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Powervation acquired by ROHM Semiconductor

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23 July 2015

Powervation, an Irish developer of digital power management hardware, has been acquired by a Japanese analogue power IC solutions maker, ROHM Semiconductor.

The acquisition is an all cash deal valued at approximately $70 million (€63.7 million).

Powervation was founded in 2006, as a University of Limerick spin-out company, quickly establishing a reputation for innovation in digital power controllers, now serving the high performance computing, cloud and communications infrastructure markets.

The company’s proprietary DSP control platform, with patented auto-tuning and intelligent transient management technologies, has been well received by industry, achieving wide adoption in advanced power management, precision telemetry/control and high efficiency solutions powering complex multi-rail, multi-phase systems.

“ROHM and Powervation share a common vision for the role of digital power technology in transforming the market with next-generation high performance power solutions,” said Mike Smith, senior vice president and general manager, ROHM Semiconductor USA.

“The combination of our two companies will enable ROHM to develop industry-leading, integrated digital power solutions to serve a broad range of customers, markets, and applications spanning the entire spectrum from Computing and Communications to Consumer and Industrial,” said  Jun Iida, head of LSI development, director, ROHM.

Powervation will become a fully owned subsidiary of ROHM, with the principal design centre in Cork, Ireland and system application centres in San Jose, CA and Asia.

“The Powervation team is excited to join forces with ROHM” said Mike McAuliffe, CEO, Powervation. “It’s simply a great fit — we have built an innovative Digital Power IC company to date but the combination with ROHM now presents a compelling opportunity for broad market leadership in Digital Power Management solutions.”

 

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