Apple's M&A is one of the best - they scoop up companies for a lot lesser than other giants, and the acquisition impact is typically higher than at other companies.<p>For instance, capacitive touch & gestures like pinch to zoom that setup modern smartphones for success was an acquisition of just $50M of Fingerworks!
Bad news if you use Dialog chips in your designs. Little chance they are going to keep working on those when Apple needs their own custom chips.<p>Its too bad they had a nice niche that nobody else really filled.