Synaptics buys Broadcom IoT connectivity business

Author: EIS Release Date: Jul 20, 2020


Synaptics is to buy  Broadcom’s Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and GPS/GNSS products and business in the IoT market for $250 million.

Synaptics expects the transaction to add approximately $65 million in current annualized sales and provide significant revenue growth potential.

The transaction is expected to be immediately accretive to Synaptics’ non-GAAP gross margins and non-GAAP earnings post-close.

“Expanding our offering in the high growth IoT market has been one of the major focus areas for Synaptics and the addition of best-in-class wireless connectivity technology to our portfolio significantly enhances our overall position,” says Synaptics CEO  Michael Hurlston,  “this acquisition complements Synaptics’ ability to sell into a broad range of devices such as IP cameras, smart displays, speakers, home automation, and gaming consoles – all of which require cutting-edge technologies including Wi-Fi 6 and 6E, Bluetooth 5.2 and GPS L5.”