
TOKYO -- Toshiba told its creditors on Thursday that four groups have expressed interest in buying its memory chip unit, with one offering to pay over 2 trillion yen ($17.9 billion), The Nikkei has learned.
The four are U.S. private equity fund Kohlberg Kravis Roberts, South Korean chipmaker SK Hynix, U.S. chipmaker Broadcom and Taiwanese contract manufacturer Hon Hai Precision Industry, also known as Foxconn.