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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)->

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)->

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.

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