Silicon Laboratories - M&A Summary and Business Overview

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Silicon Laboratories M&A Summary

Silicon Laboratories has acquired 17 companies, including 2 in the last 5 years. A total of 1 acquisition came from private equity firms. It has also divested 2 assets.

Silicon Laboratories’ largest acquisition to date was in 2020, when it acquired Redpine Signals - Connectivity Business for $308M. It’s largest disclosed sale occurred in 2021, when it sold Silicon Laboratories - Infrastructure & Automotive Business to Skyworks Solutions for $2.8B. Silicon Laboratories has acquired in 3 different US states, and 6 countries. The Company’s most targeted sectors include semiconductors (71%) and software (18%).

Silicon Laboratories Business Overview

Where is Silicon Laboratories headquartered?

Silicon Laboratories is headquartered in Austin, Texas.

What is Silicon Laboratories’ revenue?

Silicon Laboratories disclosed revenue of 782M USD for 2023 and 1,024M USD for 2022.

How many employees does Silicon Laboratories have?

Silicon Laboratories has 1,846 employees.

What sector is Silicon Laboratories in?

Silicon Laboratories is a semiconductors company.

When was Silicon Laboratories founded?

Silicon Laboratories was founded in 1996.

M&A Summary

  • M&A Total Activity19
    • M&A Buy Activity17
    • M&A Sell Activity2
  • Total Sectors Invested 4
  • Total Countries Invested 6
  • M&A Buy/Sell Connections 6
  • M&A Advisors 3

Silicon Laboratories

Silicon Laboratories, Inc.

400 West Cesar Chavez,
Austin, Texas 78701
United States,
(512) 416-8500
www.silabs.com

Silicon Laboratories is a provider of high-performance, analog-intensive, mixed-signal ICs. Silicon Labs’ diverse portfolio of patented semiconductor solutions offers customers advantages in performance, size and power consumption. Silicon Laboratories was founded in 1996 and is based in Austin, Texas.


M&A Summary

Buy vs Sell

Year ≤ '19 '20 '21 '22 '23 '24 T
Buy (0.2/yr) # 16 1 - - - - 17
vol $673M $308M $981M
Sell (0.2/yr) # 1 - 1 - - - 2
vol $285M $2.8B $3.0B
  19

Most Recent M&A

Company Date Value Type
Silicon Laboratories, Inc. - Infrastructure & Automotive Business 2021-04-22 2.8B USD Divestiture
Austin, Texas
Redpine Signals, Inc. - Connectivity Business 2020-03-12 308M USD Divestiture
San Jose, California
Qulsar, Inc. - IEEE 1588 Software & Modules 2019-10-21 - Divestiture
San Jose, California
Sigma Designs, Inc. 2017-12-07 282M USD Add-on Acquisition
Fremont, California · www.sigmadesigns.com
Zentri 2017-01-23 - Add-on Acquisition
Los Gatos, California · www.zentri.com
Micrium, Inc. 2016-10-03 - Add-on Acquisition
Weston, Florida · www.micrium.com
Telegesis (UK) Ltd. 2015-11-23 - Add-on Acquisition
High Wycombe, United Kingdom · www.telegesis.com
Bluegiga Technologies Oy 2015-02-03 - Add-on Acquisition
Espoo, Finland · www.bluegiga.com
Touchstone Semiconductor, Inc. 2014-03-03 2M USD Add-on Acquisition
Milpitas,, California · www.touchstonesemi.com
Energy Micro AS 2013-07-01 170M USD Add-on Acquisition
Oslo, Norway
View All >>

M&A by Sector

Sector Buy # Value Sell # Value
Semiconductors 12 (71%) 666M (68%) 2 (100%) 3.0B (100%)
Software 3 (18%) 7M (1%) - -
Communications 1 (6%) - - -
Technology Hardware 1 (6%) 308M (31%) - -
Total 17 $981M 2 $3.0B

By Geo

State/Country Buy Value Sell Value
United States 12 791M 2 3.0B
  California 10 791M - -
  Texas 1 - 1 2.8B
  Florida 1 - - -
Finland 1 - - -
France 1 20M - -
Ireland 1 - - -
Norway 1 170M - -
United Kingdom 1 - - -
Domestic 12 (71%) 791M (81%) 2 (100%) 3.0B (100%)
Cross-border 5 (29%) 190M (19%) - -
Total 17 $981M 2 $3.0B

Top M&A Advisors

Financial Deals
Qatalyst Partners
1
Morgan Stanley
1
Legal Deals
DLA Piper
1

Deal Values

buy # Total
$100M to $1B 3 $760M
< $100M 6 $221M
TOTAL $981M
Largest Redpine Signals, Inc. - Connectivity Business
$308M (2020-03-12)
sell # Total
> $1B 1 $2.8B
$100M to $1B 1 $285M
TOTAL $3.0B
Largest Silicon Laboratories, Inc. - Infrastructure & Automotive Business
$2.8B (2021-04-22)

M&A Connections

Deals
Acquired from
Investor(s)
6%
1 (6%)
Strategic(s)
12%
2 (12%)
Divested to
Strategic(s)
100%
2 (100%)

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