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Acquisition

Smart solutions for the test market

Dialog Semiconductor to acquire Creative Chips

Rambus to acquire IP and secure protocols business from Verimatrix

u-blox acquires Rigado’s Bluetooth modules business

Apple acquires Intel’s modem business

CEVA acquires Hillcrest Labs intelligent sensor technologies business

Cisco to acquire Acacia Communications

Xilinx buys NGCodec

Now the hard work begins

Infineon to acquire Cypress Semiconductor

Xilinx to acquire Solarflare

Qorvo looks to acquire Active-Semi International