Microchip Technology
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Microchip Technology is a leading American semiconductor company known for its microcontrollers, mixed-signal, analog, and Flash-IP integrated circuits used in a wide range of embedded control applications.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Microchip Technology canonical | 7 |
| Microchip Technology (Microsemi) | 2 |
| NASDAQ:MCHP | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1486754 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
Target entity: Microchip Technology Context triple: [Chandler, hasMajorEmployer, Microchip Technology]
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National Semiconductor
National Semiconductor was a major American semiconductor company known for its analog and mixed-signal integrated circuits, later acquired by Texas Instruments.
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ON Semiconductor
ON Semiconductor is a leading global supplier of power and analog semiconductor solutions used in automotive, industrial, and other high-performance electronic applications.
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Fairchild Semiconductor
Fairchild Semiconductor was a pioneering American semiconductor company that played a central role in the development of Silicon Valley and the modern integrated circuit industry.
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D.
Xicor
Xicor was a semiconductor company best known for designing and manufacturing non-volatile memory and analog integrated circuits.
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E.
Maxim Integrated
Maxim Integrated is an American company specializing in the design and manufacture of analog and mixed-signal integrated circuits for a wide range of electronic applications.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Microchip Technology Target entity description: Microchip Technology is a leading American semiconductor company known for its microcontrollers, mixed-signal, analog, and Flash-IP integrated circuits used in a wide range of embedded control applications.
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A.
National Semiconductor
National Semiconductor was a major American semiconductor company known for its analog and mixed-signal integrated circuits, later acquired by Texas Instruments.
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B.
ON Semiconductor
ON Semiconductor is a leading global supplier of power and analog semiconductor solutions used in automotive, industrial, and other high-performance electronic applications.
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C.
Fairchild Semiconductor
Fairchild Semiconductor was a pioneering American semiconductor company that played a central role in the development of Silicon Valley and the modern integrated circuit industry.
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D.
Xicor
Xicor was a semiconductor company best known for designing and manufacturing non-volatile memory and analog integrated circuits.
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E.
Maxim Integrated
Maxim Integrated is an American company specializing in the design and manufacture of analog and mixed-signal integrated circuits for a wide range of electronic applications.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fabless semiconductor company
ⓘ
public company ⓘ semiconductor company ⓘ |
| acquired |
Atmel
ⓘ
Microsemi ⓘ |
| acquisitionOfAtmelCompleted | 2016 ⓘ |
| acquisitionOfMicrosemiCompleted | 2018 ⓘ |
| CEO | Ganesh Moorthy ⓘ |
| chairperson | Steve Sanghi ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
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| foundedBy |
Ghanem El Chaar
ⓘ
John P. Carter ⓘ Steve Sanghi ⓘ |
| hasISIN | US5950171042 ⓘ |
| hasSubsidiary |
Atmel
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Microsemi ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation |
Chandler, Arizona, United States
ⓘ
surface form:
Chandler, Arizona
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| inception | 1989 ⓘ |
| industry |
analog integrated circuits
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embedded systems ⓘ microcontrollers ⓘ mixed-signal integrated circuits ⓘ semiconductors ⓘ |
| legalForm | corporation ⓘ |
| locatedInTimeZone | America/Phoenix ⓘ |
| product |
PIC microcontrollers
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SAM microcontrollers ⓘ analog power management ICs ⓘ dsPIC digital signal controllers ⓘ interface and connectivity ICs ⓘ memory products ⓘ security ICs ⓘ wireless connectivity solutions ⓘ |
| servesIndustry |
aerospace and defense
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automotive ⓘ communications ⓘ consumer electronics ⓘ data centers ⓘ industrial ⓘ |
| specializesIn |
16-bit microcontrollers
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32-bit microcontrollers ⓘ 8-bit microcontrollers ⓘ Flash-IP solutions ⓘ analog ICs ⓘ embedded control solutions ⓘ microprocessors ⓘ mixed-signal ICs ⓘ |
| stockExchange | NASDAQ ⓘ |
| tickerSymbol | MCHP ⓘ |
| tradedAs |
Microchip Technology
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
NASDAQ:MCHP
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| website | https://www.microchip.com ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Subject: Microchip Technology Description of subject: Microchip Technology is a leading American semiconductor company known for its microcontrollers, mixed-signal, analog, and Flash-IP integrated circuits used in a wide range of embedded control applications.
Referenced by (10)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.