M&A Deal Summary

Synaptics Acquires Emza Visual Sense

On October 28, 2022, Synaptics acquired semiconductors company Emza Visual Sense from Himax

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Synaptics’ 5th transaction in the Semiconductors sector.
  • This is Synaptics’ 1st transaction in Israel.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2022-10-28
Target Emza Visual Sense
Sector Semiconductors
Buyer(s) Synaptics
Sellers(s) Himax
Deal Type Divestiture

Target

Emza Visual Sense

Giv'atayim, Israel
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Emza Visual Sense develops sub-milliwatt, trainable, low-cost, autonomous, tiny computer-vision IoT sensors for automatic scene interpretation of the visual world around us. The low cost, ultra low power consumption and high intelligence make our visual sensors applicable and affordable to a wide range of markets and applications – from accurate counting and tracking of people in smart buildings and connected homes to people awareness for home appliances. Emza Visual Sense is based in Giv'atayim, Israel.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Synaptics

San Jose, California, United States

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Category Company
Founded 1986
Sector Software
Employees1,387
Revenue 1.3B USD (2020)
DESCRIPTION
Synaptics' corporate headquarters in San Jose, California.
Synaptics' corporate headquarters in San Jose, California.

Synaptics is a developer of human interface solutions which enhance the user experience, Synaptics provides the broadest solutions portfolio in the industry. Synaptics was founded in 1986 and is based in San Jose, California.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 9 of 9
Sector (Semiconductors) 5 of 5
Type (Divestiture) 3 of 3
Country (Israel) 1 of 1
Year (2022) 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2021-08-30 DSP Group

San Jose, California, United States

DSP Group is a provider of wireless chipset solutions for converged communications. Delivering semiconductor system solutions with software and hardware reference designs. DSP Group enables OEMs/ODMs, consumer electronics (CE) manufacturers and service providers to cost-effectively develop new revenue-generating products with fast time to market. DSP Group was founded in 1987 and is based in San Jose, California.

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Seller(S) 1

SELLER

Himax

Tainan City, Taiwan

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Category Company
Founded 2001
Sector Semiconductors
Employees2,100
Revenue 1.5B USD (2021)
DESCRIPTION

Himax is a fabless semiconductor solution provider dedicated to display imaging processing technologies. Himax is a worldwide market leader in display driver ICs and timing controllers used in TVs, laptops, monitors, mobile phones, tablets, digital cameras, car navigation, virtual reality (VR) devices and many other consumer electronics devices. Additionally, Himax designs and provides controllers for touch sensor displays, in-cell Touch and Display Driver Integration (TDDI) single-chip solutions, LED driver ICs, power management ICs, scaler products for monitors and projectors, tailor-made video processing IC solutions, silicon IPs and LCOS micro-displays for augmented reality (AR) devices and head-up displays (HUD) for automotive. Himax was founded in 2001 and is headquartered in Tainan City, Taiwan.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 1 of 1
Sector (Semiconductors) 1 of 1
Type (Divestiture) 1 of 1
Country (Israel) 1 of 1
Year (2022) 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2018-03-29 Emza Visual Sense

Giv'atayim, Israel

Emza Visual Sense develops sub-milliwatt, trainable, low-cost, autonomous, tiny computer-vision IoT sensors for automatic scene interpretation of the visual world around us. The low cost, ultra low power consumption and high intelligence make our visual sensors applicable and affordable to a wide range of markets and applications – from accurate counting and tracking of people in smart buildings and connected homes to people awareness for home appliances. Emza Visual Sense is based in Giv'atayim, Israel.

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