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Beware that a company may be listed under it's abbreviation ('IBM') but also under it's full name ('International Business Machines') so when you want to make sure, check both places.
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For foundries see also the foundry and chip making pages.

(Since 1989)

S3

www.s3.com/

General

Video chips

S3 Incorporated pioneered graphics acceleration with the world's first single-chip graphics accelerator, significantly improving the performance of the personal computer (PC).

Since then, S3 has delivered several generations of firsts -- from the first 32-bit and 64-bit graphics accelerator families to the first integrated 2D and 3D graphics and video accelerator to the first 128-bit, full-featured multimedia accelerator specifically designed for today's 3D and DVD-based applications.

Sac-Tec

Sac-Tec Labs, Inc.
23625 Madison Street
Torrance, CA 90505
USA
tel: +1-310-3755295
fax: +1-310-3759647
sales@sactec.com

www.sactec.com/

Obsolete components and solutions. Custom designed and manufactured components. IC Testing.

Sac-Tec specializes in microelectronic packaging, design and manufacturing of multi chip modules (MCM), hybrids and surface mount modules. We manufacture primarily high reliability components that undergo complete testing and screening to military or space specifications. SAC-TEC has far-reaching experience in acquiring hard-to-find obsolete die and components as well as in the re-engineering of components.

Saifun

Saifun Semiconductors Ltd.
45 Hamelacha St., Elrod Building
Netanya, 42505
Israel
tel: +972-9-892-8444
fax: +972-9-892-8445
saifun@saifun.com
saifun_usa@saifun.com

www.saifun.com/

General

Designs, manufactures and markets a diversified range of non volatile memory (NVM) solutions, based on proprietary, patented Saifun NROM technology, for high volume applications. Saifun's product families include serial flash (SA25F) and serial EEPROM IIC (SA24C) and SPI (SA25C). Saifun also offers its technology for embedded applications through its manufacturing partners Macronix and Tower Semiconductor Ltd. Other technology licensees including AMD, Fujitsu Limited and Infineon Technologies Flash, a joint venture established with Infineon Technologies.

The headquarter is in Israel, but sales and marketing are headquartered in Santa Clara, California.

SAMES

(Owned by the South African government and AMS, the Austrian one.)

South African Micro-Electronic Systems
(No address data on their WWW site, 199812)
info@sames.co.za

www.sames.co.za/

General

They make chips for energy measurement, telephony and telecommunications.

Samsung

(Samsung's complete discrete and power assortment was taken over by Fairchild around 199812).

Samsung Electronics
8/10FL. Samsung Main Bldg.
250, 2-KA, Taepyung-Ro
Box 8233
Chung-Ku, Seoul
Korea
tel: +82-2-751-2114
fax: +82-2-753-0957

Samsung Semiconductor Inc.
3725 North First Street
San Jose, CA 95134
USA
tel: +1-408-954-7000
fax: +1-408-954-7873

www.samsungsemi.com/	semiconductors
www.samsung.com/sec/	products
www.korea.samsungsemi.com/	Samsung Korea and International
www.usa.samsungsemi.com/	Samsung USA
www.korea.samsungsemi.com/	products as a select list on the main page!
www.samsung.com/	general international
www.samsung.co.kr/	general in Korea

Sand

(Owned by 'Phoenix Technologies' since 19980928)

Sand Microelectronics Inc.

www.phoenix.com/

new mom

Old information:

Sand Microelectronics delivers standards-based, silicon-proven intellectual property solutions that enable complex system-on-a-chip and embedded system designs by reducing development costs, improving design reliability, and accelerating time-to-market.

With over 100 industry-leading customers and nearly 200 silicon-proven designs, Sand products can be found at the core of innovative, fast-growing applications for Internet, telecommunications, computer, consumer electronics, industrial, and military/aerospace markets.

Do they offer synthesisable PCI Cores?

PCI Bus Simulation Models

SanDisk

(Partly owned by Seagate)

SanDisk Corporation
140 Caspian Court
Sunnyvale, CA 94089
USA
tel: +1-408-542-0500
tel: +1-408-542-0400 - Consumer Technical Support
tel: +1-408-542-0405 - OEM Technical Support
fax: +1-408-542-0503

www.sandisk.com/	General
www.sandisk.com/oem/product.htm	Products
www.sandisk.com/oem/prod_lit.htm	Literature

They make flash chipsets and flash cards etc.

Sanken

(Sanken is the parent company of Allegro MicroSystems. They both have the same contact info in the USA.)

