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Mergers, Aquisitions, Spin-Offs and Bankruptcies
Updated 02-22-2005 with QED, PMC-Sierra, and MIPS, SGI
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C-Cube(sold 2001)-> |
LSI Logic |
CHIPS(sold)-> |
Intel |
Cyrix(sold 1997)-> |
National Semiconductor (sold 1999)->VIA |
Dallas(sold 2002)-> |
Maxim |
DEC(sold)-> |
Compaq->Merged with HP |
Fairchild Semi (sold 1986) |
National Semi. (spun-off)-> Fairchild Semi. |
Fairchild Clipper CPU Division (sold
)-> |
Intergraph |
Ferranti Semiconductors -> Plessey -> GEC Plessey | Parts sold (from 1998) to many others (Mitel, Dynex, Zarlink, Zetex etc) |
GI (sold)-> |
AMT(renamed)->Microchip |
GTE merged w/ Bell Atlantic-> |
Verizon(chip division sold)-> CMD (California Micro Devices) |
RCA (sold)-> |
General Electric -> Harris (spun-off)-> Intersil. |
Centaur-> |
IDT (sold 1999)->VIA |
HP(spin off of semiconductors 1999)-> |
Agilent |
IIT-> |
Renamed to 8x8 |
Inmos(sold)-> |
ST |
Intersil (sold)-> |
General Electric (sold GE Solid State)-> Harris (spun-off)-> Intersil. |
MIPS (sold to)-> |
SGI (1994) |
MMI(sold to) -> |
AMD->Vantis->Lattice |
MOS Technologies (sold)-> |
Commodore |
Mostek(sold 1980)-> |
United Technologies(sold 1981)->SGS |
National Semi (Geode sale 2003)-> |
AMD |
Nexgen(sold 1995)-> |
AMD |
NCR(sold)-> |
Symbios->LSILogic |
Rockwell(spun off 1998)-> |
Conexant |
QED (sold to)-> |
PMC-Sierra (2000) |
SGS(Italy)-> |
ST |
Siemens (actives division, spun off)
-> |
Infineon (1999) |
Signetics (sold)-> |
Valvo (sold)-> Philips. |
Thomsan-> |
Merged with SGS->ST |
Temic(sold)-> |
Vishay(sold)-> Atmel |
VLSI(sold 1999)-> |
Phillips |
Weitek(Bankrupt)-> |
Rockwell->Connexant |
Zilog(sold)-> |
Exxon(sold 1989)->Zilog |
If you know of any more mergers etc. Please e-mail me and I will add them.