Ansys eyes safety analysis with Medini acquisition
Ansys is expanding its sofware portfolio to go beyond simulation and include systems safety analysis, reliability engineering and quality management.
Broadcom aims for IoT with $5.9B Brocade buy
Broadcom will retain Brocade's Fibre Channel storage area network switching business and divest the company's IP networking business.
Fujitsu in talks with Lenovo to offload PC business
The two companies are also in talks with Development Bank of Japan for the bank to provide financial and strategic…
Qualcomm bags NXP for $47B
Qualcomm will offer $110 per share and, including debt, the deal will cost close to $47 billion.
Murata acquires 3D silicon capacitor expertise
France-based IPDiA specialises in developing integrated passive devices, including 3D silicon capacitors.
Infineon closes lidar gap with Innoluce takeover
Innoluce’s technology uses 1D MEMS mirrors, offering higher horizontal resolution and field of view, as well as lower sensitivity to…
Silicon Labs brings IoT RTOS in-house with Micrium buy
Micrium’s RTOS software has been ported to more than 50 microcontroller architectures.
X-Fab to acquire Altis assets
The acquisition will help X-Fab, a foundry with significant operations in Malaysia, to nearly double its 8-inch capacity.
Qualcomm-NXP deal poised to be largest in historic M&A rush
The M&A craze is driven by a search for growth as revenue growth declines and the job of making smaller,…
M&A agreements reach $55.3 billion in 2016
2016 is a sequel to the M&A mania of 2015, ringing $55.3 billion in M&A agreement value in 3 quarters.