{"id":884,"date":"2013-09-19T19:54:41","date_gmt":"2013-09-19T19:54:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.antiquetech.com\/?page_id=884"},"modified":"2013-09-22T00:00:55","modified_gmt":"2013-09-22T00:00:55","slug":"national-semiconductor","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/www.antiquetech.com\/?page_id=884","title":{"rendered":"National Semiconductor"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Company Pedigree<\/h2>\n<table style=\"width: 100%;\" border=\"1\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"5\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\" align=\"center\" width=\"49%\" height=\"19\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial,Arial,Helvetica;\"><b>\u00a0Ascendant Companies<\/b><\/span><\/td>\n<td colspan=\"2\" align=\"center\" width=\"51%\" height=\"19\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial,Arial,Helvetica;\"><b>Descendent Companies<\/b><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\" width=\"16%\" height=\"19\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial,Arial,Helvetica;\"><b>Company<\/b><\/span><\/td>\n<td align=\"center\" width=\"33%\" height=\"19\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial,Arial,Helvetica;\"><b>Comments<\/b><\/span><\/td>\n<td align=\"center\" width=\"17%\" height=\"19\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial,Arial,Helvetica;\"><b>Company<\/b><\/span><\/td>\n<td align=\"center\" width=\"34%\" height=\"19\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial,Arial,Helvetica;\"><b>Comments<\/b><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"left\" valign=\"top\" width=\"16%\" height=\"57\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial,Arial,Helvetica;\">Sperry Semiconductor<\/span><\/td>\n<td align=\"left\" valign=\"top\" width=\"33%\" height=\"57\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial,Arial,Helvetica;\">Bernard Rothlein and others left Sperry to found National Semiconductor in 1959 (Danbury, CT). Sperry successfully sued National.<\/span><\/td>\n<td align=\"left\" valign=\"top\" width=\"17%\" height=\"19\"><\/td>\n<td align=\"left\" valign=\"top\" width=\"34%\" height=\"19\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"left\" valign=\"top\" width=\"16%\" height=\"57\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial,Arial,Helvetica;\">Molectro<\/span><\/td>\n<td align=\"left\" valign=\"top\" width=\"33%\" height=\"57\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial,Arial,Helvetica;\">Bought by National Semiconductor under the investor group led by Peter Sprague<\/span><\/td>\n<td align=\"left\" valign=\"top\" width=\"17%\" height=\"19\"><\/td>\n<td align=\"left\" valign=\"top\" width=\"34%\" height=\"19\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"left\" valign=\"top\" width=\"16%\" height=\"57\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial,Arial,Helvetica;\"><a href=index.php?page_id=839>Fairchild Semiconductor<\/a><\/span><\/td>\n<td align=\"left\" valign=\"top\" width=\"33%\" height=\"57\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial,Arial,Helvetica;\">Peter Sprague led an investor group that bought the financially trouble National and brought in Charlie Sporck to become CEO in 1967 (Santa Clara).<\/span><\/td>\n<td align=\"left\" valign=\"top\" width=\"17%\" height=\"19\"><\/td>\n<td align=\"left\" valign=\"top\" width=\"34%\" height=\"19\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h2>Company Overview<\/h2>\n<blockquote><p>&nbsp;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h2>Major Achievements<\/h2>\n<blockquote><p>&nbsp;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h2>Chip Identification<\/h2>\n<blockquote><p>&nbsp;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h2>National Semiconductor Chips<\/h2>\n<table style=\"width: 100%;\" border=\"1\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"2\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\" width=\"100%\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial,Arial,Helvetica;\">\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial,Arial,Helvetica;\"><b>Microprocessors<\/b><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"22%\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial,Arial,Helvetica;\">CPU&#8217;s<\/span><\/td>\n<td width=\"78%\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial,Arial,Helvetica;\">Pace, SC\/MP, SC\/MP II, IMP-16, COP400, NSC800, 16000, 32000<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"22%\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial,Arial,Helvetica;\">MCU&#8217;s<\/span><\/td>\n<td width=\"78%\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial,Arial,Helvetica;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"22%\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial,Arial,Helvetica;\">Bit-Slice<\/span><\/td>\n<td width=\"78%\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial,Arial,Helvetica;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"22%\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial,Arial,Helvetica;\">Coprocessors<\/span><\/td>\n<td width=\"78%\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial,Arial,Helvetica;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\" width=\"100%\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial,Arial,Helvetica;\">\u00a0 <\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial,Arial,Helvetica;\"><b>Memory Devices<\/b><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"22%\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial,Arial,Helvetica;\">RAM<\/span><\/td>\n<td width=\"78%\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial,Arial,Helvetica;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"22%\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial,Arial,Helvetica;\">ROM<\/span><\/td>\n<td width=\"78%\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial,Arial,Helvetica;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"22%\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial,Arial,Helvetica;\">PROM<\/span><\/td>\n<td width=\"78%\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial,Arial,Helvetica;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"22%\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial,Arial,Helvetica;\">EPROM<\/span><\/td>\n<td width=\"78%\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial,Arial,Helvetica;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"22%\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial,Arial,Helvetica;\">EEPROM<\/span><\/td>\n<td width=\"78%\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial,Arial,Helvetica;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"22%\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial,Arial,Helvetica;\">CCD Memory<\/span><\/td>\n<td width=\"78%\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial,Arial,Helvetica;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"22%\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial,Arial,Helvetica;\">Bubble