Episode 221: The Toshiba Chip Unit Deal with Tim Culpan by analyseasia published on 2017-12-01T06:29:55Z Tim Culpan from Bloomberg joined us in a two part conversation on the high impact news from Asia's movers and shakers. In the first part of our conversation, he covered the backstory, drama and conclusion to the Toshiba's chip unit deal and examine why Apple is involved with at least two of the major bidders. In the same conversation, Tim offered his perspectives on the TSMC 30th anniversary panel with the major players in the semiconductors industry and the recent Google-HTC deal. Genre Business Comment by Rick Lee The angle on why Apple is on both bidding consortiums is interesting. Tim should do an episode on Broadcom and Qualcomm. 2017-12-13T17:29:52Z Comment by bujingyun Great discussion on breaking down the major players on the Toshiba chip unit deal, and pity that Foxconn did not manage to win it. 2017-12-13T17:28:20Z