2011年3月17日

Mediatek+Raylink 3/16/2011 :: Qualcomm+Atheros 3.2Bn 1/6/2011

【公告】聯發科技宣佈與雷凌科技以換股方式進行合併
2011/03/16 15:44 中央社 


日 期:2011年03月16日
上市公司:聯發科 (2454)
主 旨:聯發科技宣佈與雷凌科技以換股方式進行合併
說 明:
1.事實發生日:100/03/16
2.公司名稱:聯發科技
3.與公司關係(請輸入本公司或聯屬公司):本公司
4.相互持股比例:不適用
5.發生緣由:
聯發科技股份有限公司(代號:2454;簡稱「聯發科」) 與雷凌科技股份有限公
(代號:3534;簡稱「雷凌」) 於2011年 3月16日上午分別召開董事會,會中通
過由聯發科以換股方式合併雷凌。換股比例於考量雙方公司每股獲利能力、市價
技術與未來發展等因素後,經雙方董事會決議同意以雷凌普通股3.15股換發聯發
普通股1股,本合併案待股東會通過並完成相關法律程序後生效。預計合併生效
為2011年10月1日。
合併後聯發科將立即擁有具豐富網路產品開發及客戶服務經驗的專業團隊,亦可
取得雷凌的關鍵專利和智慧財產權,提昇聯發科的智財競爭力。聯發科技董事長
蔡明介表示:「身為全球無線通訊和數位家庭產品的領導廠商,我們看好此二產
業的成長與整合趨勢將帶動市場對於網路通訊晶片的龐大需求,雷凌不僅在
Wi-Fi和DSL晶片技術與市場上佔有領先的優勢,同時也積極投入包含
802.11 ac/ad與VDSL…等次世代網通技術的研發。未來聯發科將提供更豐富的通
晶片解決方案,應用涵蓋個人電腦、聯網電視、藍光播放機、遊戲機、平板電腦
智慧型手機,協助全球製造商簡化採購流程,縮短產品上市時間,並快速取得市
的商機。」
此合併案同時補足雙方人才、技術、產品與客戶組合的缺口,創造未來更大的成
空間,雷凌科技董事長高榮智表示:「聯發科一直是雷凌Wi-Fi晶片進軍電視、
藍光
播放器…等數位媒體平台的最佳策略合作夥伴,兩企業在追求創新思維與客戶導
向的
價值觀上彼此契合,透過雷凌的網路通訊專長與深耕全球超過50家國際電信業者
實力,加上聯發科在手機基頻、射頻、多媒體應用等關鍵技術,以及在手機與數
家庭市場上的影響力,雷凌可以將優質無間斷的網路體驗帶給更多消費者。」
聯發科與雷凌整合後的綜效將具體呈現在未來公司網通產品的布局,諸如無線網
路、
乙太網路、xDSL等全方面的通訊晶片解決方案,預期可發揮乘數效果:延伸至有
線/
無線家庭或企業網路終端產品市場,擴充全球業務及營運並期進一步鞏固產業地
,同時也對雙方股東權益提昇具有正面之意義。
6.因應措施:無
7.其他應敘明事項:無

1比3.15 聯發科併雷凌


(中央社記者張建中台北16日電)聯發科今天宣布,以換股方式合併無線區域網路晶片廠雷凌科技,換股比例為3.15股雷凌普通股,換發1股聯發科普通股,合併基準日訂10月1日。
聯發科與雷凌今天在台灣證券交易所召開重大訊息說明記者會,聯發科總經理謝清江及雷凌執行長方新舟等親自出席說明。
謝清江表示,聯發科本身無線區域網路團隊專注於手持裝置領域,雷凌無線區域網路則在個人電腦、筆記型電腦、平板電腦及數位家庭等領域發展頗具優勢,雙方合併將具綜效。
方新舟指出,聯發科與雷凌合併期能創造3贏局面,讓聯發科在競爭的IC產業中能夠穩居前10大地位。

