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Broadcom Acquires Alphamosaic

On September 20, 2004, Broadcom acquired semiconductors company Alphamosaic for 120M USD

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Broadcom’s 5th transaction in the Semiconductors sector.
  • This is Broadcom’s 12th largest (disclosed) transaction.
  • This is Broadcom’s 1st transaction in the United Kingdom.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2004-09-20
Target Alphamosaic
Sector Semiconductors
Buyer(s) Broadcom
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition
Deal Value 120M USD

Target

Alphamosaic

Cambridge, United Kingdom
Alphamosaic Ltd. is a provider of low power semiconductor solutions for high volume consumer and cellular portable products, providing complete mobile video processing solutions, including hardware, software, middleware, codecs and full support.

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Buyer

Broadcom

Irvine, California, United States
Category Company
Founded 1991
Sector Semiconductors
Employees12,500
Revenue 8.4B USD (2014)
DESCRIPTION
Broadcom facility in San Jose, California.
Broadcom facility in San Jose, California.

Broadcom is a global provider of semiconductor solutions for wired and wireless communications. Broadcom was formed in 1991 and is based in Irvine, California.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 9 of 28
Sector: Semiconductors M&A 5 of 22
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 9 of 25
Country: United Kingdom M&A 1 of 1
Year: 2004 M&A 5 of 5
Size (of disclosed) 12 of 27
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2004-06-16 Zyray Wireless

San Diego, California, United States

Zyray Wireless, Inc. is a provider of baseband co-processors addressing WCDMA (Wideband Code Division Multiple Access) mobile devices.

Buy $96M
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2005-03-18 Zeevo

Santa Clara, California, United States

Zeevo, Inc. is a semiconductor provider that designs and markets "system-on-a-chip" (SoC) wireless products for use in consumer electronics products ranging from cellular phones to MP3 players to personal computers to loudspeakers.

Buy $32M
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