Recently, the chairman of purple light wei-guo zhao be force into the biggest shareholder in Taiwan to spend $600 million m, from Taiwan said in an interview: purple light willing to negotiate with mediatek IC design industry mergers and acquisitions and other cooperation. Mediatek chairman Mr Tsai immediately responded from a distance, purple light cross-strait cooperation in the semiconductor industry and mediatek's position.
Wei-guo zhao of the mat's "provocative", let the Taiwan's IT industry blasted pot public opinion. Mediatek after qualcomm world famous mobile phone chip design houses, impact on Taiwan's economy is self-evident, if force into a "small business", the m&a mediatek will shake the foundations of the IT industry in Taiwan.
But to his surprise, wei-guo zhao's "love" soon got mediatek chairman Mr Tsai's positive response, the latter said: purple light promote cross-strait cooperation in the semiconductor industry, with the idea of mediatek fit well, as long as the policy permits, mediatek to taking an open attitude, common Chinese companies in the semiconductor industry's status and competitiveness.
But Taiwanese media think wei-guo zhao furious, microelectronics conference in Beijing because he had expressed his two points: one is country should put pressure on Taiwan, open chip industry, otherwise should be prohibited from Taiwan products sales in mainland China: the second is open to complain about Taiwan not China semiconductor investment cause violet light can only go to Taiwan.
In fact, it has been allowed mainland capital to Taiwan's local government investment packaging, testing, such as industrial chain, but chip design industry has been the investment project is prohibited. Common growth in the global semiconductor market, under the reality of the dynamics of open obviously cannot satisfy purple light, Taiwan DRAM godfather Gao Qiquan September be purple light "poaching" mainland is helpless choice.
Mediatek the throne of the chip industry second world though, but the latest forecast results is not optimistic:, sales of mobile phone chips than expected in the fourth quarter, gross margin and even will lost 40%, and violet light, spreadtrum as mediatek's biggest rival in the greater China region, in 2 g and 3 g market cost-effective strategy for burned mediatek. Mr Tsai said mediatek recommendations to the government has repeatedly and expectations in the IC manufacturing local investment management approach under the similar specification, conditional open local Taiwan IC design industry, investment of Taiwan manufacturers more financing channels.
As investors wei-guo zhao also stressed that the Taiwan semiconductor limited, under the globalization trend of management, will undoubtedly hinder the corporate profits, if constantly hinder the so-called "red" supply chain and political factors, can't stop China semiconductor industry a strong rise, more will not help the sustainable development of Taiwan manufacturers, the Taiwan semiconductor industry development is not good.
Taiwan semiconductor development, industry development in Taiwan earlier, rich industry experience and technology, talent, and mainland China semiconductor industry benefit from the factors of economic take-off, well-funded, state for integrated circuit attaches great importance to make industry development to a new step, if the two sides can complement each other, to stop the infighting, turned into the global wave of mergers and acquisitions in the semiconductor, the Chinese semiconductor industry of competitiveness will be a great good, also will provide more space to grow up in Taiwan IC design industry and opportunities.
