DSP IP供應(yīng)商CEVA（位于加州Mountain View）日前宣布，它不會(huì)再對(duì)Imagination Technologies公司收購MIPS公司一事對(duì)進(jìn)行加價(jià)。
圖形IP授權(quán)商Imagination（位于英國Kings Langley）早在十一月初就出價(jià)6000萬美元購買MIPS的經(jīng)營(yíng)業(yè)務(wù)及部分專利，而另一家英國公司ARM（位于英國劍橋），則帶來Bridge Crossing財(cái)團(tuán)收購了MIPS的重要專利組合。Bridge Crossing總共支付了3.5億美元現(xiàn)金用于購買MIPS的專利組合，其中ARM出資1.675億美元。
CEVA曾兩次中途殺出加價(jià)，迫使Imagination一路追加收購金到了1億美元。CEVA表示，盡管有心收購MIPS，但鑒于目前收購金額達(dá)到的高度，不如保留現(xiàn)金用于其他機(jī)會(huì)。
Imagination收購MIPS，很大程度上是看中了MIPS在32位和64位處理器方面的技術(shù)能力，這可以提高其對(duì)ARM的競(jìng)爭(zhēng)力。ARM目前在通用和圖形處理器方面都廣泛涉足。
據(jù)報(bào)道，Imagination還需要再借約2200萬美元，以填補(bǔ)這個(gè)高達(dá)1億美元的報(bào)價(jià)。
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編譯：Luffy Liu
參考英文原文：Imagination wins MIPS bid,by Peter Clarke
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Imagination wins MIPS bid
Peter Clarke
LONDON – DSP IP licensor Ceva Inc. (Mountain View, Calif.) has announced that it will not rebid against Imagination Technologies Group plc for processor IP company MIPS Technologies Inc.
Graphics IP licensor Imagination (Kings Langley, England) started the process in early November with a bid of $60 million to buy MIPS's operating business and certain patents while another U.K. company, ARM Holdings plc (Cambridge, England), would lead a consortium called Bridge Crossing that would acquire rights to the major part of the MIPS portfolio of patents as a form of legal protection. Bridge Crossing is set to pay $350 million in cash to purchase the rights to the MIPS portfolio, of which ARM will contribute $167.5 million.
Ceva bid twice against forcing Imagination to rebid up to a level of $100 million. Ceva said that while there had been merit in trying to acquire MIPS, at the level reached it would rather preserve its cash for other opportunities.
Imagination wants to acquire MIPS, a pioneer of 32- and 64-bit processing, to help boost its position against ARM Holdings which offers both general purpose and graphics processors for license.
Imagination is expected to have to borrow about $22 million to help fund its higher offer.
責(zé)編：Quentin
