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ACQUISITIONS
6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2011
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ACQUISITIONS:


On February 26, 2010, the Company entered into a definitive agreement to purchase the assets of an early-stage research and development company involved in developing certain technology that is consistent with the Company's long-term business strategy, for cash totaling $11.5 million.  The Company accounted for the transaction as an acquisition of a business and completed the acquisition on August 26, 2010. The Company allocated $6.2 million of the purchase price to goodwill, which is deductible for tax purposes, $4.7 million to in-process research and development, which the Company will amortize over the estimated life of the technology upon completion of its development (the Company does not expect to amortize in-process research and development within the current year), and $0.6 million to fixed assets. The Company also expensed $0.4 million of acquisition-related costs which were recorded as general and administrative expense in 2010. Goodwill recognized in the acquisition was derived from expected benefits from future technology, cost synergies and a knowledgeable and experienced workforce.


On December 31, 2010, the Company acquired certain assets of Qspeed Semiconductor for approximately $7.0 million in cash. The Company accounted for the transaction as an acquisition of a business.


The Company's acquisition of Qspeed effectively settled a preexisting license agreement under which the Company had paid Qspeed a prepaid royalty of $5.25 million in exchange for the use of its technology. Because the terms of the license agreement were determined to represent fair value at the acquisition date, the Company did not record any gain or loss separately from the acquisition and the $5.25 million unamortized prepaid royalty was included as part of the acquisition-date fair value of consideration transferred.


Fair value consideration consists of the following (in thousands):


Cash
 
$
6,955


Settlement of preexisting arrangement
 
 
5,250


 
 
 
 
Total
 
$
12,205






Of the total consideration transferred, $6.8 million was allocated to goodwill, which is deductible for tax purposes, $1.8 million was allocated to developed technology, $0.9 million was allocated to customer relationships, $0.4 million was allocated to fixed assets, $2.1 million was allocated to inventory, including $0.6 million of inventory markup, which will be amortized to cost of revenues, and $0.2 million was allocated to accounts receivable. Goodwill recognized in the acquisition of Qspeed Semiconductor was derived from expected benefits from future technology, cost synergies and a knowledgeable and experienced workforce. The allocation of the purchase price is preliminary and may be adjusted should further information regarding events or circumstances existing at the acquisition date become available.