Lantiq was a Germany-based fabless semiconductor company of approximately 1,000 people formed via a spin-out from Infineon Technologies. The company was purchased in 2015 by Intel for $345M.[1]
Corporate history
Lantiq was creaed on July 7, 2009 when Infineon Technologies announced that it agreed to sell its wire-based communications division to Golden Gate Capital, resulting in a new stand-alone name of Lantiq.[2] This was one of several steps to raise cash during the Great Recession.[3] Some technology had been acquired when Infineon purchased Taiwan-based ADMTek (partially owned by Accton Technology Corporation) for approximately US$100 million in cash in 2004.[4]
Some assets and patents acquired from Massachusetts-based Aware Inc for about US$6.75 million were included in the spinoff.[5] The division was headed by Christian Wolff when the deal closed on 6 November 2009 for about 243 million Euros.[6]
Lantiq's central functions and the executive management team were located in Neubiberg, near Munich Germany.
In May 2012, Dan Artusi from Conexant replaced Wolff as chief executive.[7]
On 2 February 2015 it was announced that Intel agreed to buy Lantiq (a transaction valued at $345 million) in an attempt to expand its range of chips used in connected Internet-of-Things gadgets and IoT gateways.[8]
Markets
Lantiq made semiconductor products for computer networks used by common carrier telecommunications companies in access networks and home networking.
Their products included SOC's (system-on-a-chip) and other integrated circuits for technologies including the digital subscriber line family, VoIP, wireless LAN, Gigabit Ethernet and passive optical networks.[11][12][13]
In January 2011 Lantiq announced home networking technology compliant with the ITU-T G.hn standard using the brand name XWAY HNX.[14]
See also
- OpenWrt
- Qualcomm Atheros
- MediaTek
- Ingenic Semiconductor
- STMicroelectronics
- Texas Instruments
External links
References
- Intel 2015 Acquisitions 31 December 2015, retrieved 9 March 2020^
- Infineon's Wireline Division Will Become LANTIQ Press release, Infineon, August 10, 2009, retrieved October 23, 2013^
- Richard Wilson. Infineon's wireline chip business renamed Lantiq Electronics Weekly, August 10, 2009, retrieved October 23, 2013^
- Lisa Wang. Infineon buys ADMtek for US$100 million in cash Taipei Times, January 29, 2004, retrieved October 23, 2013^
- Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement Form 8K, US Securities and Exchange Commission, October 14, 2009, retrieved October 23, 2013^
- Infineon completes the sale of Wireline business; Lantiq becomes a stand alone company Press release, Infineon, November 6, 2009, retrieved October 23, 2013^
- Dylan McGrath. Former Conexant CEO tapped to lead Lantiq EE Times, May 25, 2012, retrieved October 23, 2013^
- Jens Hack/Harro ten Wolde. Intel buys former Infineon 'Internet of Things' chip unit Lantiq Reuters, Feb 2, 2015, retrieved February 2, 2015^
- MaxLinear to acquire Intel's Home Gateway Platform Division businesswire.com, 6 April 2020, retrieved 10 September 2020^
- MaxLinear closes acquisition of Intel's home gateway unit Light Reading, retrieved 2026-04-03^
- Lantiq Introduces Family of Chips Supporting Global ITU-T G.hn Standard for Home Networking Applications powersystemsdesign.com, 2011-01-11, retrieved 2024-03-08^
- Lantiq rolls G.hn home net chips eetimes.com, 2011-01-03, retrieved 2024-03-08^
- Plenty of business in VDSL for Lantiq eetimes.com, 2009-08-27, retrieved 2024-03-08^
- Rick Merritt. Lantiq rolls G.hn home net chips EE Times, January 3, 2011, retrieved October 23, 2013^
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