Sanken
3-6-3 Kitano, Niiza-shi
Saitama-ken 352-8666
Japan
tel: +81-48-472-1111

USA:

Sanken Electric
115 Northeast Cutoff
Worcester, MA 01615
USA
tel: +1-508-853-5000
fax: +1-508-853-7861

www.sanken-ele.co.jp/en/	general, English
www.sanken-ele.co.jp/	general, Japanese
www.allegromicro.com/	Allegro
www.allegromicro.com/en/Products/Categories/Sanken/	Sanken at Allegro

Diode, Hybrid IC, Power Regulator, Power Transistor, Thyristor

Sanyo

Sanyo

Sanyo Electric Co. Ltd.
15-13-6 Chome
Tokyo 113
Japan
tel: +81-3-3835-1474
fax: +81-3-3832-3752

USA:

Sanyo Corporation
2001 Sanyo Avenue
San Diego, CA 92173
USA
tel: +1-619/661 6620

UK:

Sanyo Semiconductor Europe
Evarsley Way Thorpe
Egham, Surrey, TW20 8RY
UK
tel: +44-784-438 020
fax: +44-784-430 496

Germany:

Sanyo Semiconductor GmbH
Achtern Dieck 2
D-24576 Bad Bramstedt
Germany
tel: +49-4192-7906
fax: +49-4192-3106

www.semic.sanyo.co.jp/	semiconductors, general
www.semic.sanyo.co.jp/product/agree_ds_e.htm	datasheets
www.sanyo.co.jp/	corporation, general
www.sanyo.co.jp/index_e.html	English version

Saratoga Semiconductor

Saratoga Semiconductor
686 West Maude Avenue
Sunnyvale, CA 94086
USA
tel: +1-408-522-7500
fax: +1-408-245-3713

200503: Still can't find a web site.

BiCMOS, SRAM and FIFO's

SARC

SARC

RC2016A chipset

SaRonix

(2008-03-18: Seems to be bought by Pericom.)

SaRonix
141 Jefferson Drive
Menlo Park, CA 94025
USA
tel: +1-650-470-7700
fax: +1-650-462-9894
saronix@saronix.com

www.pericom.com/	new parent company
www.pericom.com/saronix/	about the former Saronix products

Crystals, oscillators, VCXO's, TCXO's and TCVCXO's.

SAWTek

See SAWTek

Scenix

(Was bought by or renamed to Ubicom.)

www.ubicom.com/

new parent company

Old information:

Integrated circuit design house that specialized in low gate count, microcontroller/microprocessor engine cores and peripheral cores.

They are licensed either as gate level net-list or as RTL synthesizable code in Verilog.

Their newest MCU runs 100 MIPS at 100 MHz!

Seagate

Seagate Microelectronics, Limited
MacIntosh Road
Kirkton Campus
Livingstone, EH54 7BW
Scotland
tel: +44-1506-416416
fax: +44-1506-413526

www.seagate.com/

Corporation, general no chips it seems

SEEQ

(SEEQ Technology chips was bought by LSI Logic in 1999.)

This address may be obsolete:

SEEQ Technology, Inc.
1849 Fortune Drive
San Jose, CA 95131
USA
tel: +1-408-432-7400
tel: +1-408-432-9550
fax: +1-408-432-9549

www.lsi.com/

general

They used to make:

ATM Transceiver, Ethernet Controller, Ethernet Integrated Media Connection, Ethernet Manchester Encoders/Decoder, Ethernet Tranceiver, Fast Ethernet

SEI

(See also next entry. This SEI was probably bought by Creative Labs around 1999.)

Silicon Engineering Inc.
269 Mt. Hermon Road, Suite 101
Scotts Valley, CA 95066
USA
tel: +1-408-438-5330
fax: +1-408-438-8509
info@sei.com

www.sei.com/

Now site of Creative Labs

IC Design house and a technology and licensing firm.

In business since 1987 and been working with many of the major chip manufacturers.

SEI was founded in 1987 by design engineers and engineering managers previously at Intel Corporation. With the founders' expertise and reputation in high speed memory, graphics and full custom IC design, they quickly established SEI as a valuable IC design engineering resource for technology companies.

SEi

(See also previous entry)

(This company is now part of Maxwell Technologies.)

www.maxwell.com/

Old information:

Space Electronics Inc. is a fabless semiconductor company that in seven years has grown into an internationally recognized supplier of microelectronics for space applications.

SEi utilizes commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) IC chips in die form then protects these parts from the damaging effects of the natural radiation in space. Parts include: BiCMOS Logic, CCD Sensor, CMOS Logic, Datacom IC, DRAM, Flash, FPGA, Microcomputer and Peripheral IC, Microprocessor, Power Semiconductor, RF Semiconductor, SRAM, Telecom IC's and XEPROM

Seiko

(See also Epson.)

