Thursday, March 15, 2018
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Broadcom, Qualcomm, Intel
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2015/05/broadcom-to-be-acquired-for-37-billion-in-largest-ever-tech-deal/
Broadcom, and would be the third largest US semiconductor company by revenue, behind Qualcomm and Intel.
Intel's largest chip acquisitions were Infineon (wireless) and Wind River (embedded solutions), and Qualcomm's acquisitions are too numerous to list here (Wi-Fi chip maker Atheros for $3.1 billion was probably its biggest pick-up).
Avago. It began its life as the semiconductor division of HP way back in 1961, but in 1999 it was spun-off with another division of HP, Agilent. In 2005, Avago was acquired by private equity firms KKR and Silver Lake Partners, and in 2009 the company went public. Under CEO Hock Tan, the old-but-young company has been making big moves ever since.
With its acquisition of LSI, and now Broadcom, Avago seems to be making a play to become... a mainstream chip company. LSI's strength was mostly I/O (networking, storage controllers); Broadcom is one of the biggest players in wireless tech, networking, SoCs, and DSPs (for set-top boxes and the like).
Combined, Avago-LSI-Broadcom will be one of the largest chip companies in the world. As for what impact it might have on the market, it's hard to say. Avago's CEO has a history of acquiring companies, and then selling off less-proven divisions and doubling down on reliable, profit-driving products.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broadcom_Limited
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