{"id":13,"date":"2016-01-21T14:11:42","date_gmt":"2016-01-21T14:11:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/barredo.es\/?p=13"},"modified":"2025-03-01T15:30:47","modified_gmt":"2025-03-01T14:30:47","slug":"microchip-technology-to-buy-atmel-for-nearly-3-6-billion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/barredo.es\/es\/microchip-technology-to-buy-atmel-for-nearly-3-6-billion\/","title":{"rendered":"Microchip Technology to Buy Atmel for Nearly $3.6 Billion"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Leslie Picker<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Chip makers have been combining to cut costs and build scale for their customers. Microchip agreed to acquire the 37-year-old chipmaker Micrel in May for about $839 million. Microchip purchased Supertax for $394 million in 2014, and the year before that, bought the closely held Brussels-based EqcoLogic for an undisclosed amount.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Semiconductor manufacturing needs more heavy consolidation. This is small and mid-sized companies making deals to be able to just survive. I wonder\u00a0we&#8217;ll see real big changes in operations between Qualcomm, TSMC,\u00a0Samsung Electronics or Intel.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Leslie Picker Chip makers have been combining to cut costs and build scale for their customers. Microchip agreed to acquire the 37-year-old chipmaker Micrel in May for about $839 million. Microchip purchased Supertax for $394 million in 2014, and the year before that, bought the closely held Brussels-based EqcoLogic for an undisclosed amount. 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