Renesas Acquires Altium

Renesas, Japanese semicon giant announced the completion of successful acquisition of Altium.
Renesas acquired all the outstanding shares of Altium at $68.5 per share, for a total equity value of approximately A$9.1 billion.

Let's see what value this strategic acquisition bring to the customers!

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michaelkellett 3 months ago +2

I suspect that it will hasten Altium's demise (I am a bit biased - I have never liked their product - right back to when it was Protel). Rival semiconductor companies will be very reluctant to use a…
aswinvenu 3 months ago in reply to michaelkellett +1

Kicad has come a long way. I have been using it for years now. Kicad 8 is truely a matured PCB Design tool. More advanced plugins are in pipeline for the Kicad 9 release. If Kicad can keep the momentum…
dougw 3 months ago +1

It seems to be a trend with Siemens acquiring Mentor and Renesas acquiring Altium. I wonder what the business case is....

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dougw 3 months ago

It seems to be a trend with Siemens acquiring Mentor and Renesas acquiring Altium.

I wonder what the business case is....
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It seems to be a trend with Siemens acquiring Mentor and Renesas acquiring Altium.

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