Xperi Holding Corporation (formerly Tessera Holding Corporation) is an American technology company that licenses technology and intellectual property in areas such as mobile computing, communications, memory and data storage, and

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(3D IC) technologies, among others. Markets include semiconductor packaging and

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solutions, mobile, computational imaging, audio and automotive. Tessera, a subsidiary of Xperi, has licensed its chip packaging technology to numerous

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manufacturers, including

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and

Samsung Electronics Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. (, sometimes shortened to SEC and stylized as SΛMSUNG) is a South Korean multinational electronics corporation headquartered in Yeongtong-gu, Suwon, South Korea. It is the pinnacle of the Samsung chaebol, acc ...

. As the company has evolved, it expanded business through the formation of Invensas, an innovator in next-generation

and packaging technologies. The company continues to grow and expand through numerous acquisitions: FotoNation, which specializes in image and video enhancement and analysis; Ziptronix, which specializes in three-dimensional integrated circuit technologies; DTS, Inc., an audio technologies company; and assets acquisition from Pelican Imaging. On December 19, 2019, Xperi and

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announced their intent to merge. The surviving entity operates under the Xperi Holding Corporation name, and became one of the largest licensing companies in the world. The merger was completed on June 1, 2020. Xperi Corporation was reconfigured as a subsidiary of the combined company.

History

Tessera was founded in 1990 by former IBM research scientists. Some company milestones are listed below: * 1994:

Hitachi () is a Japanese multinational conglomerate corporation headquartered in Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan. It is the parent company of the Hitachi Group (''Hitachi Gurūpu'') and had formed part of the Nissan ''zaibatsu'' and later DKB Group and Fuyo G ...

and Shinko Electric Industries Ltd. license Tessera technologies * 2005:

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licenses Tessera technologies * 2005: Acquired assets of Shellcase MVP * 2006: Acquired

DigitalOptics Corporation DigitalOptics Corporation (DOC) is a San Jose, California-based technology company that designs and manufactures imaging systems for smartphones. DOC’s capabilities include optical design, camera module design and manufacturing, MEMS manufactur ...

* 2007 Acquired Eyesquad * 2008: Acquired FotoNation * 2009: Won

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ruling against

Motorola Motorola, Inc. () was an American multinational telecommunications company based in Schaumburg, Illinois, United States. After having lost $4.3 billion from 2007 to 2009, the company split into two independent public companies, Motorola ...

Qualcomm Qualcomm () is an American multinational corporation headquartered in San Diego, California, and incorporated in Delaware. It creates semiconductors, software, and services related to wireless technology. It owns patents critical to the 5G, ...

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and

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in May * 2011: Founded Invensas Corporation * November 2011: Samsung extends 2005 license agreement with Tessera * 2013: Sold Micro-Optics business * 2013: Closed leased manufacturing facility in

Zhuhai Zhuhai (, ; Yale: ''Jyūhói''), also known as Chuhai is a prefecture-level city located on the west bank of Pearl River estuary on the central coast of southern Guangdong province, People's Republic of China, on the southeastern edge of P ...

, China, and consolidated manufacturing capabilities in Taiwan * 2014: Announced cessation of mems | cam manufacturing operations * 2015 Acquired Ziptronix * November 2016: Acquired assets from Pelican Imaging * December 2016: Acquired DTS, Inc. *February 2017: Tessera Holding Corporation became Xperi Corporation. * May 2021:

, wholly owned subsidiary of Xperi Holding Corporation, agrees to acquire

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assets from Chapter 11 bankruptcy * July 2022: Acquired Vewd Software AS. * October 2022: Xperi Holdings Corp. was renamed as Adeia Inc. and spun off Xperi Inc. Xperi Inc. will continue with its core technology operations whilst Adeia Inc. will lead the intellectual property licensing side of the business.

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