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Texas Instruments Acquires GO DSP

On December 18, 1997, Texas Instruments acquired software company GO DSP

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Texas Instruments’ 2nd transaction in the Software sector.
  • This is Texas Instruments’ 1st transaction in Canada.
  • This is Texas Instruments’ 1st transaction in Ontario.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 1997-12-18
Target GO DSP
Sector Software
Buyer(s) Texas Instruments
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition

Target

GO DSP

Toronto, Ontario, Canada
GO DSP Corp. is a provider of digital signal processing (DSP) software tools, which allow DSP system developers to improve productivity and reduce time to market. GO DSP is an industry provider with the only fully integrated programming environment with a graphical user interface.

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Buyer

Texas Instruments

Dallas, Texas, United States
Category Company
Founded 1930
Sector Semiconductors
Employees34,000
Revenue 15.6B USD (2024)
DESCRIPTION
Entrance to Texas Instruments' corporate headquarters in Dallas, Texas.
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Texas Instruments is a semiconductor design and manufacturing company that develops analog ICs and embedded processors. Texas Instruments was formed in 1930 and is based in Dallas, Texas.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 5 of 29
Sector: Software M&A 2 of 5
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 4 of 28
State: Ontario M&A 1 of 1
Country: Canada M&A 1 of 1
Year: 1997 M&A 3 of 3
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San Jose, California, United States

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