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Acquisition

ams acquires NXP's advanced CMOS sensor business

NXP sells RF power business to fund Freescale acquisition

Element acquires TRaC Global

Microchip set to acquire Micrel

Nokia in deal to buy Alcatel-Lucent

Microsemi buys Vitesse for $389million

Cirrus completes Wolfson acquisition

Avago buys LSI for $6.6bn

IDT to acquire PLX in $330million deal

Microsemi makes new Zarlink takeover bid

Tektronix acquires fpga prototyping firm

ARM acquires US partner Obsidian Software