Broadcom's Bet the Company Acquisition of Netlogic
September 13, 2011
I surmised a month ago that Broadcom could be a likely acquirer of TI’s OMAP business in order to compete more effectively in Smart Phones and Tablets. I was not bold enough. Instead, Broadcom has offered $3.7B for Netlogic in order to be an even bigger player in the communications infrastructure market by picking up TCAMs and a family of muli-processor MIPs solutions. The acquisition is not cheap as they are offering to buy Netlogic at a price equal to 10 times their current sales. In addition it represents, 42% of Broadcom’s current valuation. Although one can argue, that semiconductors as a whole are undervalued in the market.
To read the full article, click here
Related Semiconductor IP
- Specialized Video Processing NPU IP for SR, NR, Demosaic, AI ISP, Object Detection, Semantic Segmentation
- Ultra-Low-Power Temperature/Voltage Monitor
- Multi-channel Ultra Ethernet TSS Transform Engine
- Configurable CPU tailored precisely to your needs
- Ultra high-performance low-power ADC
Related Blogs
- Percello’s acquisition by Broadcom
- Analysis of Cypress Semiconductor acquisition of Broadcom wireless IoT assets
- Benefits Of Artisan Acquisition 'Coming Through', Says ARM CEO
- Is It Broadcom? Is It Intel? Is It Samsung?
Latest Blogs
- Silicon Insurance: Why eFPGA is Cheaper Than a Respin
- One Bit Error is Not Like Another: Understanding Failure Mechanisms in NVM
- Introducing CoreCollective for the next era of open collaboration for the Arm software ecosystem
- Integrating eFPGA for Hybrid Signal Processing Architectures
- eUSB2V2: Trends and Innovations Shaping the Future of Embedded Connectivity