Fairchild Semiconductor was also home of the first silicon gate IC technology with self-aligned gates, which stands as the basis of all modern CMOS computer chips.

Category: Semiconductor technology

During 1955-85, solid state technology research and development at Stanford University followed three waves of industrial innovation made possible by support from private corporations, mainly Bell Telephone Laboratories, Shockley Semiconductor, Fairchild Semiconductor, and Xerox PARC.

After the acquisition of National Semiconductor in 2011, the company has a combined portfolio of nearly 45, 000 analog products and customer design tools, making it the world's largest maker of analog technology components.

Other technology companies include Electro Scientific Industries, Lattice Semiconductor, FEI Company, Merix, TriQuint Semiconductor, Tektronix, SolarWorld, Planar Systems, and EPSON.

A3D ( Aureal 3-Dimensional ) was a technology developed by Aureal Semiconductor for use in their Vortex line of PC sound chips to deliver three-dimensional sound through headphones, two or even four speakers.

Halla reinforced Amelio's emphasis on the expertise of National Semiconductor in analogue technology.

Among the acquisitions were Cirrus Logic Inc's PicoPower business, for its specialised expertise in small form factor devices ; Mediamatics Inc, which makes multimedia connectivity products ; Future Integrated Systems Inc, a PC graphics company ; Gulbransen Inc, a digital audio technology maker ; ComCore Semiconductor Inc, a maker of digital signal processing for LANs ; Cyrix, the maker of Intel x86 clones.

The 4000 series is a family of industry standard integrated circuits ( IC ) which implement a variety of logic functions using Complementary Metal – Oxide – Semiconductor ( CMOS ) technology, and are still in use today.

At that point, the founders of most venture capital firms came from financial backgrounds, however Kleiner Perkins's founders distinguished themselves through their technology industry experience ; Kleiner was a founder of Fairchild Semiconductor and Perkins was one of the leaders of Hewlett-Packard's early computer hardware division.

* June – Crocus Technology and Tower Semiconductor announce deal port Crocus ' MRAM process technology to Tower's manufacturing environment

In 1955, Beckman established the Shockley Semiconductor Laboratory to fund William Shockley's research into semiconductor technology.

In 1968 he moved to Palo Alto and worked at Fairchild Semiconductor, where he created the MOS Silicon Gate technology with self-aligned gate, the basis of all modern CMOS computer chips.

* The silicon-gate MOS technology, created at the Palo Alto, CA, R & D Laboratories of Fairchild Semiconductor in 1968, was the world ’ s first practical method to manufacture MOS ( metal – oxide – semiconductor ) integrated circuits with self-aligned gates.

* Open Source Semiconductor Core Licensing, 25 Harvard Journal of Law & Technology 131 ( 2011 ) Article analyzing the law, technology and business of open source semiconductor cores

SunGard was the largest buyout of a technology company until the Blackstone-led buyout of Freescale Semiconductor.

In 1998 Mitel acquired GEC-Plessey Semiconductor in the UK from the General Electric Company plc for US $ 225 million in cash, through which it gained significant wireless technology and communications ASIC and systems integration expertise, including a leading position in RF ( Radio Frequency ) technology.

* Open Source Semiconductor Core Licensing, 25 Harvard Journal of Law & Technology 131 ( 2011 ) Article analyzing the law, technology and business of open source semiconductor cores

Later devices were manufactured by Lattice Semiconductor and Advanced Micro Devices using CMOS technology.

Lattice Semiconductor introduced the generic array logic ( GAL ) family in 1985, with functional equivalents of the " V " series PALs that used reprogrammable logic planes based on EEPROM ( electrically eraseable programmable read-only memory ) technology.

The university opened its newest facility in Fall 2010, the Hemlock Semiconductor Building, offering the university's first degree in chemical engineering technology, a two-year associate degree program.

As of today there is no ETF with exactly the same components and weightings of the SOX index, but for investing there is a pseudo-ETF Semiconductor HOLDRs () and an ETF iShares S & P North American Technology-Semiconductors Index Fund ().

The Fairchild Channel F is a game console released by Fairchild Semiconductor in August 1976 at the retail price of $ 169. 95.

Semiconductor diodes begin conducting electricity only if a certain threshold voltage or cut-in voltage is present in the forward direction ( a state in which the diode is said to be forward-biased ).

The Motorola 68000 is a 16 / 32-bit CISC microprocessor core designed and marketed by Freescale Semiconductor ( formerly Motorola Semiconductor Products Sector ).

Motorola ceased production of the HMOS MC68000 and MC68008 in 1996, but its spin-off company, Freescale Semiconductor, is still producing the MC68HC000, MC68HC001, MC68EC000, and MC68SEC000, as well as the MC68302 and MC68306 microcontrollers and later versions of the DragonBall family.

Sony is among the Worldwide Top 20 Semiconductor Sales Leaders and third-largest television manufacturer in the world, after Samsung Electronics and LG Electronics.

Semiconductor device fabrication is the process used to create the integrated circuits that are present in everyday electrical and electronic devices.

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company ( TSMC ) and United Microelectronics Corporation ( UMC ) are the two largest contract chipmakers in the world, while MediaTek is the fourth-largest fabless supplier globally.

