HTC profits double with Android in tow; Buys S3

Release Date 7 Jul, 2011 in ZDNet (blog)

Shares of HTC plunge on S3 Graphics buyout deal Focus Taiwan News Channel - 7 Jul, 2011 Taipei, July 7 (CNA) Shares of smartphone maker HTC Corp. took a beating in Thursday morning trade as investors were dismayed with the company's acquisition of graphics chipset designer S3 Graphics Co. Ltd, dealers said. The stock has been haunted by ...
HTC Shares Fall Most in Week in Taipei After Agreeing to Buy S3 Graphics Bloomberg - Weiyi Lim, Mark Lee - 7 Jul, 2011 HTC Corp. (2498), Asia's second-largest maker of smartphones, fell the most in three weeks in Taipei trading after Citigroup Inc. raised concerns about the company's planned $300 million ...
HTC buys S3 Graphics, says profit doubled MarketWatch - Paul Mozur - 7 Jul, 2011 TAIPEI -(MarketWatch)- Mobile handset maker HTC said Wednesday its unaudited second-quarter net profit more than doubled from a year earlier due to strong sales of smartphones and in a sign that it is keen on growing in overseas markets, ...
Family Business: HTC To Buy S3 Graphics From VIA For $300M Forbes (blog) - Eric Savitz - 7 Jul, 2011 Smart phone maker HTC has agreed to buy S3 Graphics from VIA Technologies and investment firm WTI Investment International for $300 million in cash. VIA will receive $147 million in the deal, while WTI will get $153 million. ...
HTC net profit more than doubles MarketWatch - Paul Mozur - 7 Jul, 2011 TAIPEI (MarketWatch) -- HTC Corp. said Wednesday its unaudited second quarter net profit was NT$17.52 billion, more than doubling from NT$8.64 billion a year earlier. The company, the world's largest maker of mobile phones using Microsoft ...
HTC announces plan to purchase S3 Graphics Co Taipei Times - Jason Tan - 7 Jul, 2011 HTC Corp (宏�"電), the world's fifth-largest smartphone brand, yesterday announced that it would spend US$300 million to acquire US-based S3 Graphics Co from VIA Technologies Inc (威盛電子), in an apparent move to bolster ...
HTC buys S3 Graphics for $300m ZDNet UK - David Meyer - 7 Jul, 2011 HTC has agreed to buy graphics visualisation company S3 Graphics, a patent foe of Apple, from Via Technologies and WTI Investment International. On Wednesday, processor maker Via said the $300m (£187m) sale ...
HTC to Acquire Chip Designer S3 Graphics, Securing Patents in Apple Fight Bloomberg - Tim Culpan - 7 Jul, 2011 HTC Corp. (2498) agreed to purchase S3 Graphics Co. giving Asia's second-largest smartphone maker access to patents as it defends against infringement lawsuits from Apple Inc. (AAPL) HTC will pay $300 ...
HTC profits double with Android in tow; Buys S3 ZDNet (blog) - James Kendrick - 7 Jul, 2011 Taiwan-based HTC is still rocking the Android theme song and reports its net profits have doubled in the second quarter. James Kendrick has been using mobile devices since they weighed 30 pounds, ...
Taiwan's HTC To Buy S3 Graphics, Gain Microsoft As Licensing Customer Forbes (blog) - Russell Flannery - 7 Jul, 2011 HTC Corp., the Taipei-based mobile phone manufacturer whose biggest shareholders are the billionaire couple that recently topped the 2011 Forbes Taiwan Rich List, said today it would buy a graphics technology company that already ...
Smartphone Maker HTC to Buy Chip Firm S3 Graphics for $300M PCWorld - Alan Patterson - 7 Jul, 2011 Smartphone vendor High Tech Computer (HTC) will acquire graphics chip maker S3 Graphics for US$300 million, strengthening its patent portfolio in the process. With the acquisition, HTC will obtain S3 Graphics' portfolio of ...
HTC Corp buys S3 Graphics Inquirer - Paul Taylor - 7 Jul, 2011 CHIP DESIGNER VIA has closed a deal with smartphone vendor HTC to sell off its ailing S3 Graphics division. S3 Graphics, which has been the eternal underdog in the 3D graphics arena, had all but ceased to exist in retail and outside of ...
HTC Acquires S3 Graphics For US$300 Mln Wall Street Journal - Paul Mozur - 7 Jul, 2011 TAIPEI (Dow Jones)--Taiwan smartphone maker HTC Corp. (2498.TW) announced Wednesday it has acquired S3 Graphics Co. for US$300 million. HTC, whose mobile phones have gained popularity worldwide due to its early adoption of Google Inc.'s Android ...
HTC 2nd-Quarter Net Profit More Than Doubles Wall Street Journal - Paul Mozur - 7 Jul, 2011 TAIPEI (Dow Jones)--Mobile handset maker HTC Corp. (2498.TW) said Wednesday its unaudited second-quarter net profit more than doubled from a year earlier as more consumers switched from traditional cellphones to smartphones that allow ...
Smartphone Maker HTC Buys S3 Graphics From VIA, WTI For $300 Million Washington Post - 7 Jul, 2011 By TechCrunch.com, VIA Technologies, a Taiwan-based developer of x86 processor platforms, this morning announced that it has sold all of its shares in S3 Graphics, a provider of graphics visualization technologies used in PCs, game consoles and mobile ...
