Supported by the Chinese authorities holding Tsinghua Unigroup already controls not only the local developers of microprocessors in the face of RDA Microelectronics and Spreadtrum Communications, and is preparing to receive a large stake in Western Digital. In the light of the forthcoming deal between Western Digital and SanDisk, it can be argued that the Chinese will have access to the assets of the last manufacturer of solid state memory.
The site DigiTimes yesterday raised the issue of Chinese investment in Taiwan's microelectronics industry - until such transactions are prohibited in law, but local authorities are prepared to ease restrictions. In any case, they attract the attention of Tsinghua Unigroup assets MediaTek - Taiwanese developer of microprocessors, which are widely used in smartphones.
For Tsinghua such assets is attractive in terms of replenishment of processors developers baggage for mobile devices. Taiwan-based MediaTek, in turn, would like to have a certain foundation in mainland China, as the local market has not yet exhausted the potential of growth. Parties generally expressed positive about the possibility of cooperation, not forgetting the existence of legislative barriers to real convergence, supported by funding. If the leadership of Tsinghua will be able to convince the Taiwanese authorities in the purity of its intentions, the law can be changed accordingly, and it will open the door to Chinese investors in Taiwan's semiconductor industry.