Inspur Group, parent of Inspur International Limited, has announced that it has acquired the Xi'an research and development center of the German-based memory chip maker Qimonda AG for CNY30 million.

Inspur Group, one of China's biggest server manufacturers and server solutions providers, has signed a construction contract with the management committee of Jinan High-tech Industrial Development Zone to build a first-class semiconductor lighting research and production base in the next five to eight years.

Sun Pishu, president of Inspur, told media at a press conference that Inspur is trying businesses related to semiconductor and is striving to gain the government's support for entering the semiconductor manufacturing industry.