National Semiconductor
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National Semiconductor was a major American semiconductor company known for its analog and mixed-signal integrated circuits, later acquired by Texas Instruments.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| National Semiconductor canonical | 14 |
| National Semiconductor UK | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T638474 — 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: National Semiconductor Context triple: [Fairchild Semiconductor, hasSpinOff, National Semiconductor]
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A.
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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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.
Freescale Semiconductor
Freescale Semiconductor was an American semiconductor manufacturer, formerly part of Motorola, known for producing embedded processors and microcontrollers for automotive, industrial, and consumer applications.
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D.
Altera
Altera is a semiconductor company best known for its programmable logic devices (FPGAs) and related design tools, now operating as a subsidiary of Intel.
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E.
Sony Semiconductor Solutions
Sony Semiconductor Solutions is a Sony Group company that designs and manufactures semiconductor products, best known as a leading global producer of image sensors used in smartphones, cameras, and other electronic devices.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: National Semiconductor Target entity description: 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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A.
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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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.
Freescale Semiconductor
Freescale Semiconductor was an American semiconductor manufacturer, formerly part of Motorola, known for producing embedded processors and microcontrollers for automotive, industrial, and consumer applications.
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D.
Altera
Altera is a semiconductor company best known for its programmable logic devices (FPGAs) and related design tools, now operating as a subsidiary of Intel.
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E.
Sony Semiconductor Solutions
Sony Semiconductor Solutions is a Sony Group company that designs and manufactures semiconductor products, best known as a leading global producer of image sensors used in smartphones, cameras, and other electronic devices.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
defunct company
ⓘ
semiconductor company ⓘ |
| acquiredBy | Texas Instruments ⓘ |
| acquisitionAnnouncedOn | 2011-04-04 ⓘ |
| acquisitionCompletedOn | 2011-09-23 ⓘ |
| acquisitionValueUSD | 6500000000 ⓘ |
| ceasedToExistAsIndependentCompany | 2011 ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| foundedBy |
Bernard J. Rothlein
ⓘ
Charles E. Sporck ⓘ other co-founders ⓘ |
| foundedInYear | 1959 ⓘ |
| hadEmployeeCountApprox | 10000 ⓘ |
| hadMajorCompetitor |
Analog Devices
ⓘ
Analog Devices ⓘ
surface form:
Linear Technology
Maxim Integrated ⓘ |
| hadManufacturingFacilityIn |
Malaysia
ⓘ
Scotland ⓘ Singapore ⓘ Texas ⓘ |
| hadSubsidiaryOrOperation |
National Semiconductor
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
National Semiconductor UK
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| headquartersLocation |
Santa Clara, California, United States
ⓘ
surface form:
Santa Clara, California
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| headquartersRegion | Silicon Valley ⓘ |
| industry | semiconductor industry ⓘ |
| knownFor |
display and LED driver solutions
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high-performance data converters ⓘ power-efficient analog ICs ⓘ |
| logoText | National Semiconductor self-link ⓘ |
| parentCompanyAfterAcquisition | Texas Instruments ⓘ |
| product |
555 timer IC
ⓘ
surface form:
LM555 timer (compatible / second-source versions)
µA741 ⓘ
surface form:
LM741 operational amplifier
|
| productFamily |
LM-series analog ICs
ⓘ
PowerWise energy-efficient products ⓘ Simple Switcher regulators ⓘ |
| servedMarket |
automotive electronics
ⓘ
communications equipment ⓘ computing ⓘ consumer electronics ⓘ industrial electronics ⓘ |
| specializedIn |
amplifiers
ⓘ
analog integrated circuits ⓘ data converters ⓘ display drivers ⓘ interface ICs ⓘ mixed-signal integrated circuits ⓘ power management ICs ⓘ |
| stockExchange | New York Stock Exchange ⓘ |
| tickerSymbol | NSM ⓘ |
| wentPublicInDecade | 1960s ⓘ |
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: National Semiconductor Description of subject: National Semiconductor was a major American semiconductor company known for its analog and mixed-signal integrated circuits, later acquired by Texas Instruments.
Referenced by (15)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.