Toshiba offered $17.9 billion for chip unit by Silver Lake and Broadcom: Nikkei

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TOKYO (Reuters) – U.S. private equity firm Silver Lake Partners LP [SILAK.UL] and U.S. chipmaker Broadcom Ltd have offered Toshiba Corp about 2 trillion yen ($17.9 billion) for its chip unit, the Nikkei business daily reported on Friday.