Semiconductors
Western Digital joins consortium to seize Toshiba’s chip business
24 Aug 2017
Toshiba had earlier resisted Western Digital's attempts to acquire Toshiba Memory, but found it difficult to go ahead with a deal because of uncertainty stemming from the former's legal challenge to the sale
Toshiba results get auditor nod, may avert delisting for now
10 Aug 2017
While the 'qualified’ auditor's approval for results may help Toshiba remain listed, the company is yet to see any progress in talks to sell its chips unit, which will give it much-needed cash
Qualcomm looks to settle with Apple out of court
18 Jul 2017
Toshiba sues Western Digital for meddling in memory chips unit sale
28 Jun 2017
Toshiba has sued Western Digital for 120bn yen ($1bn), accusing it of interfering in the attempted sale of its flash memory business
Toshiba to sell its memory chips business for $19 billion
21 Jun 2017
The loss-hit Japanese conglomerate hopes to come out of the red with the sale of the spun-off semiconductor unit to a consortium of Japanese investors and private equity fund Bain Capital
Intel cautions Qualcomm and partners over possible patent infringement from x86 emulation
10 Jun 2017
Toshiba misses results deadline again, projects $8.4-bn loss
15 May 2017
Toshiba has missed a 15 May deadline to file its annual results, but warned that it was likely to report a net loss of $8.4 bn for the financial year ended 31 March 2017
Silver Lake, Broadcom table $17.9-bn bid for Toshiba’s chip unit
31 Mar 2017
Toshiba is ready to sell a majority stake or even its entire stake in the Nand memory chip unit, its most valuable business, to cover losses from its Westinghouse N-power plant business
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