Dialog, which counts Apple as its top customer, is trying to diversify its business, ramping up products used in low-energy bluetooth headsets, wearable devices and smart homes. UK-based Dialog Semiconductor is still open to acquisitions, after ending talks with Californian tech firm Synaptics. CEO Jalal Bagherli said the proposed $1.6bn deal did not progress beyond the due diligence stage, and the company would be seeking smaller acquisitions. The company, which has been in business for more than 20 years, was founded by a group of engineers from the University of California, Berkeley, who were frustrated at how difficult it had become to make chips that
UK-based Dialog Semiconductor is still open to acquisitions, after ending talks with Californian tech firm Synaptics. CEO Jalal Bagherli said the proposed $1.6bn deal did not progress beyond the due diligence stage, and the company would be seeking smaller acquisitions. The company, which has been in business for more than 20 years, was founded by a group of engineers from the University of California, Berkeley, who were frustrated at how difficult it had become to make chips that