Seiko Instruments Inc. Electronic Components

where	what	language
www.siielectroniccomponents.com/ (in new window)	Seiko Instruments Inc. Electronic Components	English

Display drivers, memories, sensors, voltage detectors, voltage regulators

Semefab

(This is the wafer fab company of Semelab, see the next entry)

Semefab (Scotland), Limited
Newark Road North
Eastfield Industrial Estate
Glenrothes, Fife, KY7 4NT
Scotland
tel: +44-1592-630630
fax: +44-1592 775265
sales@semefab.co.uk

www.semefab.co.uk/

Semefab is the Semelab group's wafer fab, also supplying silicon to a range of independent clients.

Semelab

(Part of the SemeLab group. See also Semefab, Magnatec and Burgess Designs.)

Semelab Plc.
Coventry Road
Lutterworth
UK
tel: +44-1455-552505
tel: +44-1455-556565 - Sales
fax: +44-1455-552612

www.semelab.co.uk/

Semelab manufactures an innovative range of semiconductors, for Power, RF, Opto and Mil-Aero applications

It makes semiconductor items from original die, i.e. declared obsolete by original manufacturers, NSC etc. possibly more, we (at GECM) have found them quite useful as a replacement source for older components.

Semicoa

Semicoa Semiconductors
333 McCormick Avenue
Costa Mesa, CA 92626
USA
tel: +1-714-979-1900
fax: +1-714-557-4541
sales@semicoa.com

www.semicoa.com/

Products:

Photodiodes, opto chips, QPL transistors and commercial transistors formerly manufactured by General Semiconductors (1991) and Harris Semiconductor (1994).

Semiconductor Insights

Semiconductor Insights Inc.
3000 Solandt Road
Kanata, Ontario, K2K 2X2
Canada
tel: +1-613-599-6500
fax: +1-613-599-6501
info@semiconductor.com
sales@semiconductor.com
webmaster@semiconductor.com

www.semiconductor.com/

Semiconductor Insights has four main areas of business:

Contract design of integrated circuits

Circuit and structural analysis of integrated circuits for competitive analysis

Support of intellectual property defense/licensing for the semiconductor community

Integrated circuit physical security analysis (i.e. smart card security analysis)

See our web site for more details on our wide range of offerings.

Semiconductor Technology

(Also called STI)

Semiconductor Technology, Inc.
3131 S.E. Jay Street
Stuart, FL 34997
USA
Tel: +1-561-283-4500
fax: +1-561-286-8914

semi-tech-inc.com/

General

They make a large variety of transistors

Semikron

Semikron
Dr. Fritz Martin GmbH & Co. KG
Sigmundstraße 200
D-90423 Nürnberg
Germany

webmaster@semikron.com

tel: +49-911-6559-0	Germany
fax: +49-911-6559-262	Germany
fax: +44-1992-554942	UK
fax: +33-1-3915-1083	France
fax: +1-603-883-8021	USA

www.semikron.com/	Germany (Also in English)
www.semikron.de/	Germany
www.semikronusa.com/	USA

They make Miniature Bridge Rectifiers, Power Bridge Rectifiers, Thyristor/Diode Modules, Thyristor/Diode/IGBT Assemblies

They have data sheets in PDF format.

Semitron

Semitron Industries Ltd
Hargreaves Road, Groundwell Ind Est
Swindon, Wiltshire, SN1 5BF
UK
tel: +44-1793-720400
tel: +44-1793-724000 - Sales
fax: +44-1793-720401
semitron.uk@btinternet.com

www.semitron.net/

Mainly overvoltage circuit protection components.

With our focus on overvoltage transient suppressor components, we have built up an extensive knowledge of requirements and specifications covering a wide range of markets including, telecom, automotive, computer and general electronics.

Test laboratory to help customers reach international standards.

Semtech

(The UK company Acapella merged into this company about 200006. USAR also merged into it.)

Semtech Corporation
652 Mitchell Road
Newbury Park, CA 91320-2289
USA
tel: +1-805-498-2111
fax: +1-805-498-3804

webinquiry@semtech.com	Inquiries
webir@semtech.com	Investor Relations
webemploy@semtech.com	Employment

www.semtech.com/

General

Designs, manufactures and markets a wide range of analog and mixed-signal semiconductor products that provide advanced power management, protection, communications and interface solutions. The Company's integrated circuits (ICs), discrete and assembly products are used in communications, computer and computer-peripheral, video, automated test equipment and other commercial and military applications.

Semtech is the leading supplier of high-performance power management and protection products to the computer marketplace. With an eye on this segment's unique and special needs, we develop cutting-edge products for today's top manufacturers of desktop computers, notebooks, servers, high-end workstations, peripheral add-on cards and printers.

