Mergers and acquisitions (M&A) are transactions in which the ownership of companies or other company's assets or operating units are transferred or combined with other companies.

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• AMD
  • Alchemy Semi (2002)

• Intel
  • Chips and Technologies (1998)

• VIA Technologies
  • Cyrix (1999)

• National Semiconductor
  • Cyrix (1997, $550M) (re-sold to VIA in 1999)