With the global chip shortage, major fabs are trying to find ways to increase production capacity, after all, there is capacity to make a lot of money.
In terms of ways to increase production capacity, some companies like SMIC and TSMC continue to build and expand production capacity. Some companies are constantly acquiring other ready-made fabs to turn other people's production capacity into their own.
Some time ago, some media reported that Wingtech's Nexperia Semiconductor plans to acquire NWF (Newport Wafer Fab), the largest chip factory in the United Kingdom, for 87 million US dollars (about 564 million yuan) to expand its production capacity.
NWF is the uk's largest chip manufacturer, with an 8-inch wafer capacity of 35,000 pieces per month, in addition to a large number of chip patents and key semiconductor core technologies.
As the world's top three automotive chip manufacturers, Nexperia is currently the most out-of-stock global automotive chips, such as Infineon, NXP, etc. are currently tight production capacity, so Wingtech's move immediately triggered a shock in the entire chip industry.
Later, it attracted interference from the United States, such as Ron Black, one of the representatives of the American chip industry, whose financial resources said that he would also acquire NWF, and said that in addition to the acquisition, he also planned to invest 300 million pounds for the investment of the chip factory.
Its purpose is very clear, is to interfere with these acquisitions, it is best to stir it up, after all, at the current critical moment of rising technology competition, Wingtech's acquisition of NWF is definitely something that some people do not want to see.
At the time, many speculated that perhaps the acquisition would be yellow, because the United States was the last to see China rise in the chip field.
However, yesterday, Wingtech officially issued an announcement that its subsidiary Nexperia has officially completed the acquisition of NWF, with a shareholding ratio of 100%, and completed all handover procedures.
This meaning is understandable, that is, the interference of the United States failed, and NWF has truly become a Chinese chip company since then, and 100% of the equity is owned by Chinese companies.
Nexperia's products are ranked worldwide
Nexperia is a semiconductor company with annual sales of more than 100 billion units, acquired by Wingtech in 2019, Nexperia's strongest place is the logic, discrete devices and MOSFET market, the market share is in the top three in the world, and the entire automotive chip market is also ranked in the top three in the world.
Now with the production capacity of NWF, under the reality of the current lack of cores in automobiles, presumably Nexperia can usher in a big explosion?