M&A Deal Summary

Atmel Acquires Newport Media

On July 31, 2014, Atmel acquired semiconductors company Newport Media for 140M USD

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Atmel’s 3rd transaction in the Semiconductors sector.
  • This is Atmel’s largest (disclosed) transaction.
  • This is Atmel’s 4th transaction in the United States.
  • This is Atmel’s 2nd transaction in California.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2014-07-31
Target Newport Media
Sector Semiconductors
Buyer(s) Atmel
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition
Deal Value 140M USD

Target

Newport Media

Lake Forest,, California, United States
Newport Media, Inc. ("NMI"), is a provider of of high performance low power Wi-Fi and Bluetooth solutions.

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Buyer

Atmel

San Jose, California, United States

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Category Company
Founded 1984
Sector Semiconductors
Employees5,000
Revenue 1.4B USD (2013)
DESCRIPTION
Atmel's corporate headquarters in San Jose, California.
Atmel's corporate headquarters in San Jose, California.

Atmel Corp. is a designer and manufacturer of microcontrollers, capacitive touch solutions, advanced logic, mixed-signal, nonvolatile memory and radio frequency (RF) components. Atmel provides the electronics industry with solutions focused on industrial, consumer, communications, computing and automotive markets. Atmel Corp. was established in 1984 and is based in San Jose, California.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 6 of 6
Sector (Semiconductors) 3 of 3
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 5 of 5
State (California) 2 of 2
Country (United States) 4 of 4
Year (2014) 1 of 1
Size (of disclosed) 1 of 2
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2013-03-07 IDTI - Smart Metering IC Product Lines

United States

Smart Metering IC Product Lines of Integrated Device Technology, Inc. includes IDT’s Metrology Analog Front End (AFE) and System-On-Chip (SoC) devices for single- and poly-phase energy meters.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2015-04-17 Atmel - XSense touch sensor assets

United States

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