Apple who is working hard to distance themselves from outside suppliers has moved to buy the power management technology that powers their iPhones
The US Company has cut a A$840 million deal with Dialog Semiconductor a German-listed company.
The agreement to acquire patents and people from the Anglo-German chip designer is not only unusual, but also the largest of its kind by Apple, whose last sizable acquisition was the $350 million purchase of Face ID creator PrimeSense in 2013.
Dialog shares surged as much as 34 percent on Thursday, their most since 2002, as the deal bought the company time to reduce its dependence on Apple — which it expects to account for three-quarters of this year’s sales.
Dialog’s shares had tumbled earlier this year when it said Apple planned to use chips from another supplier.
Since the first iPhones a decade ago, Apple has used Dialog power management chips to extend their battery life. Under the deal, Apple is buying patents, a 300-strong engineering team, most of whom already worked on chips for Apple devices, and Dialog offices in Britain, Italy and Germany.
