Japanese passive components maker Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd. announced that the price will be $ 471 million acquisition of fabless RF IC manufacturer Peregrine Semiconductor Corp., which will expand the RF components, and wireless services.

        Japanese passive components maker Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd. announced that the price will be $ 471 million acquisition of fabless RF IC manufacturer Peregrine Semiconductor Corp., which will expand the RF components, and wireless services.

　　"Murata has the world's leader in filters and packaging technology, Peregrine has a leading RF-SOI and RF products, the two companies have highly complementary in the core, this acquisition for both sides a great opportunity. "Duncan Pilgrim Peregrine's vice president of marketing emphasis.

　　He adds, in communications, automotive and consumer markets, both sides have the relevant complementary products, which facilitate both expand their business in the market.

　　The two companies are no strangers to each other, Murata even Peregrine's biggest customer, also received Peregrine's patented and UltraCMOS technology for many years. Last year, Murata agreed to Peregrine RF switches and components from Santiago to redemption or manufacturing RF CMOS IP. He also plans to use a more expensive than the SOI materials - sapphire (SOS) to manufacture Peregrine's switches and adjustable components. And using Murata filter and packaging technologies to solve the RF front-end solutions.

　　Peregrine's UltraCMOS RF IC using SOS technology or enhancement of the SOI as an insulating substrate. Peregrine SOS RF chip is based in South Korea foundry sound field. Recently, Peregrine began to promote their low price RF SOI process. And attempts at its foundries (GlobalFoundries) used in its manufacture UltraCMOS 10 RF SOI to the RF switch. UltraCMOS 10 RF SOI is based on the 130nm process technology, using GlobalFoundries 200mm wafers.

　　He also recently launched its first configurable RF front-end --UltraCMOS Global 1, through a separate SKU design, this product can reduce the global 4G LTE platform and OEM manufacturers cost. With Peregrine's RF front-end is compatible with Henry and SOI process technology. Murata RF components can enhance its supply chain, helping them to become wireless and smart device market leading suppliers.

　　"RF industry continued consolidation, Murata and Peregrine customers expect them to provide a one-stop solution for RF." Pilgrim said, but in fact RF market indeed experienced a series of integration, such as TriQuint and RF Micro Devices year earlier worth $ 1.6 billion through a stock swap merger, in order to provide a handheld device designed to simplify wireless component library. ADI to spend $ 2 billion before the acquisition of RF chip maker Hittite Microwave, RF amplifier business.

Large integrated RF fields
$ 1.6 billion merger RFMD and TriQuint's big
　　RF Micro Devices (RFMD) and TriQuint Semiconductor recently announced that it will merge $ 1.6 billion all-stock transaction. The combined new company will focus on action, three major areas of infrastructure and defense, is expected to become a mobile phone and may be due to equipment design should be simplified provide a variety of critical RF module wireless components construct giant.

　　TriQuint's product portfolio includes switching and amplifier products, as well as for a variety of wireless and network infrastructure applications, RF filters, such as surface acoustic wave (SAW), temperature compensated surface acoustic wave (TC-SAW) and bulk acoustic wave (BAW) filter. The RFMD provides power amplifiers, front-end modules and other key components for mobile devices.

　　"We believe TriQuint products and end markets and RFMD's mobile communications business just complement each other," according to JP Morgan master data show an investor, RFMD's mobile communications business in the fourth quarter of 2013 of approximately $ 288.5 million in sales accounted for 83%.

　　However, in addition to business operations, the merged company will focus on infrastructure and defense sectors a total of three business goals.

　　RFMD CEO Robert Bruggeworth said: "By providing an end to end RF solutions, we will enable handset design simpler, more tightly integrated, and more high performance we will achieve interoperability from the high-speed 4G LTE network to optical. even the next-generation communications infrastructure. Finally, the two sides are equal merger will help to make our services extend to the defense industries. "Bruggeworth will continue as CEO of the new company.

　　Industry analysts generally optimistic about RFMD and TriQuint's merger, they believe that the merger will enhance both the size and business model, and create a more powerful RF chip product line. In the field of action, the merged company can "make good use of its dominant position and smartphone ecosystem and the three most important elements of Apple, Samsung and China OEM market smart phones and other common construction," according to research firm Canaccord Genuity, said city .

　　In addition, the optical product portfolio through its advanced gallium nitride (GaN), will also contribute to higher profits in the long-term growth as well as defense and aviation network infrastructure business, "── namely infrastructure and operational aspects of non-action defense business, we see the advantage of both parties after the merger, but also brought a $ 500 million foundation equipment business for us, it is our portfolio very attractive part, "TriQuint's CEO Ralph Quinsey Fig. Ralph Quinsey, will serve as non-executive Chairman of the Board of Directors of the new company.

　　In addition to market outside of the merger synergies, the merged company will also share existing manufacturing strengths, adjust the company size and staffing, as well as reducing duplicate company expenses, which benefit from the advantages of scale and operational cost-effectiveness.

　　Quinsey noted that in the first year after the completion of the merger transaction is expected to be an annual cost savings of $ 75 million, the second year of the same expenses can be reduced by $ 75 million, so that within two years after the merger for a total savings of up to $ 150 million in overhead. The merger is expected to be completed in the second half of 2014.

ADI devoured Hittite Microwave

　　Chip maker Analog Devices (Analog Devices) (NYSE: ADI) on June 9, 2014 announced, will be approximately $ 2 billion cash acquisition of Hittite Microwave Corp (HITT), to expand its RF product portfolio. This will help ADI accelerate growth in industrial, communications infrastructure and automotive markets.

　　Hittite Microwave is a global leader in radio frequency-based MMIC / RFIC design and manufacturer, mainly for the manufacture of RF and microwave applications from DC to 110GHz monolithic microwave integrated circuit chips and modules. Hittite Microwave MMIC switches and other products on a global scale has a strong competitive and high market share, is widely used in cellular mobile communication equipment, broadband wireless products, CATV / LNB and test instruments.

　　ADI will be $ 78 per share in cash to acquire Hittite, from Friday's premium of 29%. Both boards have agreed to the deal. This was the first three US IC industry over $ 1 billion in acquisitions, but also the largest trading over RFMD programs to approximately $ 1.5 billion merger TriQuint Semiconductor, the company's size.

　　ADI CEO Vincent Roche, said: "Hittite on RF, microwave and millimeter wave technology stock market experience can bring a strong complement to the ADI RF signal conversion technology Hittite so we very much welcome the talented team to join.."

　　Hittite's CEO Roche.Rick D. Hess said: "We are very pleased to be joining ADI, I am convinced that our cooperation will accelerate the evolution of cellular technology and millimeter-wave communication facilities, but also including automotive, industrial, aerospace and defense markets."