Sensory

Sensory, Inc.
521 East Weddell Drive
Sunnyvale, CA 94089-2164
USA
tel: +1-408-744-9000
fax: +1-408-744-1299
sales@sensoryinc.com

www.sensoryinc.com/

Speech recognition technology and applications for consumer products.

SE Spezial Electronic KG

SE Spezial Electronic KG
Kreuzbreite 14
D-31675 Bückeburg
Germany
tel: +49-5722-203-0
fax: +49-5722-203-120

SGA

Svenska Grindmatriser AB
Brigadgatan 16
Box 1198
SE-581 11 Linköping
Sweden
tel: +46-13-364660
fax: +46-13-364661
info@sga.se

www.sga.se/

Designs and manufactures analog and mixed signal ASICs.

SGI

Silicon Graphics Inc.
2011 North Shoreline Boulevard
Box 7311
Mountain View, CA 94039
USA
tel: +1-415-960-1980

www.sgi.com/

general

SGS

See ST

Shanghai Belling Microelectronics Manufacturing

Shanghai Belling Microelectronics Manufacturing Co.
Shanghai
China

Shanghai Nortel

Shanghai Nortel Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
Shanghai (?)
China

Sharp

Sharp Microelectronics Corp.
Sharp Plaza
Mahwah, NJ 07430
USA
tel: +1-201-529-8200

browna@sharpsec.com	America
nakamr-h@cmn3.tnr.sharp.co.jp	Japan

www.sharp-world.com/	Sharp World Wide
www.sharp-world.com/products/device/	Sharp World Wide, Electronic Components
www.sharpmeg.com/	Micro Electronics Group
www.sharpusa.com/eprise/main/fldrsharp/sharp/main/	Sharp Microelectronics of America
www.sharp.co.jp/ecg/	Japan, Electronic Components Group, Japanese
www.sharp.co.jp/	Japan, Electronic Components Group, Japanese
www.sharpusa.com/	global home page for the USA

Shindengen

Shindengen Electric MFG., Co., Ltd.
Recruit Ikebukuro Bldg., 13-23 1Chome, Minami-Ikebukuro
Toshima-Ku, Tokyo 171
Japan
tel: +81-3-5951-8106
fax: +81-3-5951-8090

www.shindengen.co.jp/	Japanese version
www.shindengen.co.jp/top_e/	English version

Discrete/power semiconductors, Power supplies

Shinko

Shinko Electric Industries Co., Ltd.

www.shinko.co.jp/	Japanese home page
www.shinko.co.jp/e_index.htm	English home page

IC leadframes, plastic and ceramic packages, IC assembly.

Shougang NEC Electronics Co.

Beijing, China

Siemens

(Siemens Semiconductors became Infineon Technologies on 19990401. See www.infineon.com/news/.)

Siemens AG
Postfach 2352
D-90713 Fürth-Bislohe
Germany
tel: +49-911-3001-220
tel: +49-911-3001-224
fax: +49-911-3001-238

Siemens AG
Balanstr. 73
D-81541 München
Germany
tel: +49-89-4144-0
fax: +49-89-4144-4963

Siemens Microelectronics Inc.
Integrated Circuit Division
10950 North Tantau Avenue
Cupertino, CA 95014
USA
tel: +1-408-777-4968
fax: +1-408-777-4910

www.infineon.com/	new name
www.siemens.de/	general

See also:

80166 page
8051 page (?)

Sierra

They changed their name to PMC-Sierra (click on this name for more).

Signetics

(Now part of Philips Semiconductors)

SII

See Seiko.

Silicon Engineering

See SEI.

Silicon General

(Now Linfinity)

Silicon General Ltd.
17 Bridge Street
Leatherhead, Surrey, KT22 8BL
UK
tel: +44-372-377-779
fax: +44-372-376-848

USA

Silicon General Semicon.Inc.
11861 Western Avenue
Garden Grove, CA 92641
USA
tel: +1-714-898-8121
fax: +1-714-893-2570

Silicon Image

Silicon Image
1060 East Arques Ave.
Sunnyvale, CA 94085
tel: +1-408-616-4000

www.siliconimage.com/	general
www.siliconimage.com/products/	products

Silicon Image designs, develops and markets multi-gigabit semiconductor and system solutions for a variety of communications applications demanding high-bandwidth capability. With our proprietary Multi-layer Serial Link (MSL™) architecture, we are well positioned for leadership in multiple mass markets including PCs, consumer electronics, storage and networking. We currently lead the global PC/display arena with our innovative PanelLink� digital interconnect technology, which enables host systems to transmit digital video data and enables displays to receive and manipulate this data. PanelLink technology was designed specifically to accommodate the high-bandwidth requirements of digital displays, such as LCD monitors, plasma displays and projectors. PanelLink is the basis for the Digital Visual Interface (DVI) specification introduced by the Digital Display Working Group (DDWG), as well as the most popular implementation with more than 20 million units shipped to date.