Qualcomm擴張霸業 31億美元併Atheros 3.1Bn

上網時間: 2011年01月07日

近日半導體市場最勁爆的消息,莫過於手機晶片大廠高通(Qualcomm)以31億美元總價收購WLAN晶片業者創銳訊(Atheros Communications);這樁收購案將協助高通加速進軍所謂的整合式手機晶片平台領域。
高通收購創銳訊的消息是在美國時間1月5日公佈,此舉除了能讓高通加速推出整合度更高的晶片解決方案,以供蘋果(Apple)、宏達電(HTC)與摩托羅拉(Motorola)等客戶新推出的一系列手機與平板電腦新產品應用,也將讓高通取得跨足諸如乙太網路、家庭網路、被動光纖網路(PON)等新市場的能力,並可在藍牙、Wi-Fi/WLAN市場與其他廠商一較長短。更重要的是,有了創銳訊的加盟,高通更有信心抵禦來自博通(Broadcom)、Marvell、德州儀器(TI)等對手的威脅。
當然,這兩家公司的結合還是會面臨一些問題,雙方有部分重疊的產品線,特別是在WLAN與處理器IP方面。高通與創銳訊的最終協定,是高通以每股45美元收購後者股票,總價約31億美元;估計兩家公司合併之後,營收規模將達到110億美元(根據09年財報)。
根據雙方協定,創銳訊未來將併入高通的網路與連結事業群(Networking and Connectivity group),現任創銳訊總裁暨執行長Craig Barratt預期將加入高通擔任該事業群的總經理,直屬長官為高通執行副總裁Steve Mollenkopf。
高通總裁暨執行長Paul Jacobs在宣佈併購消息時表示,此舉將協助該公司加速進軍手機晶片以外的產品領域,該公司在這方面的企圖心也很明顯;高通雖然已在手機基頻晶片市場居於領導者地位,但一直積極尋找其他的成長動力。
最近,高通放棄了 Flo TV 業務,並將該頻段出售給AT&T;該公司也積極在行動WLAN、RF與液晶顯示器市場擴張版圖。高通擁有獨家顯示器技術Mirasol,還自己開發手機作業系統Brew,試圖與Apple作業系統、Android一較長短;此外該公司也涉獵3D晶片、擴增實境等新科技,但這些技術還在初期階段,需要幾年的時間才能對公司利潤有所貢獻。
同時,高通的核心業務──基頻晶片產品最近面臨價格下跌的壓力,還有許多紛紛冒出頭的競爭對手,例如富士通(Fujitsu)、英特爾(Intel)、Marvell、聯發科(MediaTek)、瑞薩(Renesas)與ST-Ericsson等;其鎖定行動上網裝置應用的ARM核心處理器Snapdragon,則是有來自英特爾、飛思卡爾(Freescale)、Nvidia與德州儀器等廠商的挑戰。
高通的這兩個產品領域有一個明顯的共通趨勢──整合;這些年來,高通為基頻晶片加入越來越多的新功能與技術,在收購創銳訊之後,該公司將可加速這方面的工作。至於創銳訊,市場分析師認為該公司可能已經尋求買主好一段時間,主要是體認到現實條件──他們得擁有足夠的公司規模,才能與博通、高通、Marvell等對手競爭。


聯發科併雷凌 衝擊瑞昱

換股比例1:3.15 Wi-Fi晶片市場競爭加劇

【陳建彰、張家豪╱台北報導】聯發科(2454)昨宣布合併雷凌(3534),換股比例1:3.15,預計10月1日生效;雷凌以無線、寬頻網路晶片業務為主,未來合併後,聯發科可強化智慧型手機無線網路(Wi-Fi)晶片技術及資源,未來甚至再拓展至平板電腦市場,直接衝擊瑞昱。

此外,聯發科董事會也通過配發20元現金股息,股息殖利率約6.09%,員工現金分紅金額達38.63億元,以聯發科全球員工5500人計算,每位員工可領到70萬元現金分紅。 

