“Renesas Electronics Corp plans to sell its majority stake in a maker of iPhone display chips to Synaptics Inc, another smartphone chip supplier, according to sources familiar with the matter,” Reiji Murai reports for Reuters.
“Apple Inc had also been in talks about a possible purchase of the stake in Renesas SP Driver in what was seen as a potential move to shore up its global supply chain,” Murai reports, “but the sources said those talks failed to make progress and Renesas had narrowed its consideration to Synaptics.”
Murai reports, “Renesas has been looking to sell its 55 percent stake in the unit that is the sole supplier of display driver chips for Apple’s iPhone…”
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