Test and manufacturing synergy and the NI acquisition saga
Emerson's takeover bid for National Instruments seems to be an effort to create a synergy between the test and manufacturing worlds.
Infineon divests HiRel DC-DC converter business
Micross will acquire Infineon's HiRel DC-DC converter business, including its hybrid and custom board-based power products.
Toshiba is at crossroads, again
The fate of Toshiba and its 116,000 employees hangs in the balance once more, calling for astute financial engineering for a turnaround.
Renesas completes acquisition of Reality AI
Renesas has finalized the acquisition of embedded AI solutions provider Reality AI.
Why Nordic Semi is acquiring an embedded memory supplier
The MCUs and SoCs serving IoT applications are getting bigger and smarter and embedded memory has become a vital ingredient in these devices.
Renesas to acquire Reality AI
Renesas is enhancing its endpoint AI capability with the acquisition of Reality AI.
Why Broadcom is acquiring VMware
Is Broadcom acquiring a cash cow or building a vertical stack of components from processor to application? The latter could be highly transformative, but the question of how effective a full stack strategy.
Littelfuse to acquire C&K Switches
Littelfuse will acquire C&K Switches at an enterprise value of $540 million.
Analog IP offerings a hot commodity in semiconductor M&A
SEMIFIVE's purchase of Analog Bits shows the crucial importance of analog and mixed-signal building blocks in accelerating the SoC designs.
Chronicle of 10 analog, power and RF acquisitions in 2021
Here's a rundown of the 10 acquisition deals in the analog, power and RF design industries.