M&A Deal Summary

InvenSense Acquires Analog Devices - MEMS Microphone Business Line

On October 14, 2013, InvenSense acquired semiconductors company Analog Devices - MEMS Microphone Business Line from Analog Devices for 100M USD

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is InvenSense’s 1st transaction in the Semiconductors sector.
  • This is InvenSense’s largest (disclosed) transaction.
  • This is InvenSense’s 1st transaction in the United States.
  • This is InvenSense’s 1st transaction in Massachusetts.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2013-10-14
Target Analog Devices - MEMS Microphone Business Line
Sector Semiconductors
Buyer(s) InvenSense
Sellers(s) Analog Devices
Deal Type Divestiture
Deal Value 100M USD

Target

Analog Devices - MEMS Microphone Business Line

Massachusetts, United States
Analog Devices, Inc. - MEMS Microphone Business Line includes intellectual property, goodwill and certain tangible and intangible assets.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

InvenSense

San Jose, California, United States
Category Company
Founded 2003
Sector Semiconductors
Employees644
Revenue 418M USD (2016)
DESCRIPTION

InvenSense, Inc. is a provider of intelligent sensor system on chip (SoC) for Motion and Sound solutions found in Mobile, Wearables, Smart Home, Industrial, and Automotive products.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 1 of 3
Sector (Semiconductors) 1 of 2
Type (Divestiture) 1 of 1
State (Massachusetts) 1 of 1
Country (United States) 1 of 1
Year (2013) 1 of 1
Size (of disclosed) 1 of 2
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2014-07-07 Movea SA

Grenoble, France

Movea, which is headquartered in Grenoble (France), was set up in March 2007 as a spin-out from French research institute CEA-Léti. It develops and sells solutions for recording human movement. Movea’s products are mobile, wireless, and cost and energy saving. Movea’s motion-sensing modules are aimed both at the consumer market, with pointing devices and mobile telephony, and at the health care market, including revalidation and recording of physical activities. In 2007, Movea acquired the US company Gyration, which specializes in pointing devices for digital media.

Buy $81M

Seller(S) 1

SELLER

Analog Devices

Wilmington, Massachusetts, United States
Category Company
Founded 1965
Sector Semiconductors
Employees26,000
Revenue 12.3B USD (2023)
DESCRIPTION
Entrance to Analog Devices' office in San Jose, California.
Entrance to Analog Devices' office in San Jose, California.

Analog Devices designs, manufactures, and markets a broad portfolio of high-performance analog, mixed-signal, and digital signal processing integrated circuits used in virtually all types of electronic equipment. Analog Devices was founded in 1965 and is based in Wilmington, Massachusetts.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 2 of 4
Sector (Semiconductors) 2 of 3
Type (Divestiture) 1 of 3
State (Massachusetts) 2 of 2
Country (United States) 2 of 2
Year (2013) 1 of 1
Size (of disclosed) 2 of 2
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2012-03-30 Multigig

San Jose, California, United States

Multigig, Inc. specializes in highly innovative high-performance clocking technology.

Buy -
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2014-06-09 Hittite Microwave

Chelmsford, Massachusetts, United States

Hittite Microwave Corp. is a designer, developer, and manufacturer of high-performance integrated circuits for wireless and wireline communications systems.

Buy $2.0B
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