| Suitor |
Action |
Target |
ActionTimeline |
Comments |
| NXP |
Acquisition |
Conexant's set-top box business |
4/29/2008 |
|
| NXP |
Joint venture |
St Micro |
4/11/2008 |
|
| NXP |
Acquisition |
Conexant's Broadband Media Processing (BMP) business |
4/29/2008 |
|
| Wistron |
Acquisition |
Lite-On Digital Display business |
4/30/2008 |
|
| Infineon Technologies |
Acquisition |
Primarion Inc |
4/28/2008 |
|
| Allegro Microsystems |
Acquisition |
Sprague Semiconductor |
1/1/1991 |
|
| Ohmcraft |
Changed name |
Micropen Technologies |
3/3/2008 |
|
| Coppergate |
Acquisition |
Conexent HomePlug AV business |
5/8/2008 |
Homeplug line only |
| AMIS |
Acquisition |
Flextronics Semiconductor |
6/15/2005 |
|
| Flextronics Components Group |
Changed Name |
Vista Point Technologies |
1/1/2008 |
Division of Flextronics International |
| Inficon |
Acquisition |
Electro Dynamics Cry |
2/28/2006 |
|
| GE Sensing |
Acquired |
Thermometrics |
1/1/2001 |
Now GE Thermometrics |
| Freescale semi |
Spun of business |
Everspin Technologies |
6/9/2008 |
MRAM business unit |
| Diodes Inc |
Acquisition |
Zetex |
8/5/2008 |
Still operates as zetex for now. |
| Microsemi |
Acquisition |
Semicoa |
7/15/2008 |
|
| International Light |
Merger |
Gilway Technical Lamp |
1/13/2006 |
|
| Cavium Networks |
Acquisition |
Star Semiconductor |
8/4/2008 |
|
| Elite Semiconductor |
Acquisition of PSRAM |
Cypress Semiconductor PSRAM business unit |
5/14/2007 |
PSRAM only |
| St Micro |
Merger |
Intel |
3/31/2008 |
Flash memory Products only. New company name is Numonyx |
| Mueller Electric |
Acquisition |
Crane Connectors |
1/1/2004 |
|
| Anaren Microwave |
Acquisition |
Amitron Inc |
9/4/2001 |
|
| Winbond Electronics |
Spunoff |
Nuvoton Technology |
9/9/2008 |
Logic IC busness only |
| Sandisk |
Acquisition |
M-Systems |
1/1/2006 |
|
| Carlisle Interconnect |
Merger |
Tensolite |
5/29/2008 |
|
| Gobham |
Acquisition |
MA/COM |
9/29/2008 |
RF components and microwave subsystems |
| Intersil |
Acquisition |
Kenet Inc |
9/30/2008 |
|
| Renaissance Electronics Corporation |
Acquisition |
Harmonix (HXI) Millimeter Company |
9/1/2008 |
|
| Cree Research |
Changed name |
Cree Inc |
1/1/2002 |
|
| Bourns |
Acquisition |
Fultec Semiconductor |
10/14/2008 |
Transient Blocking business unit only
Blocking Unit (TBU) business unit only |
| Maxim |
Acquisition |
Mobilygen |
10/14/2008 |
|
| On semi |
Acquisition |
Catalyst Semi |
10/10/2008 |
|
| Microchip Tech |
Acquisition |
Hampshire Company Inc |
10/15/2008 |
|
| Microsemi |
Acquisition |
Babcock Inc |
10/16/2008 |
|
| Cypress Semiconductor |
Acquisition |
Simtek |
9/17/2008 |
|
| Viking Interworks |
Name change |
Viking Modular Solutions |
9/25/2008 |
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