Texas Instruments Agrees to Buy Silicon Labs for $7.5B
Texas Instruments moves to expand wireless and industrial IoT reach
Texas Instruments announced a transaction to acquire Silicon Laboratories for $7.5 billion, paying $231 per share — a premium near 69% to the previous close. The agreement is structured to close in the first half of 2027 and will be funded through a mix of cash and borrowed capital. Management projects approximately $450 million of annualized cost reductions inside three years, driven by production consolidation and streamlined operations. Investors responded unevenly: Silicon Labs stock jumped on the bid while Texas Instruments shares retreated on deal-source concerns. The transaction reshapes Texas Instruments’ exposure to wireless connectivity silicon used in smart home, industrial controls, and other connected devices. Integration will require aligning product road maps, combining wafer runs, and rationalizing overlapping sales channels — work that typically stretches across multiple quarters. For customers in industrial automation and IoT, the combined company promises broader SKU coverage but raises questions about roadmap continuity for niche modules. Competitors focused on radio-frequency and low-power wireless chips will now face a larger rival with deeper analog manufacturing scale. Financing the purchase increases leverage and will compress near-term free cash flow until synergies materialize. Execution risk centers on retaining engineering talent, preserving customer design-wins, and hitting the stated $450 million run-rate savings without disrupting supply. Watch the integration milestones, gross-margin trajectory, and net-debt path over the next 6–18 months; those will determine whether the market revises Texas Instruments’ valuation premium.
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