- T&T – semiconductor business was part of Lucent Technologies spinoff in 1996. Lucent spun off semiconductor businesss as Agere Systems in 2002. Agere merged with LSI Corp. in 2007. LSI was bought by Avago Technologies in 2014.
- General Electric – sold its semiconductor business to Harris in 1988. Harris Semiconductor was spun off as Intersil in 1999.
- IBM – divesting its semiconductor business to GlobalFoundries.
- IT&T Corp. – divested semiconductor business over the years. Most of the remains of IT&T Semiconductor are now part of Vishay and Micronas.
- L.M. Ericsson – sold most of its semiconductor business to Infineon in 2002. Ericsson exited the modem IC business in September 2014 (previously part of joint venture with STMicroelectronics).
- Microwaves Associates – now M/A-Com, still makes microwave semiconductor devices.
- Minneapolis Honeywell – now Honeywell, still makes semiconductor sensors.
- N.V. Philips – spun off semiconductor business as NXP Semiconductors in 2006. NXP is still a top 20 semiconductor company.
- National Cash Register Company – now NCR. Remains of semiconductor business now part of NetApp.
- Raytheon Manufacturing – sold semiconductor business to Fairchild Semiconductor in 1997.
- Siemens and Halske – now Siemens. Spun off its semiconductor business as Infineon Technologies in 1999. Infineon spun off its memory business in 2006 as Qimonda (now out of business).Infineon remains a top 20 semiconductor company.
- Sprague Electric Company – sold semiconductor business to Sanken Electric in 1990.
- Texas Instruments – divested most non-semiconductor businesses in the 1990s. Remains a top 10 semiconductor company.
Saturday, November 1, 2014
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