in India
Last year, Intel planned to buy Israeli chipmaker Hightower Semiconductor for 5.4 billion yuan.
However, the acquisition ultimately failed, and market reasons suggest that this is due to the lack of approval from Chinese regulators. Theoretically, yes, but the details are a little different. The real reason for the lack of approval from Chinese regulators is that Intel has not fulfilled the relevant agreement to provide approval to Chinese regulators. As a result, Intel paid a breakup fee and announced that it would not acquire HiSilicon Semiconductor.
This question is not pleasant for Hightower, because if it can establish a deep connection with Intel Corporation, it will greatly enhance its position in the wafer manufacturing field of the global semiconductor industry. In conclusion, the joint acquisition between the two parties is a favorable strategy. However, the acquisition ultimately failed, and Haite Semiconductor may have to find another way.
In fact, Hitato Semiconductor has already begun to do just that.
According to public sources, Haite Semiconductor has submitted a proposal to build a factory in India, planning to build a chip factory worth 8 billion yuan in India, hoping to produce 65nm and 40nm chips in India.
India is currently considering the possibility of giving some subsidies to Haite Semiconductor. According to market sources, India's subsidy will be as high as 4 billion yuan, directly covering a large part of the investment. If the news is true, then the importance that India attaches to semiconductor towers speaks for itself.
In fact, even if it does not receive such a high subsidy, the establishment of a factory in India is one of the most important objects. Speaking of which, India has almost no background in the field of semiconductors, and the previous plan of Foxconn and Indian companies to create a semiconductor chip factory with a joint venture of 19.5 billion yuan is that there is a problem in technology licensing, and the rest of the semiconductor companies are reluctant to enter the Indian market. In this case, the United States, Europe and other countries are not so keen on teaching India how to make chips.
He believes that India may be more suitable to be a middleman who only produces wafers, and these complete ** chains should not be in India's hands. Therefore, if India wants to establish its own wafer manufacturing chain and strengthen its voice in the global semiconductor field, it is up to India itself. It just so happened that the addition of Highto Semiconductor gave them this opportunity.
Perhaps, in the eyes of many people, Haite Semiconductor has only established a 60nm process, which does not seem to have much impact. But we must know that it is impossible to eat a fat man in one bite, and if the semiconductor field wants to catch up, it must surpass the impossible. As long as one step at a time, Haite Semiconductor has now opened this breakthrough, and the chain reaction caused by the future cannot be underestimated. Of course, from the current point of view, chip manufacturing has no roots in India, but this does not mean that the idea of most companies rushing to India to build a chip manufacturing base as part of a diversification strategy will not turn Indian manufacturing around.
It is foreseeable that when there is a change in the wafer manufacturing industry in India, they will go directly against us. Therefore, it is all the more necessary for us to accelerate the pace of self-development at this time in order to establish our own voice in the global semiconductor field. What are your thoughts on this? Comments, likes, and shares are welcome!