M&A Deal Summary

MaxLinear Acquires Exar

On March 29, 2017, MaxLinear acquired semiconductors company Exar for 700M USD

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is MaxLinear’s 4th transaction in the Semiconductors sector.
  • This is MaxLinear’s largest (disclosed) transaction.
  • This is MaxLinear’s 5th transaction in the United States.
  • This is MaxLinear’s 4th transaction in California.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2017-03-29
Target Exar
Sector Semiconductors
Buyer(s) MaxLinear
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition
Deal Value 700M USD
Advisor(s) Cowen Group, Inc. (Financial)
Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP (Legal)

Target

Exar

Fremont, California, United States
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Entrance to Exar's corporate headquarters in Fremont, California.
Entrance to Exar's corporate headquarters in Fremont, California.
Exar Corp. is a designer, developer and marketer of high-performance integrated circuits and system solutions for the Communications, High-End Consumer, Industrial & Embedded Systems, and Networking & Storage markets. Exar's broad product portfolio includes analog, display, LED lighting, mixed-signal, power management, connectivity, data management, and video processing solutions.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

MaxLinear

Carlsbad, California, United States

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Category Company
Founded 2003
Sector Semiconductors
Employees1,844
Revenue 1.1B USD (2022)
DESCRIPTION

MaxLinear is a provider of highly integrated radio-frequency analog and mixed signal semiconductor SoC solutions for broadband communications applications offering high levels of performance, small silicon die-size, and low power consumption. MaxLinear was founded in 2003 and is based in Carlsbad, California.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 5 of 8
Sector (Semiconductors) 4 of 5
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 3 of 4
State (California) 4 of 5
Country (United States) 5 of 7
Year (2017) 1 of 1
Size (of disclosed) 1 of 7
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2016-05-09 Broadcom Corp - Wireless Backhaul Business

Irvine, California, United States

Broadcom Corp - Wireless Backhaul Business provides requency (RF) and mixed-signal integrated circuits for cable and satellite broadband communications.

Buy $80M
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2020-04-06 Intel - Home Gateway Platform Division

Santa Clara, California, United States

Intel's Home Gateway Platform Division comprises Wi-Fi Access Points, Ethernet and Home Gateway SoC products deployed across operator and retail markets.

Buy $150M
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