
6/2015: In two separate record deals recently, Intel (NASDAQ: INTC) agreed to purchase Altera Corp. (NASDAQ: ALTR) for $17 billion in cash, and Avago Technologies (NASDAQ: AVGO) agreed to buy Broadcom Corp. (NASDAQ: BRCM) for $37 billion in cash and stock.
In March 2015, NXP Semiconductors (NASDAQ: NXPI) announced it was buying Freescale Semiconductor Ltd. (NYSE: FSL) for $12 billion.
(by market cap)
Ticker Company name Mkt Cap▼
- INTC Intel Corp. 157.4B; California-based; stable PC market, strong growth in digital color graphics, improved profitability in mobile and a very large share repurchase plan.
- TXN Texas Instruments 62.22B
- AVGO Avago Technologies 32.59B; Singapore-based Apple supplier
- BRCM Broadcom Corp. 27.09B; California-based; top supplier to both Samsung and Apple
- ARMH ARM Holdings 25.12B : United Kingdom; Apple supplier; maker of chips used in smartphones. A dominant player in the smartphone tablet market. It licenses its chip technology to some tech heavyweights like Apple, Samsung and Qualcomm (NASDAQ:QCOM), among others, that also pay royalties.
- NXPI NXP Semiconductors N.V. 21.39B: Netherlands-based; the world’s number one supplier for small-signal discretes; will supply the near field communications (NFC) module and secure element NFC booster chip. NFC is a set of standards for smartphones and other devices like the Apple Watch to establish radio communication with each other by touching them together or bringing them into close proximity, usually no more than a few centimeters.
- SWKS Skyworks Solutions 16.74B : Woburn, Mass.-based; The company makes radio frequency chips used in Apple's iPhone 6, Samsung's Galaxy GS5 as well as many other wireless devices.
- FSL Freescale Semiconductor 11.06B: Bermuda-based. March 1, 2015: NXP Semiconductors (NXPI) to buy Freescale Semiconductor (FSL) for in an $11.8 billion.
- QRVO Qorvo 10.30B: North Carolina; radio frequency (RF) solutions for mobile, infrastructure, and aerospace and defense applications.
- MXIM Maxim Integrated Products 10.25B
- STM STMicroelectronics NV 9.07B; Switzerland -based
- ONNN ON Semiconductor Corp. 5.46B
- CY Cypress Semiconductor 4.98B
- AUO AU Optronics Corp.; 4.92B Taiwan-based
- CAVM Cavium, Inc. 3.84B
- ATML Atmel Corporation 3.57B
- MPWR Monolithic Power Systems 2.05B: California-based; designs high-performance, energy-efficient analog semiconductors for use in cloud computing, telecom, automotive and other industries.
- CRUS Cirrus Logic 1.90B ; Austin, Texas-based; Apple supplier; makes audio integrated circuits and microphones used in smartphones.
- Lam Research (LRCX)
- Applied Materials (AMAT)
- Nova Measuring Instrument (NVMI)
- Cascade Microtech (CSCD)
- Tessera Technologies (TSRA)
- Cabot Microelectronics (CCMP)
- Advanced Energy (AEIS)
- PDF Solutions (PDFS)
- Kulicke & Soffa Industries (KLIC)
- MKS Instruments (MKSI)
- PMC-Sierra (NASDAQ:PMCS)
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