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accession: "0000006281-26-000048"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ADI"
cik: "0000006281"
company_name: "ANALOG DEVICES INC"
filed_at: "2026-05-19T20:05:16+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-19T21:33:34.083540+00:00"
event_type: "m_and_a"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.8
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confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Analog Devices acquires Empower Semiconductor for $1.5B to boost AI power delivery

## Summary
- All-cash acquisition of Empower Semiconductor for $1.5 billion; expected to close in H2 2026.
- Empower supplies integrated voltage regulators and silicon capacitors for high-density AI power.
- Deal targets power density and efficiency constraints limiting AI system scale.
- Empower CEO Tim Phillips will continue leading IVR technology efforts post-close.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000006281-26-000048
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ADI
- cik: 0000006281
- company_name: ANALOG DEVICES INC
- filed_at: 2026-05-19T20:05:16+00:00
- event_type: m_and_a
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.8
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/6281/000000628126000048/0000006281-26-000048-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/6281/000000628126000048/adi-20260519.htm

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