Apple’s biggest acquisitions
BY-HEMAJA BURUD
01
Beats Electronics
Year of acquisition
Industry
Cost
- Consumer Electronics, Hardware, Manufacturing
- $3 billion
- 2014
02
Intel Smartphone Modem Business
Year of acquisition
Industry
Cost
- Hardware
- $1 billion
- 2019
03
Dialog Semiconductor
Year of acquisition
- 2018
Industry
Semiconductor
Cost
- $600 million
04
Anobit Technologies
Year of acquisition
- 2011
Industry
-Electronics, Flash Storage, Semiconductor
Cost
- $500 million
05
Texture
Year of acquisition
- 2018
Industry
-Digital Newsstand
Cost
- $485 million
06
Shazam
Year of acquisition
Industry
-Android, iOS, Music, Audio Recognition
Cost
- $400 million
- 2017
07
NeXT
Year of acquisition
Industry
-Education, Hardware, Software
- 1996
Cost
- $400 million
08
PrimeSense
Year of acquisition
Industry
-3D Technology, Consumer Electronics, Hardware
Cost
- $360 million
- 2013
09
AuthenTec
Year of acquisition
Industry
-Fingerprint Sensor Technology
Cost
-$356 million
- 2012
10
PA Semi
Year of acquisition
Industry
-Semiconductor
Cost
-$278 million
-2008
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