{"id":910,"date":"2013-09-19T20:54:37","date_gmt":"2013-09-19T20:54:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.antiquetech.com\/?page_id=910"},"modified":"2013-09-22T00:36:42","modified_gmt":"2013-09-22T00:36:42","slug":"signetics-semiconductor","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/www.antiquetech.com\/?page_id=910","title":{"rendered":"Signetics 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 rowspan=\"3\" align=\"left\" valign=\"top\" width=\"16%\" height=\"228\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial,Arial,Helvetica;\"><a href=index.php?page_id=839>Fairchild Semiconductor<\/a><\/span><\/td>\n<td rowspan=\"3\" align=\"left\" valign=\"top\" width=\"33%\" height=\"228\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial,Arial,Helvetica;\">Founded in by four of original 8 founders of Fairchild in 1961.<\/span><\/td>\n<td align=\"left\" valign=\"top\" width=\"17%\" height=\"19\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial,Arial,Helvetica;\"><a href=index.php?page_id=888>Philips Semiconductor<\/a><\/span><\/td>\n<td align=\"left\" valign=\"top\" width=\"34%\" height=\"19\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial,Arial,Helvetica;\">Purchased in 1975. Philips used the Signetics brand name until 1992.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"left\" valign=\"top\" width=\"17%\" height=\"19\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial,Arial,Helvetica;\">Cirrus Logic<\/span><\/td>\n<td align=\"left\" valign=\"top\" width=\"34%\" height=\"19\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial,Arial,Helvetica;\">Mike Hackworth, co-founded with Suhas Patil of MIT in 1984.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"left\" valign=\"top\" width=\"17%\" height=\"19\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial,Arial,Helvetica;\"><a href=index.php?page_id=865>Intersil<\/a><\/span><\/td>\n<td align=\"left\" valign=\"top\" width=\"34%\" height=\"19\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial,Arial,Helvetica;\">Jim Riley left Signetics to become the president of Intersil<\/span><\/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>Developed Diode Transistor Logic (DTL) IC&#8217;s<\/p>\n<p>World&#8217;s largest production volume IC, Signetics 555 Timer, 1972<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h2>Chip Identification<\/h2>\n<blockquote><p>&nbsp;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h2>Signetics Chips<\/h2>\n<table style=\"width: 75%; height: 532px;\" border=\"1\" cellspacing=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\" width=\"100%\" height=\"57\"><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%\" height=\"1\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial,Arial,Helvetica;\">CPU&#8217;s<\/span><\/td>\n<td width=\"78%\" height=\"1\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial,Arial,Helvetica;\">2650, 8X300, SCC84C<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"22%\" height=\"19\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial,Arial,Helvetica;\">MCU&#8217;s<\/span><\/td>\n<td width=\"78%\" height=\"19\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"22%\" height=\"19\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial,Arial,Helvetica;\">Bit-Slice<\/span><\/td>\n<td width=\"78%\" height=\"19\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\" width=\"100%\" height=\"57\"><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%\" height=\"95\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial,Arial,Helvetica;\">RAM<\/span><\/td>\n<td width=\"78%\" height=\"95\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"22%\" height=\"19\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial,Arial,Helvetica;\">ROM<\/span><\/td>\n<td width=\"78%\" height=\"19\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"22%\" height=\"19\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial,Arial,Helvetica;\">PROM<\/span><\/td>\n<td width=\"78%\" height=\"19\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"22%\" height=\"19\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial,Arial,Helvetica;\">EPROM<\/span><\/td>\n<td width=\"78%\" height=\"19\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"22%\" height=\"19\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial,Arial,Helvetica;\">EEPROM<\/span><\/td>\n<td width=\"78%\" height=\"19\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"22%\" height=\"19\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial,Arial,Helvetica;\">CCD Memory<\/span><\/td>\n<td width=\"78%\" height=\"19\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"22%\" height=\"19\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial,Arial,Helvetica;\">Bubble Memory<\/span><\/td>\n<td width=\"78%\" height=\"19\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\" width=\"100%\" height=\"57\"><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%\" height=\"19\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial,Arial,Helvetica;\">Shift Registers<\/span><\/td>\n<td width=\"78%\" height=\"19\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"22%\" height=\"19\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial,Arial,Helvetica;\">Interfaces<\/span><\/td>\n<td width=\"78%\" height=\"19\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"22%\" height=\"19\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial,Arial,Helvetica;\">Communications<\/span><\/td>\n<td width=\"78%\" height=\"19\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h2>Second Sourced Chips<\/h2>\n<table style=\"width: 75%;\" border=\"1\" cellspacing=\"0\">\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;\">\u00a0<\/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;\">\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","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Company Pedigree \u00a0Ascendant Companies Descendent Companies Company Comments Company Comments Fairchild Semiconductor Founded in by four of original 8 founders of Fairchild in 1961. Philips Semiconductor Purchased in 1975. Philips used the Signetics brand name until 1992. Cirrus Logic Mike Hackworth, co-founded with Suhas Patil of MIT in 1984. 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