M&A Deal Summary

Microchip Acquires Standard Microsystems

On August 2, 2012, Microchip acquired semiconductors company Standard Microsystems

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Microchip’s 3rd transaction in the Semiconductors sector.
  • This is Microchip’s 5th transaction in the United States.
  • This is Microchip’s 1st transaction in New York.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2012-08-02
Target Standard Microsystems
Sector Semiconductors
Buyer(s) Microchip
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition

Target

Standard Microsystems

Hauppauge, New York, United States
Standard Microsystems Corporation designs and distributes silicon-based integrated circuits that utilize analog and mixed-signal technologies.

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Buyer

Microchip

Chandler, Arizona, United States
Category Company
Founded 1989
Sector Semiconductors
Employees22,300
Revenue 7.6B USD (2024)
DESCRIPTION
Entrance to Microchip's corporate headquarters in Chandler, Arizona.
Entrance to Microchip's corporate headquarters in Chandler, Arizona.

Microchip develops, manufactures, and sells specialized semiconductor products used by customers for a wide variety of embedded control applications. Microchip's product portfolio comprises general purpose and specialized 8-bit, 16-bit, and 32-bit microcontrollers, a broad spectrum of high-performance linear, mixed-signal, power management, thermal management, RF, safety, security, wired connectivity and wireless connectivity devices, as well as serial EEPROMs, Serial Flash memories, Parallel Flash memories and serial SRAM memories. Microchip was founded in 1989 and is based in Chandler, Arizona.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 6 of 13
Sector (Semiconductors) 3 of 9
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 6 of 13
State (New York) 1 of 1
Country (United States) 5 of 10
Year (2012) 2 of 2
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2012-04-19 Roving Networks

Los Gatos, California, United States

Roving Networks is a privately held, fabless semiconductor developer of Wi-Fi certified transceivers and FCC certified Wi-Fi and Bluetooth modules. The terms of the deal are confidential, and the transaction is expected to be immediately accretive on a non-GAAP basis.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2013-11-21 EqcoLogic NV

Brussels, Belgium

EqcoLogic is a technology leader in high speed data transmission over copper cables. EqcoLogic develops equalizers to permit longer cable lengths or higher data rates, and transceivers that transmit bidirectional data and power over conventional coaxial cables.

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