M&A Deal Summary

Dialog Semiconductor Acquires Adesto Technologies

On February 20, 2020, Dialog Semiconductor acquired semiconductors company Adesto Technologies for 500M USD

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Dialog Semiconductor’s 4th transaction in the Semiconductors sector.
  • This is Dialog Semiconductor’s largest (disclosed) transaction.
  • This is Dialog Semiconductor’s 3rd transaction in the United States.
  • This is Dialog Semiconductor’s 3rd transaction in California.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2020-02-20
Target Adesto Technologies
Sector Semiconductors
Buyer(s) Dialog Semiconductor
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition
Deal Value 500M USD
Advisor(s) Cowen Group, Inc. (Financial)
Fenwick & West (Legal)

Target

Adesto Technologies

Santa Clara, California, United States
Adesto Technologies Corp. is a semiconductor memory developer. Adesto focused on developing innovative, low-power memory solutions based on a promising type of Resistive RAM technology called Conductive Bridging RAM (CBRAM). Adesto Technologies was formed in 2006 and is based in Sunnyvale, California.

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Buyer

Dialog Semiconductor

Reading, United Kingdom
Category Company
Founded 1986
Sector Semiconductors
Employees2,300
Revenue 1.6B USD (2019)
DESCRIPTION

Dialog Semiconductor Plc is a designer and producer of semiconductors for mobile telephones and automotive systems. Dialog Semiconductor was founded in 1988 and is based in Reading, the United Kingdom.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 4 of 4
Sector (Semiconductors) 4 of 4
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 4 of 4
State (California) 3 of 3
Country (United States) 3 of 3
Year (2020) 1 of 1
Size (of disclosed) 1 of 4
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2017-10-05 Silego Technology

Santa Clara, California, United States

Silego Technology, Inc. is a fabless semiconductor company focused on the design and manufacture of high performance mixed-signal and analog products for high volume applications in computation, communication and digital consumer markets. Silego's core technical competencies are signal distribution/ PLL (phase lock loop), and power management /PWM.

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