Intel Corporation, an American multinational corporation and technology company headquartered in Santa Clara, California, is the world's largest semiconductor chip manufacturer by revenue. [1] [2] Since its inception, the company has acquired dozens of companies across the global technology industry, with seven multi-billion-dollar acquisitions as of January 2023 [update] . [3] [4] [5] Between 1999 and 2003, the company went on an acquisition spree of mostly telecommunications- and networking-related companies, spending $11 billion in the process. Many subsidiaries created in the process—by some estimations, nearly 40 [6] —folded or were spun-off at a loss before Intel consolidated the majority of them into the Intel Communication Group and Intel Wireless Communications and Computing Group in 2003. [7] In the turn of the 2010s, Intel went on another acquisition binge, spending $10 billion acquiring Infineon's Wireless Solutions business, security software developer McAfee, among others. [6]
| Date | Company | Business | Country | Value (USD) | References |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 12, 1988 | Digital Video Interactive Technology Venture | Interactive multimedia (General Electric) | Undisclosed | [8] | |
| July 6, 1989 | Jupiter Technologies | Computer networking | Undisclosed | [9] | |
| May 7, 1991 | LAN Systems Products Division | Computer networking | Undisclosed | [10] | |
| October 14, 1994 | Shany Computers Ltd. | Computer networking | Undisclosed | [11] | |
| January 17, 1997 | Case Technology | Computer networking | $72,000,000 | [12] [13] | |
| July 27, 1997 | Chips and Technologies | Display chipsets | $420,000,000 | [14] | |
| September 25, 1997 | Dayna Communications | Peripherals and modems | $14,000,000 | [15] | |
| September 30, 1997 | Corollary, Inc. | Chipsets | Undisclosed | [16] | |
| October 19, 1998 | Shiva Corporation | Computer networking | Undisclosed | [17] | |
| November 30, 1998 | iCat Corporation | E-commerce | Undisclosed | [18] [19] | |
| March 4, 1999 | Level One Communications | Computer networking | $2,200,000,000 | [4] [20] | |
| July 7, 1999 | Softcom Microsystems | Networking chipsets | Undisclosed | [21] | |
| September 1, 1999 | NetBoost | Networking traffic software | Undisclosed | [22] | |
| September 27, 1999 | XLNT Networks | Computer networking | Undisclosed | [22] | |
| October 5, 1999 | iPivot | E-commerce, computer networking | $500,000,000 | [23] [24] | |
| November 15, 1999 | Parity Software Development | Communications software | Undisclosed | [25] | |
| February 4, 2000 | Thinkit Technologies | Networking chipsets | Undisclosed | [26] | |
| February 4, 2000 | Ambient Technologies | Networking chipsets | $150,000,000 | [26] | |
| February 24, 2000 | Voice Technologies | IP telephony technologies | Undisclosed | [27] [28] | |
| March 15, 2000 | Giga A/S | Computer networking | $1,200,000,000 | [29] | |
| March 21, 2000 | Basis Communications | Networking chipsets | $450,000,000 | [30] [31] | |
| April 6, 2000 | Kuck & Associates | Compilers | Undisclosed | [32] | |
| April 10, 2000 | Picazo Communications | IP telephony technologies | Undisclosed | [33] [34] | |
| June 26, 2000 | Ford Microelectronics | Mobile technologies | Undisclosed | [27] [35] | |
| August 10, 2000 | DataKinetics | IP telephony technologies | Undisclosed | [36] | |
| August 15, 2000 | Ziatech | Telecommunications | $240,000,000 | [37] [38] | |
| January 15, 2001 | Xircom | Computer networking | $748,000,000 | [39] | |
| February 26, 2001 | VxTel | IP telephony technologies | $550,000,000 | [40] | |
| March 12, 2001 | CAD-UL | Electronic circuit design software | Undisclosed | [41] | |
| March 20, 2001 | ICP vortex Computersysteme | Computer storage technologies | Undisclosed | [42] | |
| April 24, 2001 | Cognet Inc. | Telecommunications | Undisclosed | [43] | |
| April 24, 2001 | LightLogic | Telecommunications | Undisclosed | [43] | |
| April 24, 2001 | NSerial | Telecommunications | Undisclosed | [43] | |
| September 17, 2002 | Sparkolor Corporation | Telecommunications | Undisclosed | [44] | |
| March 1, 2003 | Iospan Wireless | Wireless technologies | Undisclosed | [45] | |
| June 1, 2003 | Scale Eight | Scalable software technologies | Undisclosed | [46] | |
| July 8, 2003 | West Bay Semiconductor | Networking chipsets | Undisclosed | [47] | |
| August 29, 2003 | Acirro | NAS software | Undisclosed | [48] | |
| November 13, 2003 | Mobilian Corporation | Wireless technologies | Undisclosed | [49] | |
| March 25, 2004 | Envara | Wireless chipsets | $40,000,000 | [50] | |
| February 25, 2005 | Oplus Technologies | Semiconductor design | $100,000,000 | [51] | |
| August 17, 2005 | Sarvega | XML software | Undisclosed | [52] | |
| February 8, 2006 | Conformative Systems | XML software | Undisclosed | [53] | |
| September 14, 2007 | Havok | Video game middleware | $110,000,000 | [54] | |
