| Acquired by | Apple |
| Price | $278M |
| Date | 4/08 |
| Terms | Cash |
| Category | Hardware |
| Employees |
| Total | $86M |
| Series B Bessemer Venture Partners Venrock Silicon Valley Bank | $36M |
| Series C, 4/06 Highland Capital Partners Bessemer Venture Partners Texas Instruments | $50M |
PA Semi is a fabless semiconductor company founded in Santa Clara, California in 2003 by Dan Dobberpuhl who was the lead designer for the DEC Alpha and StrongARM processors. The company previously worked on processors like Itanium, Opteron and UltraSPARC.
Apple Inc acquired P.A. Semi for $278 million in April 2008.