難脫毛利下滑窘境

大和總研亞洲科技產業研究部主管陳慧明指出,聯發科一連2天購併、投資無線通訊及觸控面板晶片業者雷凌、匯頂(Goodix),補足智慧型手機晶片的產品缺口,縮短與高通(Qualcomm)、博通(Broadcom)的差距,並拉開與展訊、晨星(3697)的距離。
但展訊等對手傳出會再大動作降價反擊,來奪回市佔率,陳慧明認為:「聯發科今年還是難以擺脫毛利下滑、市佔率流失壓力,營運面充滿相當多挑戰。」 

合併綜效1年內顯現

聯發科與雷凌昨同步召開董事會通過合併案,換股比例為1股聯發科換3.15股雷凌,合併基準日暫定10月1日,未來合併後,雷凌為消滅公司,將成為聯發科旗下事業部。
聯發科總經理謝清江說,雷凌的無線網路晶片在PC(Personal Computer,個人電腦)、家庭娛樂及消費性產品有不錯市佔率,聯發科則以手持裝置技術為主,雙方合併後,可補足聯發科在數位家庭、PC、平板電腦無線網路晶片產品線,希望合併綜效可在1年內顯現。 

本季營收目標不變

聯發科財務本部總經理顧大為說,根據換股比例計算,合併後雷凌約佔聯發科股份4.58%,儘管雷凌的產品毛利率低於聯發科,但因佔整體營收比重不高,對聯發科毛利率影響有限。針對日本強震的衝擊,謝清江認為,目前看來第1季營收目標不會改變,約較上季衰退7~14%。
昨聯發科、雷凌股價各為328.5元及103.5元,若用1:3.15換股比例計算,雷凌只剩0.5元左右的潛在上漲空間,溢價幅度不大。
聯發科合併雷凌後,外界擔心將對瑞昱(2379)帶來衝擊,瑞昱副總陳進興昨表示,聯發科重心應該還是會以手機為主,預料可減輕PC相關產品的競爭壓力,至於無線網路晶片部分,因為應用範圍很廣,目前瑞昱主力擺在PC及網通市場,即使內部有切入手機無線網路晶片計劃,現階段不會有直接衝擊。
法人認為,隨著Wi-Fi應用在手持式裝置滲透率不斷增加,聯發科藉由合併雷凌,可增強智慧型手機Wi-Fi技術及資源,甚至可進一步拓展到平板電腦市場,有助於聯發科在手機相關產品與國外大廠競爭。 


