5月29日消息，意法愛立信(ST-Ericsson)宣布將自己的GPS移動業(yè)務出售給英特爾。這是意法愛立信宣布拆分后的第一次業(yè)務出售行為。
意法愛立信公司專注于移動和無線芯片領域，由意法半導體(STMicroelectronics)和愛立信（Ericsson）合資成立。意法愛立信從成立之初就一直在賠錢，今年3月正式宣布解體，原因是芯片市場競爭激烈，且來自其最大客戶諾基亞的訂單量大幅下跌。這項業(yè)務出售是該公司第一次產(chǎn)生資產(chǎn)性收入。本周二該公司宣布出售GPS業(yè)務但沒有公布買方。隨后英特爾的一位發(fā)言人表示，他們購買了意法愛立信的資產(chǎn)。
兩家公司都沒有透露交易價格，但意法愛立信表示，出售所得款項將用來補貼重組費用和其它相關費用，這將為這家合資公司節(jié)省重組所需現(xiàn)金約9000萬美元，這部分費用正好補足現(xiàn)金缺口。
意法半導體和愛立信今年3月宣布分拆意法愛立信。由于來自最大客戶諾基亞的訂單大幅下滑，與其他芯片制造商的競爭陷入艱難境地。收購完成后，意法愛立信的GPS相關知識產(chǎn)權和工程師將并入英特爾已有的GPS業(yè)務員。
英特爾發(fā)言人克里斯?克勞特(Chris Kraeuter)表示，英特爾收購意法愛立信GPS業(yè)務后，其GPS方面的知識產(chǎn)權和工程師將為英特爾本身的GPS業(yè)務帶來積極影響。
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參考英文原文：Mystery buyer found for ST-Ericsson's connectivity business，by Peter Clarke
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Mystery buyer found for ST-Ericsson's connectivity business
Peter Clarke
LONDON – ST-Ericsson NV (Geneva, Switzerland), the failed joint venture in mobile phone chips, has sold off its connectivity and global navigation satellite system (GNSS) business but has not revealed the purchaser or the price.
ST-Ericsson announced it had agreed to sell the assets and intellectual property rights (IPR) associated with its mobile connectivity Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) business to a "leading semiconductor company." Although no purchase price was given the company did say that the avoidance of employee restructuring charges and other related restructuring costs, would reduce the joint venture’s cash needs by approximately $90 million.
In addition to the assets and IPR associated with this business, a team of 130 industry veterans located in Daventry, England, Bangalore, India and Singapore are expected to join the buyer at the closing of the transaction, which is subject to regulatory approvals and is close n August.
"Today's transaction validates the leading innovation developed by ST-Ericsson in mobile navigation systems and marks a further important step towards the execution of our shareholders' decision to exit from ST-Ericsson," said Carlo Ferro, CEO of ST-Ericsson, in a statement. "I am pleased that this organization will continue to develop leading-edge technologies and delighted that the team found a new home at a leading player in the semiconductor industry."
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