According to stakeholders, Renesas Electronics is negotiating with the aim of acquiring "Integrated Device Technology", a semiconductor manufacturer based in California, USA.

Integrated device technology is good at designing and developing semiconductors for communication, and as Renesas, there is aim to advance business enhancement in fields such as automatic driving where future growth is expected by acquisition You can see.

Renesas aims to make it a wholly owned subsidiary, and the amount required to acquire all the shares is expected to amount to 6 billion dollars (approximately 660 billion yen).
If realized it will be the largest ever acquisition for Japanese semiconductor makers.

In the global semiconductor industry, moves to realign competitiveness beyond national borders to increase competitiveness by increasing the scale of the business are active, and Renesas is strengthening development capabilities and expansion of production capacity Was a challenge.