Applied Materials Inc., the largest producer of chip-making equipment, agreed to pay $4.9 billion in cash for Varian Semiconductor Equipment Associates Inc.
At the heart of the deal is Applied’s interest in tapping into Varian’s so-called "ion-implantation” systems, which are used to build the transistors that are the key component of chip technology.
"Varian is the market leader in ionization, which affects the way the millions of transistors inside the processor connect and transfer data," said Applied spokesman Matt Ciniceros, adding that the technology allows faster processing without overheating.
The Varian deal would be the biggest in the semiconductor-equipment market in the past five years, according to Bloomberg data. Applied Materials is the industry’s most acquisitive company, with 13 announced deals in that time frame.
Applied will pay nearly 14 times Varian’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization, or Ebitda. The company’s expected Ebitda for the 12-month period ending Sept. 30 is $367 million, according to estimates provided by Capital IQ.
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