M&A Deal Summary

Cirrus Logic Acquires Wolfson Microelectronics

On August 21, 2014, Cirrus Logic acquired semiconductors company Wolfson Microelectronics for 467M USD

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Cirrus Logic’s 4th transaction in the Semiconductors sector.
  • This is Cirrus Logic’s largest (disclosed) transaction.
  • This is Cirrus Logic’s 1st transaction in the United Kingdom.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2014-08-21
Target Wolfson Microelectronics
Sector Semiconductors
Buyer(s) Cirrus Logic
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition
Deal Value 467M USD

Target

Wolfson Microelectronics

Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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Wolfson Microelectronics Ltd is a designer and supplier audio solutions for electronics market.

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Buyer

Cirrus Logic

Austin, Texas, United States

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Category Company
Founded 1984
Sector Semiconductors
Employees1,591
Revenue 1.8B USD (2022)
DESCRIPTION
Cirrus Logic's headquarters in downtown Austin, Texas.
Cirrus Logic's headquarters in downtown Austin, Texas.

Cirrus Logic is a supplier of high-precision analog and digital signal processing components for the audio and energy markets. Cirrus Logic was founded in 1984 and is based in Austin, Texas.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 10 of 11
Sector (Semiconductors) 4 of 5
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 9 of 10
Country (United Kingdom) 1 of 1
Year (2014) 1 of 1
Size (of disclosed) 1 of 5
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2013-10-01 Acoustic Technologies

Mesa, Arizona, United States

Acoustic Technologies, Inc., is a provider in embedded firmware voice processing technology, including noise reduction, echo cancellation and voice enhancement.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2021-07-08 Lion Semiconductor

San Francisco, California, United States

Lion Semiconductor is a fabless designer of power management ICs (PMICs) for mobile devices. Unlike today's PMICs that require many large PCB inductors, Lion has created a PMIC with zero PCB components and a very small footprint. Lion Semiconductor was founded in 2013 and is based in San Francisco, California.

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