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Bloomberg
28-04-2025
- Business
- Bloomberg
Sony Weighs Chip Spinoff That Dan Loeb Called for Years Ago
By and Yuki Furukawa Save Sony Group Corp. is considering spinning off its semiconductor unit, according to people familiar with the matter, marking the PlayStation maker's latest effort to streamline its business and focus on entertainment. The spinoff and listing of Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corp. may occur as soon as this year, the people said, asking not to be named discussing a private matter. Sony is considering distributing the bulk of its holding in the chip business to shareholders, and may retain a minority holding after the spinoff, one of the people said.
Bloomberg
19-02-2025
- Business
- Bloomberg
Resonac Explores Deal Structures for Possible JSR Takeover
By and Yuki Furukawa Updated on Save Resonac Holdings Corp. is studying deal structures for a possible acquisition of government-owned chip linchpin JSR Corp., a key step in the chemicals maker's ambition to corner the Japanese AI semiconductor materials market. Now controlled by state-backed Japan Investment Corp. following a $6 billion buyout, JSR is the world's largest maker of photoresists — a light-sensitive material crucial for mapping circuit patterns onto silicon through a process called lithography.
