M&A Deal Summary

Entropic Communications Acquires Trident Microsystems - Set Top Box Business

On April 12, 2012, Entropic Communications acquired electronics company Trident Microsystems - Set Top Box Business from Trident Microsystems Inc for 65M USD

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Entropic Communications’ 1st transaction in the Electronics sector.
  • This is Entropic Communications’ largest (disclosed) transaction.
  • This is Entropic Communications’ 3rd transaction in the United States.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2012-04-12
Target Trident Microsystems - Set Top Box Business
Sector Electronics
Buyer(s) Entropic Communications
Sellers(s) Trident Microsystems Inc
Deal Type Divestiture
Deal Value 65M USD

Target

Trident Microsystems - Set Top Box Business

United States
Trident Microsystems - Set Top Box Business comprises business unit that manufactures digital set-top box components and system solutions for worldwide satellite, terrestrial, cable, and IPTV networks such as STB SoCs, DOCSIS modems, interface devices, and media processors.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Entropic Communications

San Diego, California, United States
Category Company
Founded 2001
Sector Semiconductors
Employees639
Revenue 259M USD (2013)
DESCRIPTION

Entropic Communications, Inc. is a manufacturer of LAN and WAN coax networking for home digital entertainment. Entropic's products allow consumers to easily share digital entertainment throughout the home by leveraging the existing coax infrastructure to fundamentally change the way content such as movies, music, and images are stored and networked by the average user.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 4 of 6
Sector (Electronics) 1 of 1
Type (Divestiture) 1 of 2
Country (United States) 3 of 5
Year (2012) 1 of 2
Size (of disclosed) 1 of 3
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2008-04-03 Vativ Technologies

San Diego, California, United States

Vativ Technologies is a provider of flexible, cost-effective and extremely high data rate copper backplane interconnect solutions using proprietary DSP and communication algorithms.

Buy -
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2012-07-11 PLX Technology - Direct Broadcast Satellite

United States

Direct Broadcast Satellite design and development of a digital channel stacking switch.

Buy $8M

Seller(S) 1

SELLER

Trident Microsystems Inc

Sunnyvale, California, United States
Category Company
Sector Semiconductors
DESCRIPTION

Trident Microsystems, Inc. (Nasdaq: TRID) is a leading force in the digital home entertainment market, delivering innovative semiconductor solutions for digital televisions and set-top boxes — at the heart of today’s digital home. A pioneer in the consumer electronics and television markets for the past 20 years, Trident understands the rapidly-evolving consumer space and has taken bold moves to deepen its technology portfolio and expand its addressable market. In February of 2010, Trident completed its acquisition of NXP Semiconductor’s television and set-top box lines, creating a leader in the digital home entertainment market with industry-leading positions in each of the digital television and set-top box markets.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 2 of 2
Sector (Electronics) 2 of 2
Type (Divestiture) 2 of 2
Country (United States) 2 of 2
Year (2012) 2 of 2
Size (of disclosed) 1 of 2
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2012-03-21 Trident Microsystems - Digital Television Business

United States

Trident Microsystems, Inc.’s Digital Television (DTV) Business, which includes certain products, licensed intellectual property, software and leased facilities.

Sell $21M
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