Chinese Tsinghua Unigroup holding company has already received a large stake in Western Digital, which will allow to indirectly control SanDisk - a major producer of memory chips. At the same time, some time ago, we there was rumors about the interest of Chinese investors in Micron assets , but the likelihood of a deal remained low because of restrictions imposed by the US authorities.
DigiTimes Representatives met with the head of Tsinghua Unigroup Weiguo Zhao, who spoke about the priorities for further investment. Tsinghua Unigroup would like to gain access to advanced technologies in the production of NAND-memory, and DRAM segment holding company counts on a partnership with one of the largest players in the market. The advanced technology in this area belong to US companies.
As for the "nearest neighbors" in the face of Taiwanese companies, Unigroup do not exclude the possibility of combining the assets of Spreadtrum Communications and RDA Electronics with Taiwan chip designer Mediatek. However, for the implementation of such schemes should be made concessions on the part of the Taiwan authorities.