M&A Deal Summary

Qualcomm Acquires Black Sand Technologies

On July 2, 2014, Qualcomm acquired semiconductors company Black Sand Technologies

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Qualcomm’s 7th transaction in the Semiconductors sector.
  • This is Qualcomm’s 20th transaction in the United States.
  • This is Qualcomm’s 1st transaction in Texas.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2014-07-02
Target Black Sand Technologies
Sector Semiconductors
Buyer(s) Qualcomm
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition
Advisor(s) Stifel, Nicolaus & Co., Inc. (Financial)

Target

Black Sand Technologies

Austin, Texas, United States
Black Sand Technologies, Inc. is a fabless semiconductor company dedicated to building solutions for the wireless industry by combining sensitive analog and powerful digital circuits in silicon.

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Buyer

Qualcomm

San Diego, California, United States
Category Company
Founded 1985
Sector Semiconductors
Employees50,000
Revenue 35.8B USD (2023)
DESCRIPTION
Qualcomm's corporate headquarters in San Diego, California.
Qualcomm's corporate headquarters in San Diego, California.

Qualcomm develops and commercializes communication technologies. Qualcomm develops a digital communication technology called CDMA (Code Division Multiple Access) and owns significant intellectual property applicable to products that implement any version of CDMA. Qualcomm develops OFDMA (Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiple Access) technology for which the Company owns intellectual property. Qualcomm also develops and commercializes technologies used in handsets and tablets. In addition to licensing portions of its intellectual property portfolio, Qualcomm produces integrated circuits (also known as chips or chipsets) and system software used in mobile devices and in wireless networks. Qualcomm was formed in 1985 and is based in San Diego, California.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 28 of 37
Sector (Semiconductors) 7 of 8
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 26 of 33
State (Texas) 1 of 1
Country (United States) 20 of 24
Year (2014) 4 of 5
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2014-07-02 Wilocity

Caesarea, Israel

Wilocity Ltd. is a provider in development of 60 GHz wireless chipsets based on the IEEE 802.11ad standard.

Buy $300M
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2014-09-24 Stonestreet One

Louisville, Kentucky, United States

Stonestreet One LLC is a software company specializing in Bluetooth software solutions.

Buy -
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