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6.18.26
Wilson Sonsini Advises SandboxAQ on Agreement with the U.S. Department of Commerce for $500 Million CHIPS R&D Award
On June 17, 2026, SandboxAQ announced a definitive agreement with the U.S. Department of Commerce's CHIPS Research and Development Office for a $500 million award to address one of the most urgent challenges in American manufacturing: the foreign control of critical materials and chemistries that are essential to semiconductor manufacturing. Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati advised SandboxAQ on the transaction.
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5.05.26
Wilson Sonsini Advises Lattice Semiconductor on $1.65 Billion Acquisition of AMI
On May 4, 2026, Lattice Semiconductor announced it has entered into a definitive agreement with THL Partners to acquire AMI, a leader in platform firmware and infrastructure manageability for cloud and AI. The planned acquisition advances Lattice Semiconductor’s strategy to expand its position in server, AI, and cloud applications spanning hardware, security, manageability, and control. Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati is advising Lattice Semiconductor on the transaction.
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4.09.26
Firm Advises Marvell Technology on Strategic Partnership and $2 Billion Investment from NVIDIA
On March 31, 2026, NVIDIA announced it has invested $2 billion in Marvell Technology as part of a strategic partnership to connect Marvell to the NVIDIA AI factory and AI-RAN ecosystem through NVIDIA NVLink Fusion™. This partnership offers customers building on NVIDIA architectures greater choice and flexibility in developing next-generation infrastructure. The companies will also collaborate on silicon photonics technology. Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati advised Marvell on the transaction.
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4.07.26
Wilson Sonsini Advises Micron Technology on Completed Cash Tender Offers for Outstanding Senior Notes
On April 1, 2026, Micron Technology, an industry leader in innovative memory and storage solutions, announced that its previously announced cash tender offers to purchase any and all of certain series of its outstanding senior notes, expired at 5:00 p.m. ET on March 31, 2026. Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati advised Micron on the transaction.
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3.06.26
Firm Obtains Complete Jury Victory for Cyntec in Patent Validity Trial
On March 5, 2026, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati secured a complete jury victory in a patent invalidity trial in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California on behalf of firm client Cyntec Company, Ltd. Rejecting defendant Chilisin’s arguments on obviousness, the jury found that all asserted claims of Cyntec’s U.S. Patent Nos. 8,922,312 and 9,481,037 were valid. Wilson Sonsini also represented Cyntec in a previous jury trial which had found that Chilisin willfully infringed both patents and imposed a 5 percent royalty.
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2.17.26
Wilson Sonsini Advises nLIGHT on $201 Million Follow-On Offering
On February 5, 2026, nLIGHT, Inc., a leading provider of high-power lasers for mission-critical directed energy, optical sensing, and advanced manufacturing applications, closed an underwritten public offering of 3,977,273 shares of its common stock at a public offering price of $44.00 per share. In addition, on February 9, 2026, nLIGHT closed the sale of an additional 596,590 shares of its common stock, at the same public offering price, pursuant to the full exercise of the underwriters’ option to purchase additional shares. The aggregate gross proceeds from the offering was approximately $201 million, before deducting the underwriting discounts and commissions and estimated offering expenses. Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati advised nLIGHT on the transaction.
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2.13.26
Firm Advises Microchip Technology on Offering of $900 Million of Convertible Senior Notes
On February 11, 2026, Microchip Technology completed an offering of $900 million aggregate principal amount of convertible senior notes due 2030 in a private transaction. The offering amount included the exercise in full of the option that Microchip had granted to the initial purchasers to purchase up to an additional $100 million of notes. In connection with the offering, Microchip entered into privately negotiated capped call transactions with certain of the initial purchasers or their respective affiliates and other financial institutions.
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1.22.26
A Mixed Bag of Chips: Significant New Import and Export Changes for Advanced Semiconductors
The U.S. Department of Commerce issued a rule newly permitting certain advanced, H200/MI325X-grade computing chips classified under Export Control Classification Number (ECCN) 3A090 to be eligible for export to China, subject to a case-by-case licensing policy instead of a policy of denial.
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1.06.26
Wilson Sonsini Advises Marvell on $540 Million Acquisition of XConn Technologies
On January 6, 2026, Marvell Technology, a leader in data infrastructure semiconductor solutions, announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire XConn Technologies, a provider of advanced PCIe and CXL switching silicon. Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati is advising Marvell on the transaction.
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12.19.25
The COINS Act: Outbound Investment Security Re-Programmed
On Thursday, December 18, the President signed the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2026. The NDAA contains several new national security regulatory controls, including a new Title LXXXV entitled the Comprehensive Outbound Investment National Security Act of 2025 (COINS Act). The COINS Act codifies a screening system for outbound investments by U.S. persons in certain technology transactions with target entities that have connections to countries of concern, including but not limited to, the People’s Republic of China (PRC). For U.S. investors familiar with the current outbound investment rules at 31 C.F.R. Part 850 (the OISP), previously discussed here, the COINS Act is a continuation of U.S. efforts to prevent the exploitation of U.S. capital by countries of concern to undermine national security and foreign policy interests.
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11.12.25
Wilson Sonsini Advises d-Matrix on Oversubscribed $275 Million Series C Funding
On November 12, 2025, d-Matrix, a pioneer in generative AI inference compute for data centers, announced an oversubscribed $275 million in Series C funding, valuing the company at $2 billion and bringing the total raised to date to $450 million. The funding is co-led by a global consortium that includes Bullhound Capital, Triatomic Capital, and Temasek. The round also includes new participation from the Qatar Investment Authority and EDBI, alongside follow-on participation from M12 (Microsoft’s venture fund), Nautilus Venture Partners, Industry Ventures, and Mirae Asset. Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati advised d-Matrix on the transaction.