PC and consumer electronic display chips:

PanelLink® Transmitters

PanelLink® Receivers

PanelLink® Monitor Controllers

Digital Video Processors

Digital Video Processing Systems

Intelligent Panel Controllers

Storage products:

Fibre Channel

Serial ATA

PCI to ATA

RAID

Siliconix

(On 1998-03-03 Daimler-Benz sold the Semiconductor Division of TEMIC, with it's 80.4% interest in Siliconix, to Vishay.) See Vishay.

www.vishay.com/	current owner
www.vishay.com/company/brands/siliconix/	about the former Siliconix brand

Silicon Laboratories

Silicon Laboratories
4635 Boston Lane
Austin, TX 78735
USA
tel: +1-512-416-8500
tel: +1-877-444-3032 - Free in the USA
fax: +1-512-416-9669

www.silabs.com/

Silicon Laboratories (NASDAQ: SLAB) is an Austin,

Texas, company that designs and

develops proprietary, analog-intensive, mixed-signal

integrated circuits, or ICs, for the

rapidly growing communications industry. Since our

founding in 1996, we have grown rapidly

and have enjoyed success with a number of innovative

products including silicon DAAs,

embedded modems, RF synthesizers, and integrated

SLIC/codec ICs.

Silicon Logic

Silicon Logic

www.siliconlogic.com/

They don't really seem to make chips, but program ASIC's instead...

Silicon Magic

Silicon Magic

www.simagic.com/

general

They make super-fast EDO and SGRAM memories.

Silicon Microstructures

(Owned by Exar)

Silicon Microstructures, Inc.
48720 Kato Road
Fremont, CA 94538
USA
tel: +1-510-668-7000
fax: +1-510-668-7001

www.exar.com/

new parent

Silicon Motion

(Founded in 1996, privately held)

Silicon Motion, Inc.
1040 East Brokaw Road
San Jose, CA 95131-2309
USA
tel: +1-408-501-5300
fax: +1-408-467-9390
info@siliconmotion.com
support@siliconmotion.com

www.siliconmotion.com/

Silicon Motion develops innovative silicon products that supply various markets and manufacturers with a continuous stream of portable low power chips that provide high quality, and scaleable solutions for Silicon Motion's wide range customer designs.

Targeted markets are those companies that require mobile-based applications demanding low power and portable information access devices. Other markets supplied include the fast growing Mobile Information Appliance arena, Points of Sales Systems, Kiosk Systems, Notebook Computers, Tablet PC's, Handheld Devices, Smart Phones, and In-Car Computing Systems to name a few.

Silicon Storage Technology

See SST

Silicon Systems

See SSI

Silicon Wave

(2008-03-18: Site has gone.)

Silicon Wave, Inc.
6256 Greenwich Drive, #300
San Diego, CA 92122
USA
tel: +1-858-453-9100
fax: +1-858-453-3332

RF-enabled systems-on-chips for digital communications products. Applications: Bluetooth-capable products, 3G cellular handsets, digital cable modems and tuners.

SiliRec

(1996. 2008-03-18: Site seems to have gone.)

Silicon Recognition, Inc.
1150 Industrial Avenue, Suite C
Petaluma, CA 94952
USA
tel: +1-707-765-6296
fax: +1-707-765-6473

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zero_Instruction_Set_Computer	On Wikipedia
www.lsmarketing.com/LSMFiles/9809-ai1.htm	article

Established in 1996 to develop, manufacture and market its proprietary High Performance Parallel Processing Devices.

These devices provide ultra-fast computing capabilities on any type of appliances.

Silicon Recognition's flagship technology, ZISC, is ideally positioned to become the leading enabling technology for embedded computing and silicon search engines.

ZISC was initially designed by IBM and Silicon Recognition.

ZISC is the first fully hardwired implementation of neural networks.

Simtek

Simtek Corporation
1465 Kelly Johnson Boulevard
Colorado Springs, CO 80920
USA
tel: +1-719-531-9444
tel: +1-800-637-1667
fax: +1-719-531-9481
info@simtek.com

www.simtek.com/

General

Simtek manufactures nvSRAMs which combine the most desirable features of both volatile and nonvolatile memories.

Sipex

(They bought Alpha Semiconductor in 2001 or earlier. 200802: Sipex now part of Exar.)

Sipex Corporation
22 Linnel Circle
Billerica, MA 01821
USA
tel: +1-978-667-8700
fax: +1-978-670-9001

www.exar.com/	general
www.sipex.com/	links to www.exar.com/

Sipex Corporation designs, manufactures and markets value added, high performance, analog integrated circuits using standard mixed signal and dielectrically isolated BiCMOS wafer process technologies.

