Sony Corporation and TCL Electronics Holdings Limited have signed definitive agreements to establish a strategic partnership in the home entertainment segment. The agreement follows a memorandum of understanding announced on January 20, 2026, and involves transferring Sony’s home entertainment operations into a newly formed joint venture that will operate globally. Continue reading “Sony and TCL sign definitive agreements to form global home entertainment joint venture”
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Qualcomm collaborates with SMIC to develop chips
Qualcomm has entered into a deal with China’s biggest semiconductor foundry Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp. (SMIC). The SMIC will form a joint venture company with Qualcomm, Huawei Technologies Co. and Belgian chip research center Imec to develop advanced 14-nanometer chips.
The joint venture company will be majority owned by SMIC, while Huawei, Qualcomm and Imec will be minority shareholders, SMIC noted. Continue reading “Qualcomm collaborates with SMIC to develop chips”
[Breaking] Sony buys out Ericsson’s 50% share in Sony Ericsson
We’re still waiting for more information regarding this but Reuters reports that Sony has bought out Ericsson’s 50% share in the Sony Ericsson joint venture. Sony Ericsson has recently completed 10 years of the JV and started off making feature phones and the iconic Walkman , Cybershot series of devices.
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