Atheros Communications - M&A Summary, Ownership, and Business Overview

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Atheros Communications M&A Summary

Atheros Communications has acquired 5 companies of its own. A total of 3 acquisitions came from private equity firms.

Atheros Communications’ largest acquisition to date was in 2009, when it acquired Intellon for $244M. Atheros Communications has acquired in 2 different US states. The Company’s most targeted sectors include semiconductors (75%) and technology hardware (25%).

Atheros Communications Ownership

Who owns Atheros Communications?

Atheros Communications is owned by Qualcomm. It was acquired on January 5, 2011.

Atheros Communications Business Overview

Where is Atheros Communications headquartered?

Atheros Communications is headquartered in San Jose, California.

How many employees does Atheros Communications have?

Atheros Communications has 1,778 employees.

What sector is Atheros Communications in?

Atheros Communications is a semiconductors company.

When was Atheros Communications founded?

Atheros Communications was founded in 1998.

M&A Summary

  • M&A Total Activity4
    • M&A Buy Activity4
  • Total Sectors Invested 2
  • Total Countries Invested 1
  • M&A Buy/Sell Connections 3

Atheros Communications, Inc.

5480 Great America Parkway,
San Jose, California 95054
United States,
(408) 773-5200
www.atheros.com

Atheros Communications, Inc. is a developer of semiconductor system solutions for wireless communications products. Atheros combines its wireless systems expertise with high-performance radio frequency (RF), mixed signal and digital semiconductor design skills to provide highly integrated chipsets that are manufacturable on low-cost, standard complementary metal-oxide semiconductor (CMOS) processes.


M&A Summary

Buy vs Sell

Year ≤ '10 '11 '12 '13 '14 '15 T
Buy (0.4/yr) # 2 - 1 - - 1 4
vol $244M $47M $291M
Sell (0.0/yr) # - - - - - - 0
  4

Most Recent M&A

Company Date Value Type
Ikanos Communications, Inc. 2015-08-06 47M USD Add-on Acquisition
Fremont, California · www.ikanos.com
Ubicom, Inc. 2012-03-07 - Add-on Acquisition
San Jose, California · www.ubicom.com
Intellon Corp. 2009-09-08 244M USD Add-on Acquisition
Orlando, Florida · www.intellon.com
u-NAV Microelectronics Corp. 2007-12-14 - Add-on Acquisition
Irvine, California
View All >>

M&A by Sector

Sector Buy # Value Sell # Value
Semiconductors 3 (75%) 291M (100%) - -
Technology Hardware 1 (25%) - - -
Total 4 $291M - -

By Geo

State/Country Buy Value Sell Value
United States 4 291M - -
  California 3 47M - -
  Florida 1 244M - -
Total 4 $291M - -

Deal Values

buy # Total
$100M to $1B 1 $244M
< $100M 1 $47M
TOTAL $291M
Largest Intellon Corp.
$244M (2009-09-08)

M&A Connections

Deals
Acquired from
Investor(s)
50%
2 (50%)

Company Summary

SECTOR

Semiconductors

Employees

1,778

Established

1998

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