M&A Deal Summary

Silicon Laboratories Acquires ChipSensors

On November 1, 2010, Silicon Laboratories acquired semiconductors company ChipSensors

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Silicon Laboratories’ 5th transaction in the Semiconductors sector.
  • This is Silicon Laboratories’ 1st transaction in Ireland.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2010-11-01
Target ChipSensors
Sector Semiconductors
Buyer(s) Silicon Laboratories
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition
Advisor(s) Woodside Capital Partners (Financial)

Target

ChipSensors

Limerick, Ireland
ChipSensors Ltd. develops and produces single-chip complementary metal oxide semiconductor sensors for temperature, humidity, gases, and pathogens applications.

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Buyer

Silicon Laboratories

Austin, Texas, United States

Category Company
Founded 1996
Sector Semiconductors
Employees1,846
Revenue 584M USD (2024)
DESCRIPTION
Silicon Laboratories' corporate headquarters in downtown Austin, Texas.
Silicon Laboratories' corporate headquarters in downtown Austin, Texas.

Silicon Laboratories provides high-performance, analog-intensive, mixed-signal ICs. The company's diverse portfolio of patented semiconductor solutions offers customers advantages in performance, size, and power consumption. Silicon Laboratories was founded in 1996 and is based in Austin, Texas.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 6 of 17
Sector: Semiconductors M&A 5 of 12
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 6 of 15
Country: Ireland M&A 1 of 1
Year: 2010 M&A 2 of 2
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
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Santa Clara, California, United States

SpectraLinear a late-stage private company offering integrated timing solutions. Company operates as a fabless mixed signal integrated circuits company that designs, develops, manufactures, and markets timing circuits for the consumer, computation, and communication markets.

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