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Atheros Communications Acquires Ikanos Communications

On August 6, 2015, Atheros Communications acquired semiconductors company Ikanos Communications for 47M USD

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

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2015-08-06
Target Ikanos Communications
Sector Semiconductors
Buyer(s) Atheros Communications
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition
Deal Value 47M USD

Target

Ikanos Communications

Fremont, California, United States
Ikanos is a provider of low-power advanced broadband semiconductor and software products for the digital home. The company’s multi-mode VDSL/ADSLx, network processor and other offerings power access infrastructure and customer premises equipment for many of the world’s leading network equipment manufacturers and telecommunications service providers.

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Buyer

Atheros Communications

San Jose, California, United States
Category Company
Founded 1998
Sector Semiconductors
Employees1,778
DESCRIPTION

Atheros Communications, Inc. is a developer of semiconductor system solutions for wireless communications products. Atheros combines its wireless systems expertise with high-performance radio frequency (RF), mixed signal and digital semiconductor design skills to provide highly integrated chipsets that are manufacturable on low-cost, standard complementary metal-oxide semiconductor (CMOS) processes.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 4 of 4
Sector: Semiconductors M&A 3 of 3
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 4 of 4
State: California M&A 3 of 3
Country: United States M&A 4 of 4
Year: 2015 M&A 1 of 1
Size (of disclosed) 2 of 2
PREVIOUS DEAL
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2012-03-07 Ubicom

San Jose, California, United States

Ubicom provides system-level solutions to OEMs for a wide range of products including wireless routers, access points, gateways, appliances and other network nodes. These products are used in applications ranging from voice-over-IP and online gaming, to video conferencing and print serving.

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