Add-on Acquisition • Technology Hardware

NVIDIA Acquires Ageia Technologies

On February 4, 2008, NVIDIA acquired technology hardware company Ageia Technologies

Acquisition Context
  • This is NVIDIA’s 3rd transaction in the Technology Hardware sector.
  • This is NVIDIA’s 5th transaction in the United States.
  • This is NVIDIA’s 5th transaction in California.

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M&A Deal Summary

Date February 4, 2008
Target Ageia Technologies
Sector Technology Hardware
Buyer(s) NVIDIA
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition

Target Company

Ageia Technologies

Santa Clara, California, United States
AGEIA PhysX is a hardware component inlcuded with many graphic cards mainly from aTI and NVIDIA. AGEIA company is now under NVIDIA Corporation.
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Buyer Overview 1

Buyer

NVIDIA

Santa Clara, California, United States

Category Company
Founded 1993
Sector Semiconductors
Employees36,000
Revenue 130.5B USD (2025)
DESCRIPTION
NVIDIA's corporate headquarters in Santa Clara, California.
NVIDIA's corporate headquarters in Santa Clara, California.

NVIDIA develops and supplies graphical chips and processors to original equipment manufacturers. NVIDIA-branded products and services are used within the gaming, enterprise, computing, and automotive markets. NVIDIA was formed in 1993 and is based in Santa Clara, California.


Deal Context for Buyer #
Overall 8 of 20
Sector: Technology Hardware 3 of 4
Type: Add-on Acquisition 8 of 18
State: California 5 of 12
Country: United States 5 of 15
Year: 2008 1 of 2
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2007-12-18 mental images & Co. KG

Berlin, Germany

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2008-05-22 RayScale

Salt Lake City, Utah, United States

RayScale LLC develops ray tracing technology. Ray Tracing is a technique for rendering three-dimensional graphics with extremely complex light interactions, allowing the creation of transparent surfaces and shadows.

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