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   Gareth Halfacree WIIGII! Lover of bit-tech Administrator Super Moderator Moderator

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   No changes to operations, it claims.
   http://www.bit-tech.net/news/hardware/2016/11/04/lattice-semi-acquired/1

    

   Gareth Halfacree, 4 Nov 2016

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   Flibblebot Smile with me

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   Wow. That's about a billion times smaller than I'd thought they were worth
   
   Any thoughts on why there's been so many chip industry acquisitions recently?

    

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   That's peanuts!

    

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   Gareth Halfacree WIIGII! Lover of bit-tech Administrator Super Moderator Moderator

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   Woopsie - fixed, ta!
   

   To be honest, I'd only be guessing. It's quite likely that some is just follow-the-leader - companies start snapping up other companies, then other companies start snapping up still other companies before the first companies can.

    

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