Bangalore, August 16
Texas Instruments (TI) Incorporated has acquired Integrated Circuit Designs Inc (ICD), a privately-held company that specialises in the
design of radio-frequency (RF) integrated circuits (ICs). Combining ICD's design expertise with TI's extensive high-performance analog and low-power microcontroller product portfolio will enhance TI's ability to provide industry-leading low-power RF solutions for industrial, commercial and consumer applications.
This acquisition is the latest strategic move by TI to strengthen its low-power RF portfolio and follows the acquisition of Chipcon, a leading provider of short-range, low-power RF transceivers for ZigBee(r)-compliant and proprietary-based wireless systems.
"With the rapidly growing demand for industrial, commercial and residential systems to incorporate more short-range wireless technology, it is important for TI to provide a broad portfolio of innovative RF devices. The addition of ICD's design expertise will complement our existing low-power wireless business and enhance our ability to offer customers complete RF solutions," said David Jones, Precision Analog business manager at TI.
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