M&A Deal Summary

Diodes Acquires Pericom Semiconductor

On November 25, 2015, Diodes acquired semiconductors company Pericom Semiconductor for 413M USD

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Diodes’ 6th transaction in the Semiconductors sector.
  • This is Diodes’ 2nd largest (disclosed) transaction.
  • This is Diodes’ 3rd transaction in the United States.
  • This is Diodes’ 3rd transaction in California.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2015-11-25
Target Pericom Semiconductor
Sector Semiconductors
Buyer(s) Diodes
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition
Deal Value 413M USD
Advisor(s) Cowen Group, Inc. (Financial)
Latham & Watkins (Legal)

Target

Pericom Semiconductor

Milpitas, California, United States
Pericom Semiconductor Corp. is engaged in the design, development and marketing of integrated circuits (ICs) and frequency control products (FCPs) used in advanced electronic systems.

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Buyer

Diodes

Plano, Texas, United States
Category Company
Founded 1959
Sector Semiconductors
Employees7,980
Revenue 1.7B USD (2023)
DESCRIPTION

Diodes is a manufacturer and supplier of high-quality application specific standard products within the broad discrete, logic and analog semiconductor markets. Diodes was founded in 1959 and is based in Plano, Texas.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 6 of 9
Sector (Semiconductors) 6 of 9
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 6 of 7
State (California) 3 of 3
Country (United States) 3 of 5
Year (2015) 1 of 1
Size (of disclosed) 2 of 6
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2012-12-26 BCD Semiconductor Manufacturing

Shanghai, China

BCD Semiconductor Manufacturing Limited is an analog integrated device manufacturer, or IDM, based in China, specializing in the design, manufacture and sale of power management integrated circuits. BCD’s broad product portfolio targets primarily rapidly growing, high volume market segments such as mobile phones, LCD televisions and monitors, personal computers, adapters and chargers.

Buy $151M
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2019-02-04 Texas Instruments - Wafer Fabrication Facility and Operation

Dallas, Texas, United States

Texas Instruments, Inc. - Wafer Fabrication Facility and Operation is a manufacturer of TI’s Analog products.

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