Intel investing $US1.5 billion in two Chinese chip firms

[qwerrty]

Intel investing $US1.5 billion in two Chinese chip firms
Intel is targeting China's booming mobile market

26 September, 2014 16:00

Intel is investing 9 billion yuan ($US1.5 billion) in two Chinese chip companies with an eye to boosting its presence in the country's booming mobile phone market.

The two fabless semiconductor companies develop mobile chipset platforms for smartphones, feature phones and other consumer electronics products, which support 2G, 3G and 4G wireless communications standards, Intel said Friday.

The U.S. chipmaker will acquire a minority stake of about 20 percent in a holding company which will own the chip firms - Spreadtrum Communications and RDA Microelectronics.

Intel investing $US1.5 billion in two Chinese chip firms - Techworld

i don't get the logic for selling stake to intel? this is just win win for intel, not much for spreadtrum. intel is a nobody in mobile chip market. spreadtrum is one of the biggest baseband chip makers in china and has very big market share. spreadtrum is state-owned, they don't need no stinky foreign money. they'll gain even bigger market share if china decides to buy less qualcomm's chips for security reasons. just look at ibm .lol..... now, intel will make spredtrum build their chips around intel architecture then take over the chinese market and also get around cyber-spying fears..

 

[Beidou2020]

i don't get the logic for selling stake to intel? this is just win win for intel, not much for spreadtrum. intel is a nobody in mobile chip market. spreadtrum is one one biggest baseband chip makers in china. spreadtrum is state-owned, they don't need money. they'll gain even bigger market share if china decides to buy less qualcomm's chips for security reasons. just look at ibm .lol..... now, intel will make spredtrum build their chips around intel architecture then take over the chinese market and also get around cyber-spying fears..

Exactly what I was thinking.

Intel wins and China loses.

 

[qwerrty]

Exactly what I was thinking.

Intel wins and China loses.

they're doing the same partnering with rockchips. i hope they don't sell off for few billions $ and become merely cheap slaves to americans

 

[XiaoYaoZi]

they're doing the same partnering with rockchips. i hope they don't sell off for few billions $ and become merely cheap slaves to americans

it need chinese government's approval.