INTC's hodge-podge comm acq. have not fair well
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Major Intel acquisitions
Date Company Price Business
Aug. 14 2000 Ziatech Corp. $240 million communications infrastructure products
Aug. 10 Trillium Digital Systems Inc. $300 million communications software
Aug. 10 Picazo Communications N/A computer telephony provider
April 6 Kuck & Associates N/A software developer
March 21 Basis Communications $450 million communications components, software
March 15 Giga A/S $1.25 billion networking chips
Feb. 24 Voice Technologies Group N/A computer telephony technology
Feb. 3 Ambient Technologies $150 million DSL silicon solutions
Feb. 3 Thinkit Technologies Inc. N/A communications components
Oct. 4, 1999 DSP Communications Inc. $1.6 billion digital cellular communications products
Oct. 5 IPivot Inc. $500 million Internet commerce equipment
Sept. 23 Telecom Component Division of Stanford Telecommunications N/A cable, broadband, wireless equipment
Sept. 1 NetBoost N/A communications components, software
July 7 Softcom Microsystems Inc. N/A networking, communications components
June 1 Dialogic $780 million computer telephony software, networking and communications components
March 4 Level One Communications $2.2 billion networking and communication components and software
Oct. 1998 Shiva Corp. N/A networking components, software
To deliver the 15 percent to 20 percent revenue growth that investors expect, Barrett said the company targeted fast-growing new markets that played to the company's strengths. Ulti mately, Intel has decided to focus on producing networking components at the core of the Internet infrastructure, as well as manufacturing components and software used in cell phones and handheld devices. While both areas have experienced strong 50 percent annual growth, as opposed to the 15 percent to 20 percent growth for microprocessors, they are also intensely competitive markets with sizable and well-entrenched players. For example, Intel purchased DSP Communications Inc. last year for $1 billion, but the market is dominated by Texas Instruments Inc. |
