# Apple acquires Dialog Semiconductor's power management technology and 300 engineers for $600M

Apple will pay Dialog Semiconductor $300 million in cash for patents, a team of about 300 engineers, and offices in the UK, Italy, and Germany, plus prepay $300 million for future chip supply over three years.

- Type: Acquisition
- Announced: 2018-10-11
- Where: United Kingdom, Italy, Germany, United Kingdom
- Value: $600.0M
- Jobs: 300
- Status: completed
- Products: power management chips, audio subsystem, charging and mixed-signal integrated circuits
- Sectors: [Semiconductors and Industrial Electronics](https://endata.com/sectors/semiconductors-electronics.md)

## Companies

- [Apple](https://endata.com/companies/2967.md) (acquirer)
- [Dialog Semiconductor Plc.](https://endata.com/companies/22743.md) (target)

## Sources

- [cnbc.com](https://www.cnbc.com/2018/10/11/dialog-semiconductor-signs-600-million-licensing-deal-with-apple.html), 2018-10-11: "This transaction reaffirms our long-standing relationship with Apple, and demonstrates the value of the strong business and technologies we have built at Dialog."
- [reuters.com](https://www.reuters.com/article/business/apple-gets-critical-iphone-technology-in-600-million-dialog-deal-idUSKCN1ML0NI/), 2018-10-11: "Apple Inc is taking control over the power-management technology at the heart of its iPhones in a $600 million deal with Dialog Semiconductor"

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