根據一項在4月底公佈的最終協議，CypressSemiconductor將支付5.50億美元收購Broadcom旗下的無線物聯網(Internet of Things，IoT)業務，包括Wi-Fi、藍牙(Bluetooth)與Zigbee物聯網產品線以及智財權(IP)，以及WICED品牌與開發者生態系統。
Cypress總裁暨執行長T.J. Rodgers在宣布上述消息的同時，也透露他即將離開創辦了34年的公司準備退休；他在一份聲明中指出，結合Cypress的PSoC系統單晶片技術以及Broadcom的物聯網業務，可望成為Cypress在物聯網領域的發展助力並開啟新市場機會。
Rodgers表示：「我們所帶來的是全球超過3萬個需要先進、超低功耗無線通訊技術，但又只能以易用、可程式化嵌入式系統解決方案形式吸收之的客戶；」Cypress表示，此交易將強化該公司在汽車、工業等嵌入式市場的地位，並使該公司在預期於未來幾年成長迅速的消費性物聯網市場成為領導廠商。
Broadcom的物聯網業務部門有430名員工，去年營收為1.89億美元；該公司物聯網部門總經理Stephen DiFranco表示，結合Broadcom的物聯網連結產品，Cypress將具備能提供連結性、微控制器(MCU)、系統單晶片、模組以及記憶體技術的能力，還有物聯網設計者所需的開發者生態系統，建立一系列端對端嵌入式且決方案，以及單一的物聯網設計平台。
而未來Broadcom將繼續專注於非物聯網相關的接取與行動應用領域無線連結產品，包括機上盒、無線接取(wireless access)、智慧型手機、筆記型電腦…等等。
編譯：Judith Cheng
(參考原文： Cypress to Pay $550 Million for Broadcom’s IoT Business)
$550 Million acquisition to reinforce Cypress’s leadership in embedded systems solutions and broaden its footprint in the fast-growing IoT market.
Cypress Semiconductor and Broadcom announced the signing of a definitive agreement under which Cypress will acquire Broadcom’s Wireless Internet of Things (IoT) business and related assets in an all-cash transaction valued at $550 million.
Under the terms of the deal, Cypress will acquire Broadcom’s Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and Zigbee IoT product lines and intellectual property, along with its WICED brand and developer ecosystem. Broadcom’s IoT business unit, which employs approximately 430 people worldwide, generated $189 million in revenue during the last twelve months. The acquisition strengthens Cypress’s position in key embedded systems markets, such as automotive and industrial, and establishes it as a leader in the high-growth consumer IoT market, a segment that includes wearable electronics and home automation solutions.
The transaction, which has been approved by the board of directors of Cypress and Broadcom, is expected to close in the third calendar quarter of 2016, subject to customary conditions and regulatory approvals. Cypress expects the transaction to be accretive within a year of closing and to improve its gross margin, earnings and long-term revenue potential.
“Cypress is a significant player in the IoT today because of our ultra-low-power PSoC programmable system-on-chip technology, but we’ve only been able to pair it with generic radios so far. Now we have the highly regarded Broadcom IoT business—state-of-the-art Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and Zigbee RF technologies—that will transform us into a force in IoT and provide us with new market opportunities as well,” Cypress President and CEO T.J. Rodgers said. “What we bring to the party is over 30,000 customers worldwide who need advanced, ultra-low-power wireless communication but only can absorb it in the form of an easy-to-use programmable embedded system solution.”
“We are thrilled to be joining forces with Cypress to address the fast growing IoT market,” Broadcom IoT General Manager Stephen DiFranco said. “With our IoT connectivity products, Cypress will be able to provide the connectivity; the MCU, system-on-chip, module and memory technologies; and the mature developer ecosystem that IoT designers require, creating an end-to-end portfolio of embedded solutions and a single IoT design platform.”
Under the terms of the deal, Broadcom will continue to focus on its wireless connectivity solutions for the access and mobility segments that are not IoT related, including serving set-top box, wireless access, smartphone, laptop and notebook customers. Cypress will capitalize on the rapidly growing Wi-Fi and Bluetooth connectivity (17% per year1) markets in consumer, industrial and automotive IoT segments.
“The robust, ready-to-scale WICED brand and developer network of module makers, value-added resellers (VARs), technology partners and ODMs who are already working with its technology will give us immediate revenue growth capability in new channels,” Rodgerssaid. “Cypress will continue to support and grow this network and to provide it with future generations of innovative, disruptive connected products. Cypress will also bring these new technologies to the automotive market, where we are already No. 3 worldwide in microcontrollers and memories, and where the connected car boom has just started.”
Source: www.cypress.com
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