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Micron Technologies
Company Pedigree Ascendant Companies Descendent Companies Company Comments Company Comments Mostek Micron was founded in 1978 by ex-Mostek employees Ward Parkinson, Dennis Wilson, and Doug Pitman Company Overview Major Achievements 1st product: 16KB DRAM in December 1981
Microsystems International Limited
Company Pedigree Ascendant Companies Descendent Companies Company Comments Company Comments Nortel Networks Acquired as a subsidiary of Nortel Company Overview Based in Ottawa, Canada, Microsystems International Limited (MIL) was a telecommunications company. In 1970 MIL signed a second source agreement with Intel. This was Intel’s first second source partner. MIL with Intel’s assistance began producing …
Microchip Technology, Inc.
Company Pedigree Ascendant Companies Descendent Companies Company Comments Company Comments General Instrument GI’s Microelectronics Division was spun-off as Microchip Technology, Inc (including the PIC family of microprocessors). in 1989. Company Overview Chip Identification Microchip Technology Chips Microprocessors CPU’s MCU’s PIC Microprocessors: 1654 1655 1656 1657 1658 1664 1671 1674 1684 1742 1744. …
MMI (Monolithic Memories, Inc.)
Company Pedigree Ascendant Companies Descendent Companies Company Comments Company Comments AMD Purchased MMI in 1987. Company Overview Major Achievements Chip Identification Monolithic Memories, Inc. Chips Microprocessors CPU’s 6501 MCU’s Bit-Slice Coprocessors Memory Devices RAM ROM PROM EPROM EEPROM CCD Memory Bubble …
MOS Technology
Company Pedigree Ascendant Companies Descendent Companies Company Comments Company Comments Motorola In August of 1974, eight engineering and marketing employees left to join MOS Technology (Bill Mensch, Chuck Peddle) Commodore Business Machines Bought MOS Technology in October 1976 was renamed it, Commodore Semiconductor Group. Company Overview MOS Technology was an existing privately owned company that …
Mostek
Company Pedigree Ascendant Companies Descendant Companies Company Comments Company Comments Texas Instruments Founded by L. J. Sevin and other TI employees in 1969. Dallas Semiconductor Founded by Vin Prothro in 1984. SGS-ATES United Technologies bought Mostek in 1980, then sold Mostek to SGS-ATES in 1981. Cypress Semiconductor Co-founder and Chairman, L. J. Sevin, in 1982 …
Motorola Semiconductor
Company Pedigree Ascendant Companies Descendent Companies Company Comments Company Comments Galvin Manufacturing Corporation The company changed its name to Motorola in 1947 to emphasis its car radio brand MOS Technology In August of 1974, eight engineering and marketing employees left to join MOS Technology (Bill Mensch, Chuck Peddle) Motorola Semiconductor Formed as a subsidiary of …
National Semiconductor
Company Pedigree Ascendant Companies Descendent Companies Company Comments Company Comments Sperry Semiconductor Bernard Rothlein and others left Sperry to found National Semiconductor in 1959 (Danbury, CT). Sperry successfully sued National. Molectro Bought by National Semiconductor under the investor group led by Peter Sprague Fairchild Semiconductor Peter Sprague led an investor group that bought the financially …
Nippon Electric Company (NEC)
Company Pedigree Ascendant Companies Descendent Companies Company Comments Company Comments Electronic Arrays EA was bought buy NEC in 1978 Company Overview NEC was founded in 1899 and is based in Tokyo, Japan. They manufacture computers, electron devices, and communications equipment. Of interest to chip collectors, NEC was the first Japanese company to develop and …
Nitron
Company Pedigree Ascendant Companies Descendent Companies Company Comments Company Comments McDonnell Douglass Created as subsidiary of McDonnell Douglass in 1977. Nanon Electronics Nanon bought Nitron from McDonnell Douglass in 1976. Nitron was then IPO’ed as an independent company in 1980 Company Overview Chip Identification Nitron Chips
Philips Semiconductor
Company Pedigree Ascendant Companies Descendent Companies Company Comments Company Comments Philips Electronics Formed as a division of Philips Electronics N. V. (founded 1891) in 1965. Signetics Purchased in 1975. Philips used the Signetics brand name until 1992. Company Overview
Precision Monolithics, Inc. (PMI)
Company Pedigree Ascendant Companies Descendent Companies Company Comments Company Comments Fairchild George Erdi left Fairchild to be a founder of Precision in the early 70’s. Analog Devices Bought by Analog Devices in 1990. Solid State Micro Technology Bought Solid State Micro Technology Company Overview Analog and Mixed Signal IC’s