The company markets over 750 products focused in three product areas: power management, interface and analog displays. The power management product group includes low drop out linear regulators, DC to DC switching regulators, PWM controllers, charge pumps, and microprocessor supervisors. The interface product group contains RS-232, RS-485 and high speed, differential transceivers, along with dual and multi-protocol transceivers. The analog display product group consists primarily of electro-luminescent display drivers for backlighting small to medium sized LCD displays.

Sireslabs

See Sireslabs.

SiRF

SiRF Technology

www.sirf.com/

Software and a chipset for GPS equipment.

Sirius Communications

Sirius Communications NV
Wingepark 51
B-3110 Rotselaar
Belgium
tel: +32-16-44-4402
fax: +32-16-44-5481
mulier@sirius.be

www.sirius.be/

Designs and sells Direct Sequence Spread Spectrum ASICs.

It's a spin-off of the Belgian IMEC (Government sponsored Centre for Microelectronics.)

SiS

Silicon Integrated Systems Corporation
240 North Wolfe Road
Sunnyvale, CA 94086
USA
tel: +1-408-730-5600

www.sis.com.tw/

Makes PC chipsets

Makes standard part ICs in the embedded market

Sitera

(Started 199802. Was called Fusion Micromedia earlier or has bought..., Bought by Vitesse on 20000531.)

www.vitesse.com/

new parent company

Networking chips

SmarResearch

Smar Research Corporation
4250 Veterans Memorial Highway
Holbrook, New York 11741
USA
tel: +1-631-737-3111
fax: +1-631-737-3892

www.smarresearch.com/

SmarResearch Corporation is one of the world's premier suppliers of industry leading control technology products and services. In the time since its founding in the late 1980s, instrument manufacturers around the world have come to rely on SmarResearch for the products and services they need to keep their own products up to date and reliable.

SmarResearch products cover the full range of technology standards . . . from Fieldbus to HART to Profibus. SmarResearch 's staff of senior designers and engineers is focused on innovative and effective solutions across the control technologies, and across industry needs:

SmarResearch ASIC silicon communications controllers come in a variety of packages for both Fieldbus and HART solutions, and provide cost effective alternatives with their unique packaging, high functionality, and low cost.

SmarResearch interface devices and software programs give engineers the tools they need to configure and control networks and individual instruments from any manufacturer, in any of the leading protocols.

SmarResearch 's full line of intrinsically safe barriers and repeaters bring the power of advanced technologies to hazardous applications in proven, reliable packages.

Foundation

SmarResearch is a company built to take advantage of technology and bring it to market through innovative products and services. SmarResearch 's design and production engineering staff is assembled from "best of breed" engineers the world over and based in the heart of New York's "Tech Island" engineering district. SmarResearch 's global reach brings the benefits of production design and low cost manufacturing to the table. Coupled with the company's advanced software development program and extensive input from end users and instrument manufacturers and designers, the result is a complete source for the very best and latest in control technologies.

Future

SmarResearch provides standard and custom products, proprietary designs, and circuit design services to customers worldwide. Whether it is a sample run to test new designs, tools to work smarter, or a reliable source for a planned multi-year production run, you owe it to your company and customers to talk to SmarResearch first.

SMC

See also the next entry)

www.smc.com/

SMC

See also the previous entry)

Now known as SMSC.

SMD

(2008-03-18: Site has gone.)

SMD Inductors, Inc.
152 North White Street
Wake Forest, NC 27587
USA
tel: +1-919-562-6711
fax: +1-919-562-0269

A recent (at 1998-05) start-up manufacturer of 0805 (2012) size surface-mount RF inductors similar to those of Coilcraft's.

SMI

(See also the next entry in this list.)
(Bought by Exar)

Silicon Microstructures, Inc.
46725 Fremont Boulevard
Fremont, CA 94538
USA
tel: +1-510-490-5010
fax: +1-510-490-1119

Germany

SMI System Microelectronic
Wildbahn
D-15236 Frankfurt(Oder)-Markendorf
Tel: +49-335-546-2005
Fax: +49-335-546-3251

Founded in 1991 by Dr. James Knutti and Dr. Henry Allen, two pioneers in the silicon sensor and microstructure industry. Coupling advanced product designs with manufacturing in the best facilities worldwide, SMI is able to provide its OEM customers with reliable, high quality devices at low cost.

TCA440 - AM receiver circuit

SMI

(See also the previous entry in this list.)

