M&A Deal Summary

Cypress Semiconductors Acquires Ramtron International

On June 12, 2012, Cypress Semiconductors acquired semiconductors company Ramtron International for 110M USD

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Cypress Semiconductors’ 12th transaction in the Semiconductors sector.
  • This is Cypress Semiconductors’ 4th largest (disclosed) transaction.
  • This is Cypress Semiconductors’ 14th transaction in the United States.
  • This is Cypress Semiconductors’ 2nd transaction in Colorado.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2012-06-12
Target Ramtron International
Sector Semiconductors
Buyer(s) Cypress Semiconductors
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition
Deal Value 110M USD
Advisor(s) Needham & Co. LLC (Financial)

Target

Ramtron International

Colorado Springs, Colorado, United States
Ramtron International Corporation is a fabless semiconductor company that designs, develops and markets specialized semiconductor memory and integrated semiconductor solutions used in a wide range of product applications and markets worldwide.

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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 14 of 16
Sector (Semiconductors) 12 of 13
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 14 of 14
State (Colorado) 2 of 2
Country (United States) 14 of 15
Year (2012) 1 of 1
Size (of disclosed) 4 of 9
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2011-01-27 Cypress Semiconductor - CMOS Image Sensor Business Unit

San Jose, California, United States

Cypress Semiconductor - CMOS Image Sensor Business Unit (ISBU) is a high-performance custom and standard CMOS image sensors are used in multi-megapixel digital photography and cinematography, machine vision, linear and two dimensional (2D) bar code imaging, medical x-ray imaging, biometrics and aerospace applications.

Sell $31M
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2013-06-11 Cypress Semiconductors - Semiconductor Portfolio

San Jose, California, United States

Cypress Semiconductors Corp. - Semiconductor Portfolio is a provider of semiconductor products and services.

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