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Semiconductor Mergers, Acquisitions, and Potentials 2015-2017

11/27/2017

Below is the latest and 5th version of the table of semiconductor consolidations and mergers that have taken place over the last 3 years and those that started to heat up again this year.

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Expert Testimony with Ron Maltiel

11/21/2017

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Ron Maltiel joins Max Mautner from The Accidental Engineer to share his wealth of experience on providing legal testimony as an expert on engineering of semiconductors.

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Semiconductor Mergers and Potential Mergers in 2015-6 (latest Broadcom buys Brocade and potentially Skyworks buying Microsemi)

11/3/2016

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The semiconductor industry continues to consolidate. Last month Qualcomm offered to buy NXP and this month Broadcom is buying Brocade Communications for $5.5 Billion. It also appears that Skyworks Solution is in talks to acquire Microemi.

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Manufacturing cost of iPhone 7

9/21/2016

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IHS published a “bill of materials (BOM) for an iPhone 7 equipped with 32 gigabytes (GB) of NAND flash memory carries $219.80 in bill of materials costs”.

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Update 3: $30Bill Semiconductor Merger - Analog Devices buying Linear Technology

7/27/2016

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Semiconductor companies continued to merge in 2016. The latest is Analog Devices buying Linear, to boost its profitability and increase its share in the fragmented market for analog chips, which process signals such as sound, light, and temperature and convert them into digital signals. The chips are central to smartphones and devices connected to the internet.

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Update 2: 2015/2016 Semiconductor Mergers, Acquisitions

7/20/2016

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ARM has the potential to be a major force in IoT (Internet of Things).

“ARM's low-power chip designs have revolutionized mobile devices and are now powering smart home devices, smart meters, weather sensors, medical devices, and industrial equipment.

ARM chips are also inside many sensor devices used in the fast-growing Internet of things market…”.

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3D NAND Manufacturing Issues

6/22/2016

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Currently, the 3D manufacturing process is being developed to manufacture NAND flash. However, it would be very useful to use for other product technologies such as DRAM, logic, and analog.

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Cavium Buys QLogic (Storage, Networking Merger)

6/16/2016

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Another semiconductor merger:

Cavium Inc. will take on Broadcom, Intel, and Mellanox in storage and networking with its billion-dollar acquisition of Qlogic Corp. The deal teams one of the semiconductor’s fastest growing companies with one just starting to emerge from a decline.

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Semiconductor Fabrication Growth for 2016 and 2017

6/13/2016

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SEMI.org has published estimates for 2016 and 2017 fab growth.

However, Intel/ Micron's XPoint memory introduction in 2016 and developments of other types of 3D processing will impact fab lines capacity and the growth of semiconductor processing equipment.

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Process Challenges of 3D (Vertical Transistors)

6/9/2016

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The article linked in this blog describes the drive toward 3D vertical transistors above the surface of the chip's die. 3D NAND represents a major departure from today’s planar NAND.

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Semiconductor Expert Blog

Semiconductor Mergers, Acquisitions, and Potentials 2015-2017

Expert Testimony with Ron Maltiel

Semiconductor Mergers and Potential Mergers in 2015-6 (latest Broadcom buys Brocade and potentially Skyworks buying Microsemi)

Manufacturing cost of iPhone 7

Update 3: $30Bill Semiconductor Merger - Analog Devices buying Linear Technology

Update 2: 2015/2016 Semiconductor Mergers, Acquisitions

3D NAND Manufacturing Issues

Cavium Buys QLogic (Storage, Networking Merger)

Semiconductor Fabrication Growth for 2016 and 2017

Process Challenges of 3D (Vertical Transistors)

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