System Microelectronic Innovation GmbH
Ringstrasse 1200
D-15236 Frankfurt(Oder)-Markendorf
Germany

WWW-site is under construction

FTP-site is under construction

hpp: Ultra-fast logic IC's, RF-IC's, Interface IC's

hpp: IC's for high speed data communication

stp: IC's for radio controlled watches and clocks

stp: IC's for lighting applications, High Voltage/Current IC's

full service:

design, wafer prcessing, assembly, test, marketing and sales completely in house

SMI is certified according to DIN EN ISO 9001

For what? tel: fax: email:

Sales and info +49-335-546-3333 +49-335-546-3817 sales@smi.ff.eunet.de [?]

Standard Products +49-335-546-2005 +49-335-546-3251 stp@smi.ff.eunet.de [?]

High Performance Products +49-335-546-2500 +49-335-546-3001 hpp@smi.ff.eunet.de [?]

Managing Director +49-335-546-2200 +49-335-546-2474

S-MOS

(Probably part of Seiko Epson now.)
(A Seiko Epson affiliate)

They used to make:

Analog IC, CARD-IO Product, CMOS SRAM, Graphic IC, Microcomputer

SMSC

(Formerly known as SMC!) Comment from SMSC's PR. person: Standard Microsystems was formerly known as "SMC". We sold our Systems Products Division almost a year ago (so about 1997-08, Jaap), and they retained the rights to the name "SMC", therefore, we can no longer use the "SMC" abbreviation in connection with Standard Microsystems Corporation. You need to use our new logo and you need to update all links to point to our new URL: www.smsc.com/.

Standard Microsystems Corp.
80 Arkay Drive
Hauppauge, NY 11788-8847
USA
tel: +1-516-435-6000
tel: +1-800-443-SEMI - toll free
fax: +1-516-273-3123
chipinfo@smsc.com

Germany:

Standard Microsystems GmbH
Englschalkinger Straße 12/III
D-81925 Munich
Germany
tel: +49-89-92861170
fax: +49-89-92861190

www.smsc.com/	General
www.smsc.com/main/datasheet.html	Data sheets
ftp.smsc.com/	FTP

Standard Microsystems Corporation is a worldwide supplier of MOS/VLSI integrated circuits for the personal computer industry. SMSC is the market leader for input/output (I/O) circuits for PCs and also provides integrated circuits for portable local area network applications and embedded control systems. SMSC also operates a wafer foundry that manufactures Microelectro Mechanical Systems (MEMS*).

Standard Microsystems' current focus is on five technically-demanding areas associated with logic control or connectivity: Personal Computer Input/Output (PC I/O), Personal Computer Systems Logic, Personal Computer Local Area Networking (PC LAN), Personal Computer Connectivity, and Embedded Networking.

Solid State Music

See SSM

Solmac

See Solmac.

They help companies design ASIC's.

Solomon

Solomon

LCD Module

Solutions

Solutions

Chip set?

Sony

Semiconductor Business Division,
Components Marketing Group
10-18 Takanawa 4 Chome, Minato-ku, Tokyo, 108
Box 10, Tokyo A.P., Tokyo, 149
Japan
tel: +81-3-448-3426
fax: +81-3-447-4388

Application Engineering Dept., Semiconductor Group
14-1 Asahi-Cho 4 Chome, Atsugi-shi, Kanagawa, 243
Japan
tel: +81-462-30-5399
fax: +81-462-30-6143

SSA
(Owned by Sony Electronics)
Sony Semiconductor Company of America
3300 Zanker Road, M/S SJ-3B1
San Jose, CA 95134-1940
USA
tel: +1-408-955-6569
fax: +1-408-955-5176
ssaweb@ccmail.nhq.sony.com

www.sony.com/
www.sony.co.jp/	Japanese
products.sel.sony.com/semi/	Semiconductors

CCD Area Sensor, CCD Linear Sensor, Computer A/V, Discrete, IR Receiver ICs, LCD and Peripheral, Laser Diode, Memory, Serial Communication, TV and Audio, Wireless Communications

Sorep

Sorep SA
Z.I. de Bellevue BP5
F-35220 Chateaubourg
tel: +33-9962-3955
fax: +33-9900-3247

Space Electronics

See SEI

SPARC

(Used to be owned by Sun. Now independent member organization.)

SPARC International, Inc.
3333 Bowers Avenue, Suite 280
Santa Clara, CA 95054-2913
USA
tel: +1-408-748-9111
fax: +1-408-748-9777
webinfo@sparc.org

www.sparc.org/

www.sparc.com/

ftp.sparc.com/

SPARC is a RISC processor architecture developed by Sun.

SPARC is not a chip manufacturer, but it provides the testing certification for chips/systems/peripherals meeting the standards put forth in the SPARC architecture.

SPaSE BV

(2008-03-20: Site has gone.)

