MILAN (Reuters) – Franco-Italian chipmaker STMicroelectronics is mulling an offer to buy Oslo-listed rival Nordic Semiconductor, Italian daily MF said on Thursday.
The report said preliminary talks had been held already and that an offer could follow shortly.
Nordic Semiconductor has a market capitalisation of around $4.5 billion.
STMicroelectronics could not immediately be reached for a comment.
(Reporting by Giulio Piovaccari; editing by Agnieszka Flak)
