Renesas Electronics, a major semiconductor company, has decided to acquire a British semiconductor design company for more than 610 billion yen.
With global demand for semiconductors expanding, we aim to strengthen our earnings base.
According to the announcement, Renesas Electronics has agreed to acquire and acquire all shares of the UK-based semiconductor design company "Dialog Semiconductor" for approximately 615.7 billion yen.
This company handles a wide range of products such as semiconductors necessary for connecting home appliances to the Internet.
Regarding semiconductors, there is a global shortage of products for automobiles, and demand for smartphones, game consoles, and data centers is also expanding.
By incorporating Dialog, Renesas aims to increase the types of products it provides, mainly for IoT, which connects everything to the Internet, and to strengthen its earnings base.
President Hidetoshi Shibata met online and said, "Dialog has technologies and highly competitive products that we did not have, and the balance of product groups and personnel will improve. With the arrival of new talented people, I will We will also accelerate our growth. "