Analog Devices agrees to buy Empower Semiconductor, which makes chips used to regulate voltage, for $1.5B in cash (Katherine Hamilton/Wall Street Journal)

Katherine Hamilton / Wall Street Journal: Analog Devices agrees to buy Empower Semiconductor, which makes chips used to regulate voltage, for $1.5B in cash — The deal will help Analog Devices expand its total addressable market in artificial-intelligence compute power delivery — Analog Devices agreed to buy Empower Semiconductor for $1.5 billion.