M&A Deal Summary

VeriSilicon Holdings Co. Acquires Pixelworks Shanghai

On October 15, 2025, VeriSilicon Holdings Co. acquired semiconductors company Pixelworks Shanghai from Pixelworks for 133M USD

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is VeriSilicon Holdings Co.’s 2nd transaction in the Semiconductors sector.
  • This is VeriSilicon Holdings Co.’s largest (disclosed) transaction.
  • This is VeriSilicon Holdings Co.’s 1st transaction in China.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2025-10-15
Target Pixelworks Shanghai
Sector Semiconductors
Buyer(s) VeriSilicon Holdings Co.
Sellers(s) Pixelworks
Deal Type Divestiture
Deal Value 133M USD

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Pixelworks Shanghai

Shanghai, China
Pixelworks Shanghai provides semiconductor services.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

VeriSilicon Holdings Co.

Shanghai, China

Category Company
Sector Semiconductors
DESCRIPTION

VeriSilicon Holdings Co., Ltd. is a Silicon Platform as a Service (SiPaaS) company that provides IP-centric, platform based custom silicon solutions and end-to-end semiconductor turnkey services for a wide range of applications across a wide variety of end markets including mobile internet devices, datacenters, the Internet of Things (IoT), wearable electronics, smart homes, and automotive.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 2 of 2
Sector: Semiconductors M&A 2 of 2
Type: Divestiture M&A Deals 1 of 1
Country: China M&A 1 of 1
Year: 2025 M&A 1 of 1
Size (of disclosed) 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2016-01-06 Vivante

Sunnyvale, California, United States

Vivante Corp. is a fabless semiconductor company. It provides vision processing and multi-core graphics processing unit (GPU), compute, CPC composition engine, and vector graphics IP solutions.

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Seller(S) 1

SELLER

Pixelworks

San Jose, California, United States

Category Company
Founded 1997
Sector Information Technology
Employees196
Revenue 43M USD (2024)
DESCRIPTION

Pixelworks is a developer and marketer of visual display processing solutions for applications that demand the very highest quality images. At design centers around the world, Pixelworks engineers constantly push visual processing performance to keep manufacturers of consumer electronics and professional displays worldwide on the leading edge. Pixelworks was founded in 1997 and is based in San Jose, California.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 1 of 1
Sector: Semiconductors M&A 1 of 1
Type: Divestiture M&A Deals 1 of 1
Country: China M&A 1 of 1
Year: 2025 M&A 1 of 1
Size (of disclosed) 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2017-05-18 ViXS Systems

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

ViXS Systems Inc. is a fabless semiconductor company which develops high performance MPEG video processors and wireless semiconductor solutions with unprecedented capabilities for processing and distribution of broadcast-quality video. ViXS Systems is based in Toronto, Ontario.

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