Numonyx
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Numonyx was a semiconductor company specializing in non-volatile memory solutions, formed as a joint venture by Intel, STMicroelectronics, and Francisco Partners before being acquired by Micron Technology.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Numonyx canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9614345 — 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.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Numonyx Context triple: [Micron Technology, acquired, Numonyx]
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Byzacium
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Carbentus
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Ormenium
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Reaumuria
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Grumentum
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- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Numonyx Target entity description: Numonyx was a semiconductor company specializing in non-volatile memory solutions, formed as a joint venture by Intel, STMicroelectronics, and Francisco Partners before being acquired by Micron Technology.
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A.
Byzacium
Byzacium is the Latin name for Byzacena, a fertile and strategically important Roman province in North Africa corresponding roughly to central and eastern modern Tunisia.
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B.
Carbentus
Carbentus is a Dutch surname historically borne by Anna Cornelia Carbentus, the mother of painter Vincent van Gogh.
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C.
Ormenium
Ormenium was an ancient town in the region of Magnesia in Thessaly, Greece, known from classical sources such as Homer’s Iliad.
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D.
Reaumuria
Reaumuria is a genus of small, salt-tolerant shrubs native to arid and semi-arid regions of Eurasia and North Africa.
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E.
Grumentum
Grumentum was an important ancient city of Lucania in southern Italy, known for its strategic location and Roman-era remains.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
joint venture
ⓘ
semiconductor company ⓘ |
| acquiredBy | Micron Technology NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| acquisitionDate | 2010 ⓘ |
| acquisitionValue | approximately 1.27 billion US dollars ⓘ |
| businessModel | design and sale of non-volatile memory products ⓘ |
| country | Switzerland ⓘ |
| customerType | original equipment manufacturers ⓘ |
| focus |
consumer and computing memory solutions
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embedded non-volatile memory solutions ⓘ wireless handset memory solutions ⓘ |
| formationDate | 2008 ⓘ |
| foundedBy |
Francisco Partners
NERFINISHED
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Intel NERFINISHED ⓘ STMicroelectronics NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation | Rolle, Switzerland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| industry | semiconductors ⓘ |
| keyTechnology |
NAND flash technology
ⓘ
NOR flash technology ⓘ phase-change memory technology ⓘ |
| majorShareholder |
Francisco Partners
NERFINISHED
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Intel NERFINISHED ⓘ STMicroelectronics NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| marketRegion | global ⓘ |
| parentCompany |
Francisco Partners
NERFINISHED
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Intel NERFINISHED ⓘ STMicroelectronics NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productType |
computing memory solutions
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consumer electronics memory solutions ⓘ embedded memory ⓘ flash memory ⓘ wireless memory solutions ⓘ |
| reasonForFormation | to combine non-volatile memory businesses of Intel and STMicroelectronics ⓘ |
| servedIndustry |
computing
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consumer electronics ⓘ embedded systems ⓘ mobile communications ⓘ |
| specialization |
NAND flash memory
ⓘ
NOR flash memory ⓘ non-volatile memory ⓘ phase-change memory ⓘ |
| status | defunct ⓘ |
| successor | Micron Technology NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| technologyNode | advanced process technologies for flash memory ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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.
Input
Subject: Numonyx Description of subject: Numonyx was a semiconductor company specializing in non-volatile memory solutions, formed as a joint venture by Intel, STMicroelectronics, and Francisco Partners before being acquired by Micron Technology.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.