M&A Deal Summary

Intel Acquires Xircom

On January 15, 2001, Intel acquired technology hardware company Xircom for 748M USD

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Intel’s 13th transaction in the Technology Hardware sector.
  • This is Intel’s 11th largest (disclosed) transaction.
  • This is Intel’s 24th transaction in the United States.
  • This is Intel’s 15th transaction in California.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2001-01-15
Target Xircom
Sector Technology Hardware
Buyer(s) Intel
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition
Deal Value 748M USD

Target

Xircom

Thousand Oaks, California, United States
Xircom is a provider of PC cards and other products used to connect mobile computing devices to corporate networks and the Internet.

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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 27 of 97
Sector: Technology Hardware M&A 13 of 30
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 22 of 83
State: California M&A 15 of 39
Country: United States M&A 24 of 62
Year: 2001 M&A 1 of 6
Size (of disclosed) 11 of 29
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2000-08-14 Ziatech

Concord, Massachusetts, United States

Ziatech designs and markets a full range of Intel® Architecture-based circuit boards, hardware platforms and development systems. Ziatech products are primarily sold to telecommunication equipment manufacturers who require flexible and highly reliable equipment for their communications products.

Buy $240M
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2001-02-01 Nuron

United States

Nuron is a computer processing acceleration company. Nuron's technology integrates programmable logic circuitry into a system by connecting to the processor and memory buses, greatly increasing processing bandwidth.

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