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Sun Microsystems Acquires Afara Websystems

On July 22, 2002, Sun Microsystems acquired semiconductors company Afara Websystems

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Sun Microsystems’ 1st transaction in the Semiconductors sector.
  • This is Sun Microsystems’ 15th transaction in the United States.
  • This is Sun Microsystems’ 9th transaction in California.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2002-07-22
Target Afara Websystems
Sector Semiconductors
Buyer(s) Sun Microsystems
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition

Target

Afara Websystems

San Jose, California, United States
Afara Websystems, Inc. is a develops next-generation, SPARC(R)-based microprocessor technology focused on delivering breakthrough levels of processor performance.

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Buyer

Sun Microsystems

Santa Clara, California, United States
Category Company
Sector Technology Hardware
DESCRIPTION

Sun Microsystems, Inc. was a company that sold computers, computer components, computer software, and information technology services and that created the Java programming language, and the Network File System.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 19 of 39
Sector: Semiconductors M&A 1 of 2
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 19 of 39
State: California M&A 9 of 18
Country: United States M&A 15 of 32
Year: 2002 M&A 2 of 4
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2002-03-19 Clustra Systems

Oakland, California, United States

Clustra Systems, Inc. is a developer of high-availability clustering technology that enables continuous real-time computing to support carrier-grade applications and platforms.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2002-11-14 Pirus Networks

Acton, Massachusetts, United States

Pirus Networks, Inc. is a provider in multi-protocol, multi-vendor intelligent storage networking for distributed open systems environments.

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