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Integrated Device Technology will acquire GigPeak for $3.08 per share or approximately $250 million in cash. The purchase price is approximately 22 percent higher than the closing price of GigPeak shares on February 10. The deal is expected to close during the second calendar quarter of 2017.

RFuW Engineering Ltd., an industry leading supplier of high power, SMT RF limiters and switches, announces the release of the MSW2T-2735-196/-197 Ultra High Power (+60 dBm) S-Band switches and the RFLM-262322HC-151 Ultra High Power (+57 dBm) S-Band limiter (+57 dBm).

Gowanda Components Group is pleased to announce that its capabilities for the design and manufacture of RF and microwave filters are expanding in connection with the acquisition of Microwave Circuits from AMTI in Lynchburg, Va.

Huber+Suhner will deliver complete connectivity solutions for 140 TGV trains of SNCF and thus support the world’s first broadband Wi-Fi on trains with speeds of up to 300 km/h.

Narda’s SignalShark Real Time Handheld Analyzer is designed to enable new capabilities for measurements in the high frequency spectrum for applications including mobile networks, IoT, M2M and C2C communications

Rohde & Schwarz mobile network testing has signed an agreement with Samsung that grants preferential RF access and support to current and upcoming Samsung devices.

The University of Bristol has been awarded a £4.3 million grant from the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council to lead a new project to develop GaN-on-Diamond microwave technology.

GLOBALFOUNDRIES announced plans to expand its global manufacturing footprint in response to growing customer demand for its comprehensive and differentiated technology portfolio. The company is investing in its existing leading-edge fabs in the United States and Germany, expanding its footprint in China with a fab in Chengdu, and adding capacity for mainstream technologies in Singapore.

WIN Semiconductors reported a soft December quarter (Q4), reflecting the seasonality of the mobile phone market. However, revenue for the full year grew 13 percent. Q4 margins declined from a drop in capacity utilization and a decline in the value of gold inventory, reflecting the drop in gold prices.

Mobile filter start-up Resonant Inc. announced that one of its customers has shipped more than one million pre-production SAW (surface acoustic wave) duplexers, covering three high volume mobile bands, to four handset manufacturers. These are Resonant’s first pre-production shipments.