Not long ago, there was a sudden news that silicon motion was considering selling, which triggered a heated debate in the industry. Huirong is the world's largest supplier of NAND flash control chips and the largest supplier of SD master control chips. For the solid-state drives and USB flash drives we often contact, the frequency of Huirong or qunlian master control can be described as extremely high.
According to a latest report, people familiar with the matter disclosed that the "receivers" who have contacted Huirong and are considering the acquisition include maxlinear and MediaTek**
Mailing was founded in California in 2003. Its current products include network access, wireless Wi Fi, power management, 4G / 5G infrastructure, etc. MediaTek should be familiar to everyone, but strictly speaking, neither of them has been involved in the main control field of flash memory before.
In addition, Huirong suddenly released the "selling" signal. For some reason, after all, the company's revenue soared by 84% year-on-year in the fourth quarter of last year, increased by more than 71% in 2021, and its net profit reached US $219 million (about 1.447 billion yuan).
At the beginning of the year, it was also reported that it was Huirong's PCIe 4.0 SSD the main controller is favored by top5 PC OEM manufacturers, and the market share will reach 50% this year +
Considering Huirong's current market value, the final acquisition amount should be at least US $3 billion (about 19.8 billion yuan).
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