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Foxconn Says Apple, Dell Part of Its Bid for Toshiba Chip Business

Foxconn Says Apple, Dell Part of Its Bid for Toshiba Chip Business 5z2m2c

By Reuters | Updated: 12 June 2017 18:06 IST

Highlights

Apple, Dell, & Kingston are part of the Toshiba's chip unit business bid
Toshiba said Amazon, Google, Microsoft, & Cisco too are a part
Toshiba is planning to sell its chip business unit

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Toshiba Corp's chip unit, the CEO of the world's largest electronics manufacturer told Reuters on Monday. l51m

Terry Gou, Foxconn's founder and chief executive, also said Cisco Systems Inc about their participation in the bid.

He declined to comment on the total size of the offer or say how much Apple and other US firms planned to invest in the bid.

"I can tell you Apple is in for sure," Gou said in an interview, adding that its participation had been approved by the Chief Executive Tim Cook and Apple's board of directors.

Foxconn, formally known as Sharp Corp would have a combined stake of not more than 40 percent, he added.

Representatives for Apple and the other US firms named by Gou could not be immediately reached for comment outside of regular business hours. Sharp declined to comment.

© Thomson Reuters 2017

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