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EZchip Semiconductor

Acquired semiconductor company

EZchip Semiconductor Ltd. was a publicly traded fabless semiconductor company, headquartered in Yokneam, Israel, that developed and marketed Ethernet network processors. It was acquired by Mellanox Technologies in 2016.3 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

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Overview

1999Founded1

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  • TickerEZCH on NASDAQ1
  • Industrysemiconductor industry1
  • HeadquartersYokneam Illit1
  • Websitewww.ezchip.com
  • Legal formlimited company1

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EZchip Semiconductor Ltd. was a publicly traded fabless semiconductor company, headquartered in Yokneam, Israel, that developed and marketed Ethernet network processors. It was acquired by Mellanox Technologies in 2016.3

What it owns

What EZchip Semiconductor reports owning in its annual reports to the SEC: buildings, land and equipment, real estate and locations, investments, intangible assets and inventory, at the end of its latest fiscal year and a year before.

Property and equipment

ItemLatestA year beforeChange
Property and equipment, before depreciation$15.8M6 Dec 31, 2014$7.7M6 Dec 31, 2013+106.7%
Accumulated depreciation$12.2M6 Dec 31, 2014$5.5M6 Dec 31, 2013+120.5%
Property and equipment, net$3.6M6 Dec 31, 2014$2.1M6 Dec 31, 2013+70.3%

Investments

ItemLatestA year beforeChange
Cash and cash equivalents$57.3M6 Dec 31, 2014$50.1M6 Dec 31, 2013+14.4%
Debt securities available for sale$49.6M6 Dec 31, 2014$49.8M6 Dec 31, 2013−0.5%

Intangibles and goodwill

ItemLatestA year beforeChange
Goodwill$127.4M6 Dec 31, 2014$96.3M6 Dec 31, 2013+32.3%
Finite-lived intangibles, gross$30.6M6 Dec 31, 2014$15.5M6 Dec 31, 2013+97.7%
Accumulated amortization$13.3M6 Dec 31, 2014$11.4M6 Dec 31, 2013+17.2%
Finite-lived intangibles, net$17.3M6 Dec 31, 2014$4.1M6 Dec 31, 2013+319.5%

Inventory

ItemLatestA year beforeChange
Inventory, total$6.5M6 Dec 31, 2014$6.0M6 Dec 31, 2013+8.2%
Raw materials$615.0K6 Dec 31, 2014$101.0K6 Dec 31, 2013+508.9%
Work in process$704.0K6 Dec 31, 2014$128.0K6 Dec 31, 2013+450.0%
Finished goods$5.1M6 Dec 31, 2014$5.7M6 Dec 31, 2013−10.5%

The story

EZchip was co-founded in 1999 by Eli Fruchter, a Technion graduate in the field of electrical engineering and veteran of the Israel Defense Forces' 8200 intelligence unit, and Alex Tal, who served as EZchip's first CTO and V.P R&D. Until 2008, EZchip operated as a subsidiary of LANOptics, then a developer of Ethernet switching chips and security software. After LANOptics completed its full acquisition of EZchip in January 2008, it changed its name to EZchip and its ticker symbol from LNOP to EZCH. Over the twelve-month period leading up to February 2012, shares of EZchip rose 40% on the Nasdaq index as demand for its processors grew and speculation increased that the company would get bought out.

In July 2014, EZchip acquired Tilera, a company that develops high-performance multi-core processors, intelligent network interface cards and white-box appliances for data-center networking equipment, for $130 million in cash.

In January 2016, a shareholder vote passed that approved the merger of Mellanox Technologies and EZchip. The acquisition was completed on 23 February 2016.

From Wikipedia’s article on EZchip Semiconductor, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.4

Timeline

  1. 2016Dissolved Dissolved1
  2. 1999Founded Founded1

SEC filer profile

How EZchip Semiconductor is registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission, from its EDGAR record and the cover page of its latest annual report.

  • Name on EDGAREZCHIP SEMICONDUCTOR LTD2
  • CIK0000892534
  • Filer statusLarge accelerated filer2
  • Incorporated inIsrael2
  • Fiscal year endsDecember 312
  • Industry code (SIC)3576 Computer Communications Equipment2
  • Business address1 Hatamar Street, Po Box 527, Yokneam, L3 206922
  • Phone(972)(4) 959-66662
  • Shares outstanding29,698,925 as of Dec 31, 20146
  • On EDGAR sinceJul 13, 20002
  • Filings436 in all: 6-K (210), SC 13G/A (24), SC 13D/A (20), SC 13G (20), UPLOAD (19), CORRESP (18), 20-F (14), S-8 POS (14)2
    All 29 form types

    F-3/A (12), 20-F/A (11), S-8 (11), 424B3 (9), F-3 (9), EFFECT (7), CT ORDER (6), 6-K/A (5), FWP (5), 424B5 (4), 424B2 (3), REGDEX (3), POS AM (2), SC 13D (2), SD (2), 15-12G (1), 25-NSE (1), 3 (1), 424B1 (1), D (1), D/A (1)

  • Latest filingsAnnual report (20-F) Mar 31, 2015

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