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Acquired byApple
Price$278M
Date4/08
TermsCash

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CategorySemiconductor
Employees
DescriptionFabless Semiconductor Manufacturer

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PA Semi

PA Semi is a fabless semiconductor company founded in Santa Clara, California in 2003 by Dan Dobberpuhl who was the lead designer for the DEC Alpha and StrongARM processors. The company previously worked on processors like Itanium, Opteron and UltraSPARC.

Apple Inc acquired P.A. Semi for $278 million in April 2008.

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  1. Apple Buys Chip Designer (forbes.com) [edit]
  2. PA Semi heads to 16 cores on back of $50m boost (theregister.co.uk) [edit]
  3. P.A. Semi Makes Its Debut (redherring.com) [edit]
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