Semiconductor Products and System Engineering
Kerkenbos 10-21
NL-6546 BB Nijmegen
Netherlands
tel: +31-24-3782882
fax: +31-24-3788388
marketing@spase.nl

Business:

SPaSE is a Netherlands based semiconductor house active in design and sales of CMOS VLSIs for consumer electronics video and audio applications. SPaSE designs its own chips for the open market, as well as OEM products and completely customized ICs.

Technology:

SPaSE's success is built on its experience in data (de)compression circuit design. The company has designed various integrated circuits for full motion video and audio decompression according to the MPEG and Dolby standards used in TV Settop Boxes, in DVD, Video CD and CD-ROM.

Products:

SP8890 - DVB compliant 422P@ML MPEG2/Dolby AC3 Video/Audio Decoder

SP8870 - DVB-t compliant 2k/8k OFDM Demodulator and FEC

SpatiaLight

SpatiaLight, Inc.
9 Commercial Boulevard, Suite 200
Novato, CA 94949
USA
tel: +1-415-883-1693
fax: +1-415-883-3363
info@SpatiaLight.com

www.spatialight.com/

SpatiaLight, Inc. develops active matrix liquid crystal on silicon microdisplay devices, suitable for projection displays, home theater, head mount displays, etc. These displays feature high reflectivity, high contrast, high image quality and low cost.

LCOS technology offers advantages over existing CRT technology in terms of cost, resolution, color brightness, contrast and image flicker. As compared to flat panel displays, the LCOS microdisplay offers advantages in cost, viewing angle and brightness.

Spectrol

Spectrol

Spectronics

Spectronics

Spectrum Microwave

(This is a combination of Amplifonix, Q-Bit, Magnum, Radian, FSY and Salisbury Engineering.)

Spectrum Microwave, Inc.
2144 Franklin Dr. N.E.
Palm Bay, FL
USA
tel: +1-888-553-7531
fax: +1-888-553-7532

www.spectrummicrowave.com/	general
www.spectrummicrowave.com/company.asp	about
www.spectrummicrowave.com/contact_us.asp	contact

Sprague

See Allegro

SPT

(Was bought by Fairchild in 2002h1, see www.fairchildsemi.com/products/analog/spt.html.)

Signal Processing Technologies
4755 Forge Road
Colorado Springs, CO 80907
USA
tel: +1-719-528-2300
fax: +1-719-528-2370

Data conversion and signal processing

www.fairchildsemi.com/	new parent company
www.fairchildsemi.com/products/analog/spt.html	about the purchase of the company

SSA

See Sony

SSI

(Silicon Systems is the Storage Products Group of TI since 1996) (The Communication Products Division was renamed to TDK Semiconductor Corporation (TSC))

Silicon Systems Inc.

www.ti.com/

TI, General

Digital Signal Processing Solutions:

------------------------------------

TI to Acquire TDK's Subsidiary Silicon Systems Inc. (SSi)

TOKYO (June 5, 1996) TDK Corporation of Japan, through its

U.S. subsidiary TDK U.S.A. Corporation ("TDK"), and

Texas Instruments Incorporated (NYSE:TXN) today announced

the signing of a Stock Purchase Agreement by which TI would

acquire TDK's U.S. semiconductor subsidiary, Silicon

Systems Inc. (SSi). The acquisition strengthens TI's

position in DSP solutions and the mixed-signal/analog

marketplace, and firmly establishes TI as a leading

supplier of semiconductor products to the hard-disk drive

and removable data storage markets.

Source: TI&ME Internet Information Service <ti_me@ti.com>

SSM

Solid State Music

SSM (solid state music) used to make music-synthesizer IC's like VCO, VCF and VCA. Later, when synthesizers became digital they concentrated on VCA for audio (mixing consoles, compressors) app they "merged" into PMI that revived with a large range of exellent audio IC's. They finally merged into Analog Devices. AD still has got some IC's "SSM".

Andre Schmeets

SSS

Solid State Scientific
Joe da Silva told me:
Has been acquired by Sprague during the mid-80's.
I remember Sprague offering the SCL4000 series (for military only, I think) and using the SSS "cube" logo with the caption "Sprague Solid State"... Did Sprague only acquire a part of SSS or did they later "on-sell" SSS to ST?

SST

Silicon Storage Technology, Inc.
1171 Sonora Court
Sunnyvale, CA 94086
USA
tel: +1-408-735-9110
fax: +1-408-735-9036

www.sst.com/

General

SST designs, manufactures and sells a variety of single power supply EEPROM Flash memory manufactured with SST's proprietary Super-Flash EEPROM technology.

ST Microelectronics
(SGS-Thomson Microelectronics)

Europe:

Technoparc du Pays de Gex
01630 Saint Genis Pouilly
France
tel: +33-50402640
fax: +33-50402860

America:

