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| | National
Semiconductor
Company Pedigree
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Ascendant Companies |
Descendent Companies |
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Company |
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Company |
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| Sperry Semiconductor |
Bernard Rothlein and others left Sperry to found
National Semiconductor in 1959 (Danbury, CT). Sperry successfully sued
National. |
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| Molectro |
Bought by National
Semiconductor under the investor group led by Peter Sprague |
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| Fairchild
Semiconductor |
Peter Sprague led an investor
group that bought the financially trouble National and brought in Charlie Sporck
to become CEO in 1967 (Santa Clara). |
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Company Overview
Major Achievements
Chip Identification
National Semiconductor Chips
| Microprocessors |
| CPU's |
Pace, SC/MP, SC/MP II, IMP-16, COP400,
NSC800, 16000,
32000 |
| MCU's |
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| Bit-Slice |
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| Coprocessors |
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Memory Devices |
| RAM |
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| ROM |
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| PROM |
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| EPROM |
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| EEPROM |
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| CCD Memory |
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| Bubble Memory |
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General Use Support Chips |
| Shift Registers |
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| Interfaces |
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| Communications |
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Second Sourced Chips
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Microprocessors |
| CPU's |
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| MCU's |
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| Bit-Slice |
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Memory Devices |
| RAM |
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| ROM |
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| PROM |
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| EPROM |
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| EEPROM |
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| CCD Memory |
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| Bubble Memory |
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General Use Support Chips |
| Shift Registers |
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| Interfaces |
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| Communications |
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