Memory<\/span><\/td>\n<td width=\"78%\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial,Arial,Helvetica;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\" width=\"100%\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial,Arial,Helvetica;\">\u00a0 <\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial,Arial,Helvetica;\"><b>General Use Support Chips<\/b><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"22%\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial,Arial,Helvetica;\">Shift Registers<\/span><\/td>\n<td width=\"78%\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial,Arial,Helvetica;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"22%\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial,Arial,Helvetica;\">Interfaces<\/span><\/td>\n<td width=\"78%\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial,Arial,Helvetica;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"22%\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial,Arial,Helvetica;\">Communications<\/span><\/td>\n<td width=\"78%\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial,Arial,Helvetica;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h2>Second Sourced Chips<\/h2>\n<table style=\"width: 100%;\" border=\"1\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"2\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\" width=\"100%\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial,Arial,Helvetica;\">\u00a0 <\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial,Arial,Helvetica;\"><b>Microprocessors<\/b><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"22%\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial,Arial,Helvetica;\">CPU&#8217;s<\/span><\/td>\n<td width=\"78%\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial,Arial,Helvetica;\">Intel 4004<br \/>\n<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"22%\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial,Arial,Helvetica;\">MCU&#8217;s<\/span><\/td>\n<td width=\"78%\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial,Arial,Helvetica;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"22%\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial,Arial,Helvetica;\">Bit-Slice<\/span><\/td>\n<td width=\"78%\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial,Arial,Helvetica;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\" width=\"100%\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial,Arial,Helvetica;\">\u00a0 <\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial,Arial,Helvetica;\"><b>Memory Devices<\/b><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"22%\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial,Arial,Helvetica;\">RAM<\/span><\/td>\n<td width=\"78%\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial,Arial,Helvetica;\">\u00a0Intel 4002<br \/>\n<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"22%\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial,Arial,Helvetica;\">ROM<\/span><\/td>\n<td width=\"78%\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial,Arial,Helvetica;\">\u00a0Intel 4001<br \/>\n<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"22%\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial,Arial,Helvetica;\">PROM<\/span><\/td>\n<td width=\"78%\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial,Arial,Helvetica;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"22%\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial,Arial,Helvetica;\">EPROM<\/span><\/td>\n<td width=\"78%\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial,Arial,Helvetica;\">\u00a0Intel 1702<br \/>\n<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"22%\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial,Arial,Helvetica;\">EEPROM<\/span><\/td>\n<td width=\"78%\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial,Arial,Helvetica;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"22%\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial,Arial,Helvetica;\">CCD Memory<\/span><\/td>\n<td width=\"78%\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial,Arial,Helvetica;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"22%\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial,Arial,Helvetica;\">Bubble Memory<\/span><\/td>\n<td width=\"78%\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial,Arial,Helvetica;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\" width=\"100%\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial,Arial,Helvetica;\">\u00a0 <\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial,Arial,Helvetica;\"><b>General Use Support Chips<\/b><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"22%\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial,Arial,Helvetica;\">Shift Registers<\/span><\/td>\n<td width=\"78%\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial,Arial,Helvetica;\">\u00a0Intel 4003<br \/>\n<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"22%\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial,Arial,Helvetica;\">Interfaces<\/span><\/td>\n<td width=\"78%\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial,Arial,Helvetica;\">\u00a0Intel 4008, 4009<br \/>\n<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"22%\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial,Arial,Helvetica;\">Communications<\/span><\/td>\n<td width=\"78%\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial,Arial,Helvetica;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Company Pedigree \u00a0Ascendant 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 &hellip; <\/p>\n<p><a class=\"more-link block-button\" href=\"http:\/\/www.antiquetech.com\/?page_id=884\">Continue reading &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":949,"menu_order":14,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-884","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","nodate"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.antiquetech.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/884","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.antiquetech.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.antiquetech.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.antiquetech.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.antiquetech.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=884"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.antiquetech.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/884\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1032,"href":"http:\/\/www.antiquetech.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/884\/revisions\/1032"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.antiquetech.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/949"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.antiquetech.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=884"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}