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

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.

See below a table summarizing all these deals and the potential deals. Click the tile for more information.

NXP / Freescale, March 2015, $12 Billion

Cypress Semiconductor / Spansion, March 2015, $5 Billion

NXP RF / Jianguang Asset Management, $1.8 Billion

Avago / Broadcom, May 2015, $36.7 BIllion

Intel / Altera, June 2015, $16.7 Billion

Microchip / Micrel, August 2015, $0.8 Billion