M&A Deal Summary

MaxLinear Acquires Entropic Communications

On April 30, 2015, MaxLinear acquired semiconductors company Entropic Communications for 287M USD

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is MaxLinear’s 2nd transaction in the Semiconductors sector.
  • This is MaxLinear’s 2nd largest (disclosed) transaction.
  • This is MaxLinear’s 2nd transaction in the United States.
  • This is MaxLinear’s 2nd transaction in California.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2015-04-30
Target Entropic Communications
Sector Semiconductors
Buyer(s) MaxLinear
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition
Deal Value 287M USD

Target

Entropic Communications

San Diego, California, United States
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.

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Buyer

MaxLinear

Carlsbad, California, United States
Category Company
Founded 2003
Sector Semiconductors
Employees1,759
Revenue 693M USD (2023)
DESCRIPTION

MaxLinear is a provider of highly integrated radio-frequency analog and mixed signal semiconductor SoC solutions for broadband communications applications offering high levels of performance, small silicon die-size, and low power consumption. MaxLinear was founded in 2003 and is based in Carlsbad, California.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 2 of 8
Sector (Semiconductors) 2 of 5
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 2 of 4
State (California) 2 of 5
Country (United States) 2 of 7
Year (2015) 1 of 1
Size (of disclosed) 2 of 7
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