M&A Deal Summary

Cypress Semiconductors Acquires Cascade Semiconductor

On October 20, 2004, Cypress Semiconductors acquired semiconductors company Cascade Semiconductor

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Cypress Semiconductors’ 10th transaction in the Semiconductors sector.
  • This is Cypress Semiconductors’ 11th transaction in the United States.
  • This is Cypress Semiconductors’ 1st transaction in Oregon.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2004-10-20
Target Cascade Semiconductor
Sector Semiconductors
Buyer(s) Cypress Semiconductors
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition

Target

Cascade Semiconductor

Beaverton, Oregon, United States
Cascade Semiconductor Corp. is a fabless semiconductor company that designs and markets low-power memory products to wireless communications markets.

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Buyer

Cypress Semiconductors

San Jose, California, United States
Category Company
Founded 1982
Sector Semiconductors
Employees7,100
Revenue 2.4B USD (2018)
DESCRIPTION
Entrance to Cypress Semiconductor's corporate headquarters in San Jose, California.
Entrance to Cypress Semiconductor's corporate headquarters in San Jose, California.

Cypress Semiconductor Corporation engineers high-performance, mixed-signal, programmable solutions that provide customers with rapid time-to-market and exceptional system value. Cypress' offerings include its flagship PSoC 1, PSoC 3, PSoC 4 and PSoC 5LP programmable system-on-chip families. Cypress produces capacitive user interface solutions including CapSense touch sensing, TrueTouch touchscreens, and trackpad solutions for notebook PCs and peripherals. Cypress also produces Universal Serial Bus (USB) controllers. Cypress Semiconductor Corporation was established in 1982 and is headquartered in San Jose, California.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 11 of 16
Sector (Semiconductors) 10 of 13
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 11 of 14
State (Oregon) 1 of 1
Country (United States) 11 of 15
Year (2004) 2 of 2
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2004-06-21 FillFactory NV

Mechelen, United States

FillFactory develops, produces and markets innovative and high-performance CMOS image sensors, based on patented technologies and know-how built up over more than 15 years. FillFactoryNV was established in December 1999 as a spin-off of IMEC, the InteruniversityMicroElectronicsCenter.

Buy $100M
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2005-02-14 SMaL Camera Technologies

Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

SMaL Camera Technologies, Inc. designer and manufacturer of sensors and controls for global leaders in the automotive, appliance, aircraft, industrial and HVAC markets.

Buy $43M
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