| August 28, 2008 | Opened Hand | Linux software | Undisclosed | [55] | |
| October 15, 2008 | NetEffect | Semiconductor | $8,000,000 | [56] | |
| February 1, 2009 | Swiftfoot Graphics AB | 3D computer graphics software | Undisclosed | [57] [58] | |
| June 4, 2009 | Wind River Systems | Software | $884,000,000 | [59] | |
| July 1, 2009 | Cilk Arts | Programming languages | Undisclosed | [60] | |
| August 19, 2009 | RapidMind | Electronic circuit design software | Undisclosed | [61] | |
| February 1, 2010 | Infineon Wireless Solutions | Wireless technologies | $1,400,000,000 | [62] | |
| August 19, 2010 | McAfee | Internet security | $7,680,000,000 | [63] | |
| November 15, 2010 | CognoVision | Audience measurement | $25,000,000 | [64] | |
| March 14, 2011 | SySDSoft | Mobile software and technologies | Undisclosed | [65] | |
| March 17, 2011 | Silicon Hive | Electronic circuit design software | Undisclosed | [66] | |
| April 14, 2011 | Nordic Edge | Security | Undisclosed | [67] | |
| May 25, 2011 | SiPort | Wireless technologies | Undisclosed | [68] | |
| July 19, 2011 | Fulcrum Microsystems | Semiconductor | Undisclosed | [69] | |
| September 13, 2011 | CoFluent Design | Electronic system-level design and verification software | Undisclosed | [70] | |
| September 29, 2011 | Telmap | Mobile navigation software | Undisclosed | [71] | |
| April 17, 2012 | Olaworks | Facial recognition technologies | $31,000,000 | [72] | |
| July 2, 2012 | IDesia | Biometric technologies | Undisclosed | [73] | |
| July 13, 2012 | Whamcloud | Open-source parallel file systems | Undisclosed | [74] | |
| November 20, 2012 | ZiiLABS | Semiconductor | $50,000,000 | [75] | |
| February 21, 2013 | appMobi | HTML5 developer tools | Undisclosed | [76] [77] | |
| April 17, 2013 | Mashery | Analytics | $120,000,000– $180,000,000 | [78] [79] | |
| April 28, 2013 | Aepona | Computer networking software | Undisclosed | [80] | |
| July 16, 2013 | Omek Interactive | Pointing device gesture recognition | $40,000,000 | [81] | |
| July 22, 2013 | Xtreme Insights | Analytics | Undisclosed | [82] | |
| September 13, 2013 | Indisys | Natural language processing | $26,000,000 | [83] | |
| September 30, 2013 | Sensory Networks | Network security | $20,000,000 | [84] | |
| November 8, 2013 | Kno | Educational software | Undisclosed | [85] | |
| November 20, 2013 | Hacker League | Hackathon management software | Undisclosed | [86] | |
| March 3, 2014 | Basis Science | Wearable computers | $100,000,000 | [87] | |
| August 13, 2014 | LSI Axxia | Semiconductor | $650,000,000 | [88] | |
| December 1, 2014 | PasswordBox | Internet security | Undisclosed | [89] | |
| January 21, 2015 | Composyt Light Labs | Wearable computers | Undisclosed | [90] | |
| February 2, 2015 | Lantiq | Wireless technologies | $345,000,000 | [91] | |
| June 1, 2015 | Altera | Semiconductor | $16,700,000,000 | [92] | |
| June 18, 2015 | Recon Instruments | Wearable computers | $175,000,000 | [93] | |
| August 14, 2015 | Docea Power | Software | Undisclosed | [94] | |
| October 26, 2015 | Saffron Technology | Machine learning | Undisclosed | [95] | |
| January 4, 2016 | Ascending Technologies | Unmanned aerial vehicles | Undisclosed | [96] | |
| March 8, 2016 | Replay Technologies | 3D sportscasting technologies | $175,000,000 | [97] | |
| April 5, 2016 | Yogitech | Semiconductor | Undisclosed | [98] | |
| May 26, 2016 | Itseez | Artificial intelligence | Undisclosed | [99] | |
| August 9, 2016 | Nervana Systems | Artificial intelligence | $350,000,000– $400,000,000 | [100] [101] | |
| September 6, 2016 | Movidius | Semiconductor | $400,000,000 | [102] | |
| September 9, 2016 | Soft Machines | Semiconductor | $250,000,000 | [103] | |
| November 1, 2016 | MAVinci GmbH | Unmanned aerial vehicles | Undisclosed | [104] | |
| November 3, 2016 | Voke VR | Virtual reality | Undisclosed | [105] | |
| March 13, 2017 | Mobileye | Machine learning | $15,300,000,000 | [106] | |
| July 12, 2018 | eASIC | Semiconductor | Undisclosed | [107] | |
| April 16, 2019 | Omnitek | FPGA video acceleration | Undisclosed | [108] [109] | |
| June 10, 2019 | Barefoot Networks | Computer networking | Undisclosed | [110] | |
| December 16, 2019 | Habana Labs | Machine learning technology | $2,000,000,000 | [5] | |
| May 4, 2020 | Moovit | Freight transport data | $900,000,000 | [111] | |
| May 20, 2020 | Rivet Networks | Computer networking | Undisclosed | [112] | |
| September 24, 2020 | Cosmonio | Machine vision | Undisclosed | [113] | |
| November 9, 2021 | Centaur Technology | Semiconductor (VIA Technologies) | $125,000,000 | [114] | |
| November 9, 2021 | RemoteMyApp | Cloud gaming | Undisclosed | [115] | |
| December 6, 2021 | Screenovate | Machine vision | Undisclosed | [116] | |
| March 31, 2022 | Granulate Cloud Solutions | Cloud computing | $650,000,000 | [117] | |
| May 3, 2022 | Siru Innovations | Graphics cards | Undisclosed | [118] |