大佬在转型，高通完成对CSR收购后的格局

高通以24亿美元完成了对CSR的收购，标志着芯片大佬将目光投向更大的IoT市场。

在去年10月高通宣布对CSR展开收购，这家公司的总部在英国，但一些监管方面的审查推迟了交易的完成。

高通声称，这一收购将帮助公司在IoE和汽车业务领域的成长，这也是目前增长显著的两大应用领域。CSR在蓝牙设备领域拥有领导地位，其芯片产品广泛应用于IoE和汽车领域。收购案可帮助高通打开英国市场，扩大该公司新产品组合，增加IoE领域的客户群，有助其业务增长。

Qualcomm, Inc. (NASDAQ:QCOM) has acquired CSR Limited in a deal worth $2.4 billion. The acquisition comes as the chipmaker shifts its focus towards Internet of Things (IoT).

Qualcomm had announced the agreement to acquire CSR last October, a wholly owned subsidiary of CSR Plc, operating in United Kingdom, but regulatory delays prolonged the transaction’s closure.

According to Qualcomm, the acquisition will help drive the company’s growth in Internet of Everything (IoE) and automotive – two segments, where growth is a priority. CSR holds a dominant position in the market for Bluetooth devices. It is involved in the manufacturing of chips, which are used in IoE products and automotive.

The acquisition will help establish Qualcomm’s presence in the UK. It will also help the company in augmenting a portfolio of new products, and increasing customers in IOE, which will contribute to its growth.

"CSR’s complementary strengths in connectivity, audio technologies, and systems-on-chips will help strengthen Qualcomm Technologies’ position in the IOE and automotive industries, and add to a broad and highly advanced portfolio," Qualcomm's CEO Steve Mollenkopf said in a press release.

The acquisition will add more chips into Qualcomm’s product portfolio beyond Bluetooth with wireless LTE modems, and processors. It will also improve the chipmaker’s position in the IoT market, such as refrigerators, thermostats, and TV; everything are connected wirelessly to the Internet and managed remotely through the smartphone.

Although, CSR acquisition opens opportunities for Qualcomm, the company paid over 50% premium to acquire it, compared to only 10% premium paid by Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:INTC) to acquire Altera Corporation (NASDAQ:ALTR).

Furthermore, Qualcomm focuses more towards the chip-making business, but it is struggling in the cellular radio segment; therefore, such extravagant measures during crisis seems quite risky.