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Analog Devices Announces Acquisition of Maxim Integrated for $21 Billion

posted by martyb on Tuesday July 14 2020, @02:14PM   

takyon writes:

Analog Devices To Buy Maxim Integrated

Today Analog Devices has announced that it will be acquiring Maxim Integrated in a transaction estimated at $21bn. The combined company value is said to end up being valued at $68bn, creating a significant player in the analog IC market.

Analog Devices are most popularly known by their signal processing discrete ICs, such as amplifiers, ADCs and DACs, although their product portfolio extends to a very wide range of other designs.

Maxim Integrated is most popularly known by their power management ICs as well as sensors. For example, they have been the main battery PMIC (And until recent years, a lot of other phone-centric PMICs) provider for Samsung mobile devices for the better part of the last decade.

Also at EE Times.

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• I fail to see how this is a good thing I fail to see how this is a good thing (Score: 3, Insightful) by Snotnose on Tuesday July 14 2020, @09:14PM (3 children)

  by Snotnose (1623) on Tuesday July 14 2020, @09:14PM (#1021480)

  So one company that makes semi obscure products buys out their biggest competitor. I fail to see how this could be a problem, could someone clue me in?

  / says the regulators
  // who earned their bones buying companies, eviscerating them, and selling the husks to idiots on NASDAQ
  /// not that I'm jaded or anything

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  When the dust settled America realized it was saved by a porn star.

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• Re:I fail to see how this is a good thing Re:I fail to see how this is a good thing (Score: 1) by anubi on Wednesday July 15 2020, @02:12AM (2 children)

  by anubi (2828) on Wednesday July 15 2020, @02:12AM (#1021651) Journal

  Both companies are very familiar to me.

  There are still multiple companies who make fine analog microcircuits. They may be similar, but vary on what was the tradeoff for what.

  You might be surprised how many opamps I choose from, yet each has its reasons why I chose That one.

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  • Re:I fail to see how this is a good thing Re:I fail to see how this is a good thing (Score: 2) by Rich on Wednesday July 15 2020, @05:21PM (1 child)

    by Rich (945) on Wednesday July 15 2020, @05:21PM (#1021997) Journal

    You might be surprised how many opamps I choose from

    Pray your beancounters never find out that the LM324 is always cheaper.

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    • Re:I fail to see how this is a good thing (Score: 1) by anubi on Friday July 17 2020, @07:21AM

      by anubi (2828) on Friday July 17 2020, @07:21AM (#1022803) Journal

      I use a lot of LM324.

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