Tuesday, 20 October 2020

Intel poised to sell NAND business to South Korea's SK Hynix for almost $10 billion: sources

(Reuters) - Intel Corp <INTC.O> is preparing to sell its NAND memory chip business to SK Hynix Inc <000660.KS> for almost $10 billion in a deal that would propel the South Korean chipmaker to second in the global rankings, two sources familiar with the matter said.
The deal would allow SK Hynix to overtake Japan's Kioxia as the No.2 player in the NAND memory market, and narrow the gap with market leader Samsung Electronics Co Ltd <005930.KS> as the shift to work-from-home boosts demand for chips used in tablets and servers.
Intel would sell its solid-state drive business in the United States and its factory in Dalian, China, which produces advanced flash memory, referred to as 3D NAND, the sources told Reuters on Monday. The company would keep XPoint, its advanced memory technology unit, they said.
The deal would allow Intel to focus on its remaining ...


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