M&A Deal Summary

Broadcom Acquires AMD -Digital TV Business

On October 28, 2008, Broadcom acquired semiconductors company AMD -Digital TV Business from AMD for 142M USD

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Broadcom’s 13th transaction in the Semiconductors sector.
  • This is Broadcom’s 10th largest (disclosed) transaction.
  • This is Broadcom’s 17th transaction in the United States.
  • This is Broadcom’s 12th transaction in California.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2008-10-28
Target AMD -Digital TV Business
Sector Semiconductors
Buyer(s) Broadcom
Sellers(s) AMD
Deal Type Divestiture
Deal Value 142M USD

Target

AMD -Digital TV Business

Sunnyvale, California, United States
AMD -Digital TV Business product line includes all Xilleon™ integrated DTV processors and complete turnkey reference designs, as well as NXT receiver ICs, the Theater™ 300 DTV processor, and a line of panel processors that perform advanced motion compensation, frame rate conversion and scaling.

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Buyer(S) 1

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 18 of 28
Sector (Semiconductors) 13 of 22
Type (Divestiture) 2 of 3
State (California) 12 of 18
Country (United States) 17 of 23
Year (2008) 2 of 2
Size (of disclosed) 10 of 27
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2008-03-03 Sunext Design

Sunnyvale, California, United States

Sunext Design, Inc. is a fabless semiconductor company that specializes in optical storage technologies.

Buy $48M
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2009-11-30 Dune Networks

Sunnyvale, California, United States

Dune Networks, Inc. is a fabless semiconductor supplier of networking devices that facilitate the building of data center, and enterprise and carrier Ethernet switching platforms.

Buy $178M

Seller(S) 1

SELLER

AMD

Santa Clara, California, United States
Category Company
Founded 1969
Sector Semiconductors
Employees26,000
Revenue 22.7B USD (2023)
DESCRIPTION
Advanced Micro Devices' corporate headquarters in Sunnyvale, California.
Advanced Micro Devices' corporate headquarters in Sunnyvale, California.

AMD is a multinational semiconductor company that develops computer processors and related technologies for commercial and consumer markets. AMD was founded in 1969 and is based in Santa Clara, California.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 1 of 1
Sector (Semiconductors) 1 of 1
Type (Divestiture) 1 of 1
State (California) 1 of 1
Country (United States) 1 of 1
Year (2008) 1 of 1
Size (of disclosed) 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2006-10-24 ATI Technologies

Markham, Ontario, Canada

ATI Technologies Inc. design and manufacture of innovative 3D graphics, PC platform technologies and digital media silicon solutions.

Buy $5.4B
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2012-03-23 SeaMicro

Sunnyvale, California, United States

SeaMicro has identified the primary drivers underlying the power inefficiencies in volume servers and has systematically rectified these shortcomings. The result is a small form factor server that uses one-quarter of the power and requires only one-quarter of the space used for traditional servers. SeaMicro servers are plug and play—they require no changes to software operating systems, applications, or management infrastructure.

Buy $334M
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