Signetics
Sign in to saveSignetics Corporation was an American electronics manufacturer specifically established in Silicon Valley to make integrated circuits. Founded in 1961, they went on to develop a number of early microprocessors and support chips, as well as the widely used 555 timer chip. The company was bought by Philips in 1975 and incorporated in Philips Semiconductors (now NXP).
Key facts
- Company.name
- Signetics Corporation
- Company.logo
- Signetics logo.svg
- Company.logo_caption
- Logo used from 1971 to 1981
- Company.foundation
- 1961
- Company.founder
- David Allison, David James, Lionel Kattner, and Mark Weissenstern
- Company.fate
- Acquired by Philips
- Company.location_city
- Sunnyvale, California
- Company.location_country
- USA
- Company.industry
- Integrated circuits
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Wikidata facts
- Official website
- www.signetics.com
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- inception
- 1961-01-01
- Commons category
- Signetics
- dissolved, abolished or demolished date
- 1975-00-00
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Signetics Corporation was an American electronics manufacturer specifically established in Silicon Valley to make integrated circuits. Founded in 1961, they went on to develop a number of early microprocessors and support chips, as well as the widely used 555 timer chip. The company was bought by Philips in 1975 and incorporated in Philips Semiconductors (now NXP).
==History==