# NEC Electronics and Renesas sign merger agreement

NEC Electronics and Renesas Technology signed a merger agreement to integrate operations on April 1, 2010, creating the world's third-largest chipmaker. The merger will combine their semiconductor businesses, with NEC Electronics absorbing Renesas and changing its name.

- Type: Acquisition
- Announced: 2018-03-08
- Where: Japan
- Status: announced
- Products: microcontroller units (MCUs), system-on-chips (SoCs), discrete semiconductors
- Sectors: [Semiconductors and Industrial Electronics](https://endata.com/sectors/semiconductors-electronics.md)

## Companies

- [Hitachi](https://endata.com/companies/1325.md) (investor)
- [Mitsubishi Electric](https://endata.com/companies/2378.md) (investor)
- [NEC](https://endata.com/companies/17906.md) (investor)
- [Renesas Technology](https://endata.com/companies/30550.md) (target)
- [NEC Electronics](https://endata.com/companies/30554.md) (acquirer)

## Sources

- [cdrinfo.com](https://www.cdrinfo.com/d7/content/nec-electronics-renesas-sign-merger-agreement), 2018-03-08: "NEC Electronics and Renesas Technology today announced they have entered into a merger agreement to integrate business operations at NEC Electronics and Renesas on April 1, 2010 (scheduled)."
- [cdrinfo.com](https://www.cdrinfo.com/D7/content/nec-electronics-renesas-sign-merger-agreement), 2018-03-08: "NEC Electronics and Renesas Technology today announced they have entered into a merger agreement to integrate business operations at NEC Electronics and Renesas on April 1, 2010 (scheduled)."

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