美國電源芯片供應商、Zilog母公司 Ixys Corp. 宣布以5,000萬美元左右的價格，收購三星電子(Samsung Electronics)的 4位與 8位微控制器(MCU)業(yè)務。 根據(jù)雙方協(xié)議，Ixys 將接收三星電子近80條4位與8位MCU產品線，包括庫存、IP與相關資產；收購案仍有待通過各種官方程序，預計下個月可完成。而未來三星將繼續(xù)在一項擴大的代工伙伴合約之下，為Ixys制造MCU產品。 Ixys 董事長暨CEO Nathan Zommer在一份聲明中表示，收購案將為該公司的芯片業(yè)務(包括Ixys的芯片部門與微控制器供應商子公司 Zilog)帶來營收成長；Ixys計劃進一步擴充在MCU與整體芯片市場的占有率，并擴展在工業(yè)、醫(yī)療與消費性應用領域的客戶群。 Zommer 指出，4位與8位MCU產品能與Ixys的混合信號IC與功率半導體產品搭配，提供客戶在電源管理應用方面更完整的解決方案，包括針對較高功率裝置應 用的數(shù)字控制模擬驅動IC。Ixys估計，4/8位MCU市場規(guī)模在2013年可達35億美元，出貨量67億顆。 Ixys首席財務官Uzi Sasson 則表示，此收購交易除了能擴充該公司產品陣容，也將強化與三星的合作關系。 本文授權編譯自EE Times，版權所有，謝絕轉載 編譯：Judith Cheng 參考英文原文：Samsung sells MCU business，by Peter Clarke

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{pagination} Samsung sells MCU business Peter Clarke LONDON – Power IC vendor Ixys Corp. (Milpitas, Calif.), also parent of Zilog Inc., is buying the 4- and 8-bit microcontroller business of Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. for about $50 million. Under the terms of the agreement Ixys will receive nearly 80 products, inventories, intellectual property and other assets related to the 4- and 8-bit business. The acquisition is subject to various customary closing conditions and is expected to be completed within the next month. Samsung will continue to make the products under an expanded foundry deal with Ixys. "We have executed a management decision based on the focus on mobile solutions that we are taking in our semiconductor business," said Ben Suh, senior vice president of Samsung Electronics System LSI strategic planning team, in a statement issued by Ixys. In the same statement Nathan Zommer, CEO and chairman of Ixys, said: "This acquisition provides increased revenues for our higher gross margin IC business, which includes our wholly-owned subsidiaries, Ixys IC division and Zilog, a pioneer supplier of microcontrollers." He added: "We plan to gain market share for our MCU and IC products, and expand our customer base in industrial, medical and consumer applications. The 4-, 8-bit products fit with our mixed-signal ICs and our power semiconductors, whereby we will be able to offer our customers complete solutions for power management; from the digital control analog driver ICs to higher power devices." Ixys reported that market research puts the 4- and 8-bit microcontroller market at $3.5 billion in 2013, with shipments of 6.7 billion units. "In addition to bolstering Ixys' product portfolio, this transaction highlights the strong cooperative relationship with Samsung. We are excited about our ability to continue working and partnering with the Samsung team," said Uzi Sasson, president and CFO of Ixys.