Acquisition
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Virtusa Enters Semiconductor Sector with SmartSoC Solutions Acquisition Virtusa has announced the acquisition of SmartSoC Solutions, the final piece that completes its full-stack capabilities. The company’s portfolio now covers everything from chip design to cloud applications. The deal adds over 1,400 of SmartSoC’s engineers to Virtusa, bringing deep expertise in VLSI, physical design, and embedded software. This puts Virtusa in a position to tap into the… |
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Qualcomm to Unify Edge AI Stack with Arduino Acquisition Qualcomm has announced an acquisition agreement with Arduino to equip developers with edge capabilities, pending regulatory approval. This is not an isolated move, given the company’s acquisition of Foundries.io and Edge Impulse. It’s a consolidation of multiple developer platforms under a single ecosystem that combines AI model development, OS infrastructure, and now the hardware base. … |
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Nordic Semiconductor Acquires Memfault to Power Connected Product Management From Chip to Cloud Nordic Semiconductor has acquired its longtime partner, Memfault Inc., a cloud platform company. This acquisition results in something that’s the first of its kind: a complete chip-to-cloud platform managing connected devices across their entire lifecycle. Nordic now offers hardware, software, and cloud services as one integrated solution. With this new platform, Nordic is shifting from… |
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OpenAI and Jony Ive Partner on Screenless AI Companion to Replace Traditional Interfaces With the intent to completely change the consumer electronics landscape, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has reportedly shared plans to launch 100 million AI-powered devices designed in collaboration with former Apple designer Jony Ive. The announcement follows OpenAI’s acquisition of io, an AI startup co-founded by Ive, said to be valued at $6.5 billion. The upcoming product is a… |
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Trasna Acquires u-blox Cellular IoT Module Business for Strategic Focus Shift u-blox, a global leader in positioning and wireless communication technologies has signed an agreement to transfer its cellular IoT module business to Trasna, a semiconductor and IoT solutions provider. In this transaction, u-blox will transfer its cellular module technology. This transfer includes intellectual property, workforce, sites and product portfolio. The… |
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Altium Acquires Part Analytics to Strengthen Electronics Supply Chain Management Altium, a global company specializing in electronic design systems announced the acquisition of Milwaukee-based Part Analytics on January 21, 2025 in San Diego, California. The acquisition integrates Part Analytics advanced AI-powered platform into Altium’s ecosystem, offering effective solutions for managing large-scale component planning and purchasing, especially… |
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Nexperia Acquires UK's Largest Semiconductor Plant to Meet Manufacturing Demands NWF has a total outstanding debt of £20 million with HSBC and £18 million with the Welsh government. Majority shareholder Drew Nelson, the CEO who acquired the business from Infineon four years back will now receive £15 million. China’s Wingtech that owns the Dutch semiconductor firm Nexperia has now announced that it… |
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Qualcomm Shows Interest in Investing in ARM if NVIDIA’s $40 Billion Acquisition Fails Last September, NVIDIA, a renowned name in graphics chips powering video games announced that the company was officially be starting the process of acquiring ARM Holdings from SoftBank for $40 billion but the deal hasn’t been approved or shut down by the regulators. A few months ago, the UK government decided to block the deal, thereby leading to fair chances that the deal… |