The current version ( since 1995 ) by National Semiconductor is called the 16550D.

* Semiconductor intellectual property core, is a unit of design in ASIC / FPGA electronics and IC manufacturing

In the U. S. this sui generis law is known as the Semiconductor Chip Protection Act of 1984.

Texas Instruments is among the Top 20 Semiconductor producing companies in the world.

TI is made up of two main divisions: Semiconductors ( SC ) and Educational Technology ( ET ) of which Semiconductor products account for approximately 96 % of TI's revenue.

Apple was the dominant purchaser of PowerPC chips from IBM and Freescale Semiconductor and even though they abandoned the platform, further development of AltiVec is continued in several Power Architecture designs from Freescale and IBM.

AltiVec is a floating point and integer SIMD instruction set designed and owned by Apple, IBM and Freescale Semiconductor, formerly the Semiconductor Products Sector of Motorola, ( the AIM alliance ), and implemented on versions of the PowerPC including Motorola's G4, IBM's G5 and POWER6 processors, and P. A.

Acorn is sometimes referred to as the " British Apple " and has been compared to Fairchild Semiconductor for being a catalyst for start-ups.

Fujitsu Semicondutor Europe GmbH ( FSEU ) is a wholly owned subsidiary of Fujitsu Semiconductor Limited, formally known as Fujitsu Microelectronics Europe GmbH.

The Motorola DSP56000 ( aka 56K ) is a family of digital signal processor ( DSP ) chips produced by Motorola Semiconductor ( now known as Freescale Semiconductor ) starting in the 1980s and is still being produced in more advanced models in the 2000s.

The county is the economic and industrial center of the state, having the resources of the Port of Portland, the Maine Mall, and having corporate headquarters of major companies such as Fairchild Semiconductor, IDEXX Laboratories, Unum, and TD Bank.

** Commodore Semiconductor Group, also known as MOS Technology, Inc., famous for its various designs for Commodore Internationals range of home computers

There were also unofficial ports to Intel 386 PC compatibles ( in 32-bit protected mode ), National Semiconductor NS32532, ARM and INMOS transputer processors.

MOS Technology, Inc., also known as CSG ( Commodore Semiconductor Group ), was a semiconductor design and fabrication company based in Norristown, Pennsylvania, in the United States.

National Semiconductor also produced related support chips like Floating Point Units ( FPUs ), Memory Management Units ( MMUs ), and Direct Memory Access ( DMA ) controllers.

Sprague also relied on further financial backing from a pair of west coast investment firms and a New York underwriter to take control as the Chairman of National Semiconductor.

The acquisition also brought to National Semiconductor two experts in linear semiconductor technologies, Dave Talbert and Robert Widlar, who were also formerly employed at Fairchild.

The acquisition of Cyrix also carried with it a business obligation as well as technical constraints to use IBM microelectronics division to fabricate the Cyrix chips, while National Semiconductor had plans to transfer their fabrication to its South Portland fab.

In 1999, National Semiconductor also put out feelers that it would sell, if not the whole then a majority stake of, its fabrication plant in South Portland, Maine.

The application note for the LM6001 chip at the National Semiconductor web site also has a very simple demonstration circuit.

In August 1997, while the litigation was still in progress, Cyrix merged with National Semiconductor ( who also already held an Intel cross-license ).

* National Semiconductor ( also known as " Natsemi "), an American integrated circuit design and manufacturing company

Thompson would also be President, Chief Executive Officer and a member of the board of directors of Fairchild Semiconductor International.

In 1998, VIA acquired most of Cyrix, then a division of National Semiconductor, and also Integrated Device Technology's Centaur, marking its entry into the x86 microprocessor market.

Instrumentation amplifiers can be built with individual op-amps and precision resistors, but are also available in integrated circuit form from several manufacturers ( including Texas Instruments, National Semiconductor, Analog Devices, Linear Technology and Maxim Integrated Products ).

** Rockwell Semiconductor, a semiconductor company that also descended from Rockwell International, now known as Conexant

Several commercial organizations have developed derivatives of the OpenRISC 1000 architecture, including the ORC32-1208 from ORSoC ( who also maintain the opencores. org website ) and the BA12, BA14 and BA22 from Beyond Semiconductor.

Thurow is on the board of directors of Analog Devices, Grupo Casa Autrey, E-Trade, and Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Corp .. Thurow was also one of the original founders of the Economic Policy Institute in 1986.

Mitel also developed and patented an Isolated Oxide Silicon Gate ( ISO ) CMOS ( Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor ) manufacturing process that was unequalled in producing ICs that combined high-speed transmission with low-power consumption.

Mitel Semiconductor AB was also expected to develop its own line of integrated circuits for the medical, industrial, and space markets.

Semiconductor quantum dots have also been employed for in vitro imaging of pre-labeled cells.

Semiconductor manufacturers also use chunks of carnauba wax to break in new epoxy molds or to release the plunger when it sticks.

Semiconductor memory also has much faster access times than other types of data storage ; a byte of data can be written to or read from semiconductor memory within a few nanoseconds.