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Nanoradio公司的主要業(yè)務(wù)是針對蜂巢式平臺開發(fā)低功耗的小型高性能Wi-Fi芯片。該公司目前擁有約60名員工。
三星并未披露任何有關(guān)此項(xiàng)交易的細(xì)節(jié),或是未來針對并購公司 Nanoradio 的詳細(xì)計(jì)劃。
Nanoradio 公司成立于2004年,曾獲得至少7,300萬美元的風(fēng)險(xiǎn)投資資金,其中1,700萬美元是在2010年由數(shù)家創(chuàng)投公司提供。2011年, Nanoradio公司以高達(dá)2,929%的成長幅度名列Deloitte LLP公司的歐洲、中東與非洲成長最快速科技公司前500強(qiáng)。
2009年, Nanoradio 曾宣布為夏普(Sharp Electronics)提供Wi-Fi芯片組。
Samsung buys cellular Wi-Fi chipset vendor
Dylan McGrath
SAN FRANCISCO—South Korea's Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. said Friday (June 1) it acquired Nanoradio AB, a Swedish developer of ultra low-power wireless LAN chipsets for mobile phones, for an undisclosed sum.
Nanoradio (Kista, Sweden) specializes in developing small form factor high performance Wi-Fi chipsets with low power consumption for cellular platforms. The firm has about 60 employees.
Samsung (Seoul, South Korea) did not disclosed any details about the transaction or its plans for Nanoradio.
Nanoradio, founded in 2004, had raised at least $73 million in venture funding, including $17 million from a group of several venture capital firms in 2010. In 2011, Nanoradio was named to Deloitte LLP's ranking of the 500 fastest growing technology companies in Europe, the Middle East and Africa, placing 37 with a listed growth rate of 2,929 percent.
In 2009, Nanoradio announced it would supply Sharp Electronics Corp. with Wi-Fi chipsets for an integrated low power Wi-Fi system in package.