TTM Technologies to Buy MKS Ophir Optics for $650 Million to Add Infrared Defense Optics
What happened TTM Technologies has signed a definitive agreement to buy the Ophir Optics business from MKS Inc. for about $650 million in cash, subject to customary closing adjustments. The deal was announced on 19 October 2026. Ophir Optics makes high-precision infrared thermal imaging and laser optics, with production in Israel and Romania, and sells […]
Microchip Acquires VORAGO to Expand Radiation-Hardened Chips for Space and Defense
Microchip Technology has quietly closed one of the more strategically telling small deals of the semiconductor year. The Arizona-based broadline chipmaker has acquired VORAGO Technologies, a privately held Austin company that designs radiation-hardened and extreme-temperature microcontrollers, and that licenses a patented process technology called HARDSIL. Terms were not disclosed and Microchip says the deal is […]
onsemi Revises Synaptics Merger to $123 a Share in Cash, About $5.7 Billion
What happened On 1 October 2026, onsemi and Synaptics Incorporated said they had amended the merger agreement first signed on 25 June 2026. The revision follows an unsolicited competing proposal from a third party. Under the new terms, onsemi will acquire Synaptics for 123 dollars per share in cash, for an aggregate value of about […]
Shinko Electric to Acquire JDI Mobara Plant for Advanced Chip Packaging
What happened On 30 September 2026, Semiconductor & Electronics packaging specialist Shinko Electric Industries signed a definitive purchase agreement for Japan Display (JDI) Mobara plant in Mobara City, Chiba Prefecture. The idle display fab – land, buildings and ancillary facilities on roughly 373,483 square meters – will be handed over around 31 March 2027. Shinko […]
Winbond Agrees 1.12 Billion Dollar Buy of Infineon NOR Flash and F-RAM Unit
What happened On 16 September 2026, Infineon Technologies AG said it had signed a definitive agreement to sell its NOR Flash and F-RAM business to Taiwan-based Winbond Electronics Corporation in an all-cash deal valued at USD 1.12 billion on a cash-and-debt-free basis. The portfolio covers NOR Flash memory and F-RAM products sold into automotive, industrial, […]
Microchip Completes Hailo Acquisition to Expand Edge AI Portfolio
What happened Microchip Technology has closed its acquisition of Hailo, the Israeli edge AI chip and software company known for accelerators aimed at vision, robotics, and on-device inference. The Chandler, Arizona semiconductor group said Hailo now sits inside its Intelligent Compute franchise, alongside Microchips existing microcontrollers, FPGAs, connectivity, security, analog, and power lines. Deal terms […]
NVIDIA Agrees to Acquire Hugging Face for Open AI Platform Scale
What happened NVIDIA has agreed to acquire Hugging Face, the open-model platform used by developers, enterprises, and research groups to share, evaluate, and deploy models and datasets. In its Form 8-K dated for the September 2, 2026 signing, NVIDIA set the cash consideration at about $11.9 billion payable to Hugging Face stockholders, subject to adjustments, […]
Nexperia and Tata Electronics Partner on India Chip Fab and Packaging
Dutch discrete and power semiconductor specialist Nexperia and Tata Electronics have locked a multi-stage manufacturing partnership that puts Nexperia products onto Indian front-end and back-end capacity. The framework covers MOSFET wafer production at Tata Electronics upcoming 300 mm fab in Dholera, Gujarat, and assembly and test of Nexperia discrete devices at the Jagiroad, Assam packaging […]
DOJ Probes Nvidia Groq License Deal Over Antitrust Risk
US antitrust scrutiny just moved from classic mergers to the gray zone where AI chipmakers swap licenses and talent. The Justice Department is examining whether Nvidia structured its late-2025 technology licensing deal with inference specialist Groq in a way that sidestepped Hart-Scott-Rodino premerger review. The probe turns a completed commercial arrangement into a live test […]
Samsung Brings Mistral Into the Fab: AI Moves Upstream in Chipmaking
Samsung Electronics has tied up with France’s Mistral AI to push large language models into semiconductor design and manufacturing – not only as a customer of AI chips, but as an operator that wants AI inside the fab. The deal, flagged around a Korea-France summit window in early September 2026, is a clear signal that […]