- Resonant (NASDAQ: RESN) to be acquired by a subsidiary of Japan-based Murata Manufacturing Co. Ltd. (MRAAY) for $4.50/sh or approx. $295.7 million. (Feb 2022)
- Maxim Integrated (MXIM) acquired by rival chipmaker Analog Devices (ADI) for $20.91 billion. (13 July 2020)
- ARM Holdings (ARMH); United Kingdom-based; acquired by SoftBank for $32 billion (7/16); 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.
- Linear Technology (LLTC) acquired by Analog Devices (ADI). (July 2016)
- PMC-Sierra (Nasdaq:PMCS) was acquired by Microsemi Corporation (Nasdaq:MSCC) in January 2016. Microsemi Corporation (Nasdaq:MSCC) was acquired by Microchip Technology (MSCC) for over US$10 billion. (Feb 2018).
- Freescale Semiconductor (FSL) was acquired by NXP Semiconductors (NXPI) for about $16.7 billion. (7 Dec 2015)
- Altera Corp. (NASDAQ: ALTR) acquired by Intel (NASDAQ: INTC) for $17 billion. (June 2015)
- Broadcom Corp. (NASDAQ: BRCM); California-based; top supplier to both Samsung and Apple; acquired by Avago Technologies (NASDAQ: AVGO) for $37 billion. (June 2015)
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