epa05338282 A closeup view shows a computer circuit board displayed during the COMPUTEX, the largest computer show in Asia, in Taipei, Taiwan, 31 May 2016. The COMPUTEX computer show runs from 31 May to 04 June 2016 and gathers 1,602 exhibitors from 30 countries with 5,009 booths to display their latest products and to sign orders with foreign buyers. EPA/RITCHIE B. TONGO
SAN FRANCISCO: Electronic component maker Analog Devices announced a deal July 26 to buy rival Linear Technology for US$15bil (RM61.14bil).
The combination “brings together two of the strongest business and technology franchises in the semiconductor industry,” said Vincent Roche, president and chief executive of Analog Devices.
