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Marvell in Talks to Buy Cavium, Creating $14B Chipmaker, Report Says

Marvell in Talks to Buy Cavium, Creating $14B Chipmaker, Report Says
Jessica Lyons Hardcastle
Jessica Lyons HardcastleNovember 3, 2017
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Marvell Technology is angling to buy Cavium in a deal that would create a chipmaker worth more than $14 billion, according to news reports.

The Wall Street Journal, which first reported the discussions, said Cavium shareholders would receive a modest premium. The deal could happen in the next few weeks.

Neither company responded to requests for comment.

As of market close on Friday, Cavium had a market value of about $4.5 billion while Marvell was valued at about $9 billion.

Marvell is based in Bermuda with U.S. headquarters in Santa Clara, California. It ships more than 1 billion chips a year and makes storage, networking, and wireless products for the enterprise, cloud, automotive, and industrial markets.

Cavium, based in San Jose, California, makes programmable chip platforms for enterprises, data centers, and carrier networks. China Unicom is using Cavium silicon-based white boxes to test 5G technology in China.

The Marvell-Cavium merger follows another high-profile chipmaker deal also reported on Friday. Broadcom is planning to make a huge, unsolicited bid for chipmaker Qualcomm as early as this weekend.

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About Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

Jessica is a Senior Editor, covering next-generation data centers, security, and software-defined storage at SDxCentral. She has worked as an editor and reporter for more than 15 years at a number of B2B publications including Environmental Leader, Energy Manager Today, Solar Novus Today and Silicon Valley Business Journal. Jessica is based in the Silicon Valley.

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