Global technology mergers and acquisitions traded at $52.1 billion trillion in the second quarter

In a report released today by Ernst & Young, the global technology sector reached $52.1 billion trillion in the second quarter, up 92% per cent on a month-on-month basis, according to the news of the Beijing time of August 10, Sina Science and technology.　　The report showed that the number of mergers and acquisitions in the global technology sector in the second quarter was 777, an increase of 24% per cent, but a 2% decline from 794 in the first quarter, the first decline since the first quarter of 2009. In the second quarter of last year, mergers and acquisitions in the global technology sector, which grew at $30.8 billion trillion, rose 69% to 52.1 billion dollars this year.　　On average, the size of each deal in the second quarter of this year was $194 million trillion, the highest record since the first quarter of 2000. In the second quarter, one of the biggest technology deals was Microsoft's 8.5 billion dollar takeover of Skype, followed by Germany's 6.5 billion dollar acquisition of the National Semiconductor, and the third in the commercial American Applied Materials (applied materials). 4.6 billion dollars to acquire Varian Semiconductor.　　In the second quarter, mergers and acquisitions in the semiconductor market reached $10.9 billion trillion.　　The report also showed that the number of overseas mergers and acquisitions in the second quarter rose by 16% in volume, compared with 11% in the first quarter. The following are the top 10 mergers and acquisitions in the global science and technology sector in the second quarter: 1.　　Microsoft buys Skype, trading on a scale of 8.5 billion dollars.　　2. Germany buys U.S. National Semiconductor, trading on a scale of 6.5 billion dollars.　　3. The United States Applied Materials (applied materials) acquired Varian Semiconductor, trading at a scale of 4.6 billion dollars.　　4. Toshiba bought Swiss electronic instrument maker Gyr, trading on a scale of 2.289 billion dollars.　　5. CenturyLink, the US telecom operator, bought Cloud computing and a business hosting service provider Savvis, trading at $2.278 billion trillion.　　6. Golden Gate Capital and Infor subsidiary GGC Software Holdings acquired Reynolds Software (Lawson Software), trading on a scale of 1.841 billion dollars.　　7. Providence Equity, a private-equity firm, bought SRA Analysys, which deals 1.826 billion dollars.　　8. Seagate buys Samsung hard drive business with a trading scale of 1.49 billion dollars.　　9. The French Schneider Electric Company (Schneider Tepco SA) acquired Telvent GIT SA, trading on a scale of 1.368 billion dollars. 10. Ericsson buys Telecom SoftThe company Telcordia Technologies, trading on a scale of 1.15 billion dollars. (Li Ming)