M&A Deal Summary

Intel Acquires Swiftfoot Graphics AB

On December 1, 2008, Intel acquired software company Swiftfoot Graphics AB

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Intel’s 8th transaction in the Software sector.
  • This is Intel’s 1st transaction in Sweden.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2008-12-01
Target Swiftfoot Graphics AB
Sector Software
Buyer(s) Intel
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition

Target

Swiftfoot Graphics AB

Lund, Sweden
Swiftfoot Graphics AB provides software culling solutions for GPUs.

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Buyer

Intel

Santa Clara, California, United States

Category Company
Founded 1968
Sector Semiconductors
Employees108,900
Revenue 53.1B USD (2024)
DESCRIPTION
Entrance to Intel's corporate headquarters in Santa Clara, California.
Entrance to Intel's corporate headquarters in Santa Clara, California.

Intel is a multinational semiconductor chip maker. The Company's products are incorporated into desktop computers, wearables, servers, tablets, smartphones, and other devices. Intel was formed in 1968 and is based in Santa Clara, California.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 43 of 97
Sector: Software M&A 8 of 29
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 37 of 83
Country: Sweden M&A 1 of 1
Year: 2008 M&A 3 of 3
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2008-10-14 NetEffect

Austin, Texas, United States

NetEffect was founded in 1998 as Banderacom, which focused on InfiniBand adapters and 16-port IB switches. The Austin, Texas, company became NetEffect in 2004 and currently has 30 employees, primarily engineers. NetEffect workers will continue to be based in Austin.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2009-07-17 Wind River

Alameda, California, United States

Wind River engages in delivering software for intelligent connected systems, Wind River offers a comprehensive, edge-to-cloud software portfolio designed to address the challenges and opportunities critical infrastructure companies face when evolving and modernizing their systems as they work to realize the full potential of IoT. Wind River was established in 1981 and is based in Alameda, California.

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