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American Microsystems, Inc

Company Pedigree

 

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Company Comments Company Comments
General Micro-electronics Founded by Howard Bobb in 1966

Company Overview

AMI was founded in 1966 in Santa Clara, CA.  Established its manufacturing facility in Pocatello, Idaho, in 1970. Very successful in the early 70’s when it had 50% share of the MOSFET IC market. Established manufacturing facilities in the Philippines in 1980. Bought by Gould in 1982. Gould was bought by Japan Energy Corporation in 1988. In 2000, AMI was bought Francisco Partners and CVC and renamed AMI Semiconductor. AMI should not be confused with American Megatrends, Inc. makers of AMI BIOS.

Major Achievements

 

Chip Identification

 

AMI Chips

 

  Microprocessors
CPU’s  
MCU’s  
Bit-Slice 6501
Coprocessors  
  Memory Devices
RAM  
ROM  
PROM  
EPROM  
EEPROM  
CCD Memory  
Bubble Memory  
  General Use Support Chips
Shift Registers  
Interfaces  
Communications  

Second Sourced Chips

 Microprocessors
CPU’s Motorola 6800
MCU’s None
Bit-Slice None
  Memory Devices
RAM None
ROM None
PROM None
EPROM None
EEPROM None
CCD Memory None
Bubble Memory None
  General Use Support Chips
Shift Registers None
Interfaces None
Communications None