M&A Deal Summary

ARM Acquires Sunrise Micro Devices

On April 16, 2015, ARM acquired semiconductors company Sunrise Micro Devices

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is ARM’s 5th transaction in the Semiconductors sector.
  • This is ARM’s 7th transaction in the United States.
  • This is ARM’s 1st transaction in Florida.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2015-04-16
Target Sunrise Micro Devices
Sector Semiconductors
Buyer(s) ARM
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition

Target

Sunrise Micro Devices

Deerfield Beach, Florida, United States
Sunrise Micro Devices, Inc. is an innovative fabless semiconductor company. Sunrise Micro Devices is a provider of radio IP solutions including a pre-qualified, self-contained radio block and related firmware to simplify radio deployment. Central to all SMD radios is native sub-one volt operation. Operating below one volt enables the radio to run much longer on batteries or harvested energy.

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Buyer

ARM

Cambridge, United Kingdom
Category Company
Founded 1990
Sector Semiconductors
Employees5,900
Revenue 3.2B USD (2024)
DESCRIPTION

ARM is a semiconductor chips designer that offers 32-bit RISC microprocessors, graphics processors, enabling software, cell libraries, embedded memories, high-speed connectivity products, peripherals, and development tools. Combined with comprehensive design services, training, support, and maintenance, the company's broad Partner community provides a total system solution to market for electronics companies. ARM was formed in 1990 and is based in Cambridge, England.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 16 of 23
Sector (Semiconductors) 5 of 5
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 13 of 19
State (Florida) 1 of 1
Country (United States) 7 of 9
Year (2015) 3 of 4
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2015-04-16 Wicentric

San Diego, California, United States

Wicentric is a provider of Bluetooth Smart software solutions focused on enabling the development of low-power wireless products. Their product line includes Bluetooth protocol stack and profiles for creating interoperable smart products and the link layer for silicon integration.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2015-10-20 Carbon Design Systems

Acton, Massachusetts, United States

Carbon Design Systems, Inc. is a supplier of cycle-accurate virtual prototyping solutions, to deliver design optimization, time-to-market and cost-efficiency gains for its partners.

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