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Table 1:<br />

159<br />

Chinese Attempted and Completed Acquisitions and Investments<br />

in U.S. Semiconductor Companies, 2015–2016—Continued<br />

U.S. Target<br />

Specialty<br />

Chinese<br />

Investor<br />

Value<br />

(US$<br />

millions)<br />

Status<br />

Micron<br />

Technology<br />

Designer and<br />

manufacturer of<br />

memory chips;<br />

only U.S.-based<br />

dynamic random<br />

access memory<br />

(DRAM) manufacturer<br />

Tsinghua<br />

Holdings<br />

$23,000 Micron rejected<br />

bid, citing<br />

concerns over<br />

CFIUS approval,<br />

February 2016<br />

Multi-<br />

Fineline<br />

Electronix<br />

Manufacturer of<br />

flexible circuits<br />

and assemblies<br />

Suzhou<br />

Dongshan<br />

Precision<br />

Manufacturing<br />

$610 Acquisition<br />

completed,<br />

February 2016<br />

Western<br />

Digital<br />

(15% stake)<br />

Designer and<br />

manufacturer of<br />

computer hard<br />

drives<br />

Tsinghua<br />

Unisplendour<br />

$3,780 Withdrawn due<br />

to CFIUS<br />

concerns,<br />

March 2016<br />

GigOptix<br />

(3.8% stake)<br />

Designer of chips<br />

for cloud connectivity,<br />

data centers,<br />

and highspeed<br />

optical and<br />

wireless networks<br />

Shanghai<br />

Pudong<br />

Science and<br />

Technology<br />

Investment<br />

$5 Purchase of<br />

minority stake<br />

completed,<br />

March 2016<br />

Lattice Semiconductor<br />

Corporation<br />

(8.65% stake)<br />

Designer of lowpower,<br />

programmable<br />

chips for<br />

high-tech data<br />

centers and telecommunication<br />

networks with<br />

dual-use<br />

applications<br />

Tsinghua<br />

Unigroup<br />

$41.5 Purchase of 6%<br />

share completed,<br />

April 2016;<br />

share increased<br />

to 8.65% in<br />

May 2016<br />

Mattson<br />

Technology<br />

Manufacturer<br />

and supplier of<br />

semiconductor<br />

manufacturing<br />

equipment<br />

Beijing E-Town<br />

Dragon Semiconductor<br />

Industry<br />

Investment<br />

Center<br />

$300 Acquisition<br />

completed,<br />

May 2016<br />

Marvell<br />

Technology<br />

(∼2% stake)<br />

Designer of storage,<br />

cloud infrastructure,<br />

Internet<br />

of Things,<br />

connectivity and<br />

multimedia<br />

semiconductor<br />

chips<br />

Tsinghua<br />

Holdings<br />

$78.2 Purchase of<br />

minority stake<br />

completed,<br />

May 2016<br />

dkrause on DSKHT7XVN1PROD with USCC<br />

Global Communications<br />

Semiconductors<br />

Designer and<br />

manufacturer of<br />

radio frequency,<br />

wireless, power<br />

electronic, and<br />

optoelectronic<br />

chips<br />

SAIC<br />

Acquisition<br />

(subsidiary of<br />

Xiamen Sanan<br />

Integrated<br />

Circuits)<br />

$226 Withdrawn after<br />

CFIUS rejected<br />

the merger,<br />

August 2016<br />

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