M&A Deal Summary

Texas Instruments Acquires Unitrode

On July 26, 1999, Texas Instruments acquired test/measurement equipment company Unitrode for 1.2B USD

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Texas Instruments’ 1st transaction in the Test/Measurement Equipment sector.
  • This is Texas Instruments’ 3rd largest (disclosed) transaction.
  • This is Texas Instruments’ 8th transaction in the United States.
  • This is Texas Instruments’ 1st transaction in New Hampshire.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 1999-07-26
Target Unitrode
Sector Test/Measurement Equipment
Buyer(s) Texas Instruments
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition
Deal Value 1.2B USD

Target

Unitrode

Merrimack, New Hampshire, United States
Unitrode designs and manufactures analog/linear and mixed-signal integrated circuits, modules, and non-volatile products, principally to perform power management, portable power, and interface functions.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Texas Instruments

Dallas, Texas, United States

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Category Company
Founded 1930
Sector Semiconductors
Employees30,000
Revenue 18.3B USD (2021)
DESCRIPTION
Entrance to Texas Instruments' corporate headquarters in Dallas, Texas.
Entrance to Texas Instruments' corporate headquarters in Dallas, Texas.

Texas Instruments is a global semiconductor design and manufacturing company that develops analog ICs and embedded processors. Texas Instruments was formed in 1930 and is based in Dallas, Texas.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 12 of 29
Sector (Test/Measurement Equipment) 1 of 1
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 11 of 28
State (New Hampshire) 1 of 1
Country (United States) 8 of 21
Year (1999) 6 of 7
Size (of disclosed) 3 of 13
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
1999-06-21 Libit Signal Processing

Herzelia Pituach, Israel

Libit Signal Processing Ltd. is a technology provider in silicon solutions for cable access equipment, to expand its leadership in digital signal processor (DSP) and analog technologies into all segments of the broadband communication market.

Buy $365M
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
1999-10-04 Power Trends

Warrenville, Illinois, United States

Power Trends, Inc. is a supplier in the emerging and fast-growing market for point-of-use power solutions situated next to digital signal processors, microprocessors and other high performance devices on the circuit board.

Buy $145M
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