Microchip Technology agrees to buy Atmel for $3.56 billion

Microchip Technology signed an agreement to buy Atmel for $8.15 per share in cash and stock, with an equity value of about $3.56 billion, topping a previous offer from Dialog Semiconductor.

“Microchip Technology has signed an agreement to buy Atmel in the latest billion-dollar deal in the consolidating semiconductor industry.”semiconductordevice.net

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• semiconductordevice.netLatest Semiconductor Technology | Semiconductor technologyApr 8, 2017

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