Qualcomm Agrees to Buy Atheros for About $3.2 Billion

January 06, 2011, 12:31 PM EST
By Olga Kharif and Sarah Rabil
(Updates with closing share prices in fifth paragraph.)
Jan. 5 (Bloomberg) -- Qualcomm Inc., the world’s largest maker of mobile-phone chips, agreed to buy Atheros Communications Inc. for about $3.2 billion in cash, broadening its lineup of Wi-Fi networking technology.
Atheros investors will get $45 a share, Qualcomm said today in a statement. That’s 22 percent more than Santa Clara, California-based Atheros’s closing price on Jan. 3, before reports about the purchase emerged.
Qualcomm, based in San Diego, aims to nab a bigger piece of the Wi-Fi market and escalate competition with Broadcom Corp. Qualcomm Chief Executive Officer Paul Jacobs said that Atheros will give him a sales force and products tailored for consumer electronics and home networking, helping the company expand beyond mobile phones.
“There’s an opportunity for us to fan out our impact into other devices,” Jacobs said in a telephone interview. “We’re getting a strong and successful sales channel into a bunch of areas that we think are going to be important.”
Atheros rose 64 cents, or 1.5 percent, to $44.64 at 4 p.m. New York time on the Nasdaq Stock Market. They gained the most in almost five years yesterday after the New York Times reported a deal was imminent. The stock added 4.9 percent last year. Qualcomm rose $1.06, or 2.1 percent, to $52.03 today.
Wi-Fi Savvy
The acquisition is Qualcomm’s biggest since it went public in 1991, according to Bloomberg data. The deal may help Qualcomm win orders in new devices for its Snapdragon processor, which currently dominates the market for mobile phones running Google Inc.’s Android operating system. Tablet computers with the Android software are also reaching the market.
Jacobs said that in the future, as more consumer electronics have the capability to communicate wirelessly with other devices, mobile phones will increasingly be used to control and interact with them. Qualcomm wants to be on both sides of that interaction, he said.
Atheros brings expertise in home networking and products that help computers and other electronics link up without wires. That includes Wi-Fi connections in airports, homes and coffee shops. This week, Atheros announced a new set of energy- efficient chips for wireless routers and consumer electronics.
“The name of the game is integration,” Mark Sue, an analyst with RBC Capital Markets in New York, said on Bloomberg Television’s “InsideTrack.” “To line up with Qualcomm and to be integrated into future devices I think is a good deal for both of them.”
Challenging Broadcom
Qualcomm already bundles Atheros’s chips with its baseband processors for mobile phones, and they work together to let devices seamlessly pass calls from cellular to Wi-Fi networks, said Gary Mobley, an analyst at Benchmark Co. in New York.
Qualcomm has tried to grab a bigger piece of the market before. In 2006, the company purchased Wi-Fi chipmaker Airgo Networks Inc., then struggled to gain traction in the area, Mobley said in an interview yesterday.
The Atheros acquisition may give Qualcomm a powerful weapon against Irvine, California-based Broadcom, whose combination Wi- Fi and baseband chips are used by the likes of Apple Inc., Mobley said.
“If Qualcomm can add features like Wi-Fi, it will increase the average selling price they can charge and their available market,” Mobley said.
Boosting Earnings
The number of times people use Wi-Fi hot spots should rise to 11 billion annually by 2014, from 2 billion in 2010, according to consulting firm In-Stat. Companies such as AT&T Inc. are expanding their Wi-Fi coverage, part of a plan to relieve congestion on cellular networks.
Qualcomm is paying about 23 times Atheros’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization. The median Ebitda multiple commanded for similar deals in the industry in the past five years was 15, according to Bloomberg data.
There have been more than 40 acquisitions in the U.S. networking-products industry in the past 12 months with an average premium of 48 percent, according to data compiled by Bloomberg. The premium is calculated from the 20-day average trading price prior to the announcement. The premium for Atheros was 27 percent on that basis.
The average deal size in the networking-products industry was $205.8 million over the same period, including net debt.
Insider Trading
Qualcomm expects to close the Atheros purchase in the first half. The acquisition will be “modestly accretive” to earnings per share in fiscal year 2012, the first full year of combined operations, the company said. Qualcomm had $10.3 billion in cash and short-term investments as of the end of September.
The agreement includes a $103.7 million termination fee, according to an Atheros regulatory filing today. Frank Quattrone’s Qatalyst Partners advised Atheros.
Qualcomm has announced 26 acquisitions in the past five years with an average size of $320.3 million and average premium of 8.9 percent, according to Bloomberg data.
Atheros will become Qualcomm Networking & Connectivity, or QNC, and Atheros Chief Executive Officer Craig Barratt will become president of that division.
Atheros was one of the companies tarnished by the insider- trading case involving Galleon Group LLC. In November, former Atheros Vice President Ali Hariri was sentenced to 18 months in prison as part of the crackdown on the hedge fund.
Hariri, who was a manager at Atheros’s broadband-networking unit, was the third person to be sentenced in the Galleon case. He was ordered to pay a $50,000 fine.
--With assistance from Ian King in San Francisco. Editors: Ville Heiskanen, Cecile Daurat
To contact the reporters on this story: Olga Kharif in Portland, Oregon, at okharif@bloomberg.net; Sarah Rabil in New York at srabil@bloomberg.net

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