On October 5, 2015, Skyworks Solutions entered a definitive agreement to acquire
PMC-Sierra
PMC-Sierra was a global fabless semiconductor company with offices worldwide that developed and sold semiconductor devices into the storage, communications, optical networking, printing, and embedded computing marketplaces.
On January 15, 2016, ...
for $2 billion in cash. However, Skyworks walked away from the deal, having been outbid by
Microsemi
Microsemi Corporation was an Aliso Viejo, California-based provider of semiconductor and system solutions for aerospace & defense, communications, data center and industrial markets.
In February 2018, it was announced that Chandler, Arizona-bas ...
. On April 22, 2021, Skyworks Solutions entered into a definitive agreement with
Silicon Labs
Silicon Laboratories, Inc. (Silicon Labs) is a fabless global technology company that designs and manufactures semiconductors, other silicon devices and software, which it sells to electronics design engineers and manufacturers in Internet of Th ...
to acquire their Infrastructure & Automotive business for $2.75 billion.
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Comparison of open-source wireless drivers
Wireless network cards for computers require control software to make them function ( firmware, device drivers). This is a list of the status of some open-source drivers for 802.11
IEEE 802.11 is part of the IEEE 802 set of local area ne ...
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