M&A Deal Summary

NVIDIA Acquires iReady

On April 22, 2004, NVIDIA acquired technology hardware company iReady

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is NVIDIA’s 1st transaction in the Technology Hardware sector.
  • This is NVIDIA’s 3rd transaction in the United States.
  • This is NVIDIA’s 3rd transaction in California.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2004-04-22
Target iReady
Sector Technology Hardware
Buyer(s) NVIDIA
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition

Target

iReady

Santa Clara, California, United States
iReady Corp. is a provider of high performance TCP/IP and iSCSI offload solutions. The assets include intellectual property, patents, and patent applications.

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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 STATS #
Overall 3 of 20
Sector: Technology Hardware M&A 1 of 4
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 3 of 18
State: California M&A 3 of 12
Country: United States M&A 3 of 15
Year: 2004 M&A 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2003-08-04 MediaQ

Santa Clara, California, United States

MediaQ is a fabless semiconductor company focusing on the post-PC world of information appliances. The Company was the first to integrate DRAM, complex logic and analog circuits in a single chip used in the rapidly expanding consumer electronic, mobile and Internet appliance markets.

Buy $70M
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2005-12-14 ULi Electronics

Taipei, Taiwan

ULi Electronics, Inc. is a fabless IC design company that develops solutions for consumer electronics and professional computing products. ULi's expertise in the PC information industry and solid design capability position ULi as a major component supplier dedicated to bringing system manufacturers more highly integrated, performance enhancing, and cost effective IC solutions.

Buy $52M