North Texas ‘Fabless’ Semiconductor Company ENGIN‑IC Acquired by MACOM

Focused on the defense industry, Plano-based ENGIN-IC is a fabless semiconductor company that designs advanced Gallium Nitride monolithic microwave integrated circuits and integrated microwave assemblies.

Plano-based ENGIN-IC has been acquired by Lowell, Massachusetts-based MACOM Technology Solutions Holdings, a supplier of semiconductor products.

ENGIN-IC is a fabless semiconductor company that designs advanced Gallium Nitride monolithic microwave integrated circuits (MMICs) and integrated microwave assemblies. The company also has a location in San Diego, California.

MACOM said it expects that ENGIN-IC’s design capabilities will strengthen MACOM’s ability to serve its target markets and gain market share.

“MACOM’s talented team and growth strategies align well with ENGIN-IC’s strengths, and we look forward to all that we can accomplish together,” Stephen Nelson, ENGIN-IC co-founder and chief technology officer, said in a statement. “We’re excited to be a part of MACOM’s efforts to lead the industry in GaN semiconductor processes and products.”

While terms of the deal were not disclosed, MACOM said the transaction was funded with cash-on-hand and is expected to have an immaterial impact to MACOM’s near-term financial performance.

Founded in 2014, ENGIN-IC has focused on the defense industry

Engin-IC Co-Founders Chris Ison, Jack Giles, and Stephen Nelson [Photo: Engin-IC]

Founded in 2014 by industry veterans, ENGIN-IC said it has focused on serving the U.S. defense industry since its inception.

The company was self-funded and utilized small business innovative research contracts, Department of Defense research projects, and custom integrated circuit development projects for defense prime contractors to build industry-leading products.

ENGIN-IC’s product portfolio includes over 60 standard MMICs and many more custom MMICs, including high efficiency power amplifiers, integrated transmit/receive chips, phase-shifters, time delay units, mixers and modulators, as well as S- to K-band switched filter bank modules and L- to K-band transmit/receive modules.

“We’re excited to welcome the ENGIN-IC team to MACOM,” Stephen G. Daly, MACOM president and CEO, said in a statement. “ENGIN-IC’s exceptional wideband and high efficiency MMIC and module design expertise will enable us to better support our mutual customers.”

MACOM designs and manufactures high-performance semiconductor products for the telecommunications, industrial, and defense and datacenter industries. The company services over 6,000 customers annually with a broad product portfolio that incorporates RF, microwave, analog and mixed signal and optical semiconductor technologies.

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