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Dialog Semiconductor is buying Atmel for $4.6bn. The UK-based company says the deal creates a global leader in both Power Management and Embedded Processing solutions able to pursue opportunities in the Mobile Power, IoT and Automotive customers. The combined company will address an attractive, fast growing market opportunity of approximately $20 billion by 2019. Dialog will combine its Power Management ICs portfolio with Atmel’s proprietary and ARM-based Microcontrollers in addition to high performance ICs for Connectivity, Touch and Security. Dialog will also leverage Atmel’s established sales channels to significantly diversify its customer base. Through realised synergies, Dialog expects the combination will deliver an improved operating model and enable new revenue growth opportunities. On the distribution front both companies are signed with Arrow Electronics and Digi-Key in the major European markets. Atmel has the more extensive network in Europe also encompassing EBV Elektronik, Mouser Electronics, Future Electronics and Farnell element14 as…