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Key Contacts
Bryce P. Dakin
Managing Director
T: (415) 318-3673
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Semiconductors & Electronics

GCA Savvian provides its clients in the semiconductor and electronics industry a distinctive combination of extensive advisory expertise, senior-banking focus and sector knowledge.

Our team's transaction experience ranges from leading complex multi-billion restructurings to raising growth capital for private companies. 

GCA Savvian professionals have completed numerous semiconductor and electronics transactions globally.

The GCA Savvian team has a thorough understanding of the entire semiconductor and electronics supply chain, including semiconductor IP, fabless and integrated IC suppliers, manufacturing equipment, manufacturing services, foundries and materials.

Selected Transactions

Eastman Kodak Company
Sale of CMOS Image Sensor IP Portfolio
OmniVision Technologies, Inc.
 
Verigy Ltd.
Acquired by
Advantest Corporation
 
Violin Memory, Inc.
Preferred Stock
 
Advanced Energy Industries, Inc.
Sale of Mass Flow Controller and related product lines
Hitachi Metals, Ltd.
 
SANYO Semiconductor Co.
Semiconductor Co., Ltd. Acquired by
ON Semiconductor
 
Solaicx Inc.
Acquired by
MEMC Electronic Materials Inc.
 
Fujitsu Limited
Sale of Communication Devices Business
Taiyo Yuden Co. Ltd.,
 
California Micro Devices Corporation
Acquired by
On Semiconductor Corporation
 
Celerity, Inc.
Divestiture of System Integrations Business to
Ichor Systems
 
Celerity, Inc.
Divestiture of Instrumentation Division to
Brooks Instrument
 
STEP Labs
Acquired by
Dolby Laboratories, Inc.
 
Transmeta Corporation
Acquired by
Novafora, Inc.
 
Foveon, Inc.
Acquired by
Sigma Corporation
 
Credence Systems Europe GmbH
Acquisition of Credence GmbH Automotive ATE Operations by
Advantest Corp.
 
Primarion, Inc.
Acquired by
Infineon Technologies
 
Integrated Materials, Inc.
Strategic Investment By
Entegris, Inc.
 
Netronome Systems, Inc.
Strategic IP License for High End Network Processor Technology from
Intel Corp.
 
Legerity Holdings, Inc.
Acquired by
Zarlink Semiconductor Inc.
 
Transmeta Corporation
Strategic Investment by
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
 
Applied Materials, Inc.
Divestiture of Cleanroom Integrated Solutions Business
Basan & Origin Outsourcing Solutions
 
Pure Digital Technologies, Inc.
Preferred Stock
 
BrightSide Technologies, Inc.
Acquired by
Dolby Laboratories, Inc.
 
MOSAID Technologies Inc.
Sale of Semiconductor Automatic Test Equipment Assets to
Teradyne, Inc.
 
Cypress Semiconductor Corp.
Acquisition of Silicon Valley Technology Center
Oak Hill Capital Ventures & Tallwood Venture Capital
 
Jazz Semiconductor
Acquired by
Acquicor Technology, Inc.
 
ChemTrace Corporation
Acquired by
Applied Materials, Inc.
 
Freescale Semiconductor, Inc.
Acquired Timing Solutions Business from
Integrated Device Technology, Inc.