VIA Technologies Announces Sale of Stake in S3 Graphics MarketWatch (press release) - 7 Jul, 2011 TAIPEI, Taiwan, Jul 06, 2011 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- VIA Technologies, Inc, a leading innovator of power efficient x86 processor platforms, today announced the signing of definitive agreement to sell all of its shareholding in S3 Graphics Co., ...
HTC Buys Chip Firm S3 Graphics For $300 Million Phandroid.com - Chris Chavez - 7 Jul, 2011 Given the fact that some of HTC's biggest competitors have been patent hoarding lately, HTC decided to do a little shopping of their own. What they came back with was graphics chip maker S3 Graphics and ...
HTC set to assimilate S3 Graphics for $300 million TweakTown - 7 Jul, 2011 HTC has just announced it will acquire S3 Graphics from VIA Technologies and WTI Investment for a cool $300 million. The deal is expected to close by the end of the year and is currently waiting regulatory approval and would have HTC obtain all ...
HTC Buys S3 Graphics for US$300 Million HardwareZone.com - 7 Jul, 2011 According to a TechCrunch report, Smartphone maker HTC is buying S3 Graphics from VIA Technologies for US$300 million. VIA will get US$147 million, while WTI Investment International (an investor of VIA) will receive the other US$153 million. ...
HTC acquires S3 Graphics and its prodigious patent portfolio, dares you to sue Engadget - Dante Cesa - 7 Jul, 2011 Flush with cash, but not a fan of spending it on litigation? We hear you, and apparently so does HTC. The Taiwanese firm announced today it'll purchase S3 Graphics and its patent portfolio from VIA for a cool ...
VIA sells S3 Graphics to HTC Digitimes - Monica Chen, Joseph Tsai - 7 Jul, 2011 Taiwan-based chipset maker VIA Technologies has announced it will sell its shareholdings in S3 Graphics to its affiliate company High Tech Computer (HTC) for US$300 million. The action is expected to help HTC temporarily slow down Apple's pace of ...
HTC to acquire S3 Graphics for $300 million TechSpot - Matthew DeCarlo - 7 Jul, 2011 HTC announced today that it has agreed to acquire S3 Graphics from VIA Technologies and WTI Investment in a deal worth $300 million. Expected to close at the end of this year, the transaction is still pending regulatory ...
HTC Acquires S3 From VIA [VIA Sells Graphics Brand S3 to Mobile Manufacturer ... TFTS (blog) - 7 Jul, 2011 Chipmaker VIA has announced the sale of its S3 graphics chipset brand to mobile phone manufacturer HTC. The deal will likely mean that HTC is focusing on making its smartphones and tablet computers more power-efficient, with better graphics hardware ...
Amid Infringement Fight over iPhone, HTC Adds to Patent Portfolio The Am Law Daily - Brian Baxter - 7 Jul, 2011 HTC Corporation, the second-largest smartphone maker in Asia, strengthened its patent portfolio on Wednesday by acquiring Fremont, Calif.-based chip designer S3 Graphics for $300 million. Bloomberg reports that one of benefit of the deal for HTC is ...
HTC to Buy S3 Graphics for $300M VizWorld.com - Randall Hand - 7 Jul, 2011 In a move meant to position HTC better in the mobile phone and tables space, HTC is buying old-name graphics company S3 from Via for the tidy sum of $300M. “In the smartphone and tablet business, there are a lot of patent lawsuits,” said BNP Paribas ...
HTC buys graphics IP from VIA. Here's why GigaOm - Stacey Higginbotham - 7 Jul, 2011 Mobile phone manufacturer HTC has purchased VIA Semiconductor's graphics business. The deal is indicative of the need for compelling graphics for today's version of entertainment and computing ...
HTC to acquire S3 Graphics from VIA Technologies The Fonecast - 7 Jul, 2011 Processor company VIA Technologies has agreed to sell its share in S3 Graphics to HTC Corporation. HTC is paying $300 million for the deal; VIA will receive $147 million and WTI Investment International will receive $153 million. ...
HTC Buys S3 Graphics, Grows Patent Portfolio eWeek - Jeffrey Burt - 7 Jul, 2011 Smartphone maker HTC is bulking up its graphics capabilities and patent portfolio by buying S3 Graphics from Via for $300 million. HTC is making an aggressive move in the highly competitive smartphone world, buying S3 Graphics from chip maker Via ...
Mobile Patent Land Grab Continues: HTC Scoops Up Taiwan's S3 Unit From Via All Things Digital - Ina Fried - 7 Jul, 2011 Taiwanese phone maker HTC is paying $300 million to acquire graphics chip maker S3 Graphics from Via Technologies, in the process gaining access to that company's patent portfolio. The patents could aid HTC, which is in the middle of a legal battle ...
ITC Judge: Apple Infringes 2 Patents of S3 Graphics Co. Ltd TMC Net - Rahul Arora - 7 Jul, 2011 In the battle between S3 Graphics Co. Ltd and Apple (News - Alert) Inc., a US International Trade Commission (ITC) judge recently ruled in favor of S3 Graphics. Judge E. James Gildea said that Apple Inc. infringed two ...