Lam Research to buy Novellus Systems for $3.3 billion
Lam Research Corp, a supplier of wafer fabrication equipment, agreed to buy smaller rival Novellus Systems Inc for $3.3 billion in stock as it looks to scale up capacity and gain cutting-edge technology.
Blue Coat Systems is buying rival WAN-acceleration vendor Packeteer for $268 million to boost Blue Coat's product features.