Silicon Laboratories completed its acquisition of Krypton Isolation Inc. on August 10, 2000. The transaction was valued at about $42 million in cash and stock. Krypton became a Silicon Laboratories subsidiary, continued operating from its Pleasanton, California, offices as Silicon Labs Isolation Inc., and its products were to carry the Silicon Laboratories logo.
When did Silicon Labs complete the Krypton merger?
Silicon Laboratories announced completion on August 10, 2000, according to EE Times.
How much did Silicon Labs pay for Krypton?
The transaction was valued at about $42 million in cash and stock. The contemporaneous report does not break out the cash and stock components separately.
What changed for Krypton after the acquisition?
Krypton Isolation became a Silicon Laboratories subsidiary under the name Silicon Labs Isolation Inc. It continued operating from its existing offices in Pleasanton, California, and Krypton products were to be marketed under the Silicon Laboratories logo, as EE Times reported.
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What did the acquisition add to Silicon Labs?
The deal combined two suppliers with overlapping Direct Access Arrangement (DAA) communications-chip products: Silicon Labs brought silicon-based DAA devices, while Krypton primarily sold competing DAA products. Silicon Labs also had an RF-chip business, placing the transaction within its broader communications-IC portfolio. The companies described the combination as creating “one of the world’s largest suppliers of chips for Direct Access Arrangement (DAA) applications in the communications-IC space,” according to EE Times.
The available contemporaneous account does not establish the acquisition’s later revenue impact, employee count, specific product part numbers, or long-term product-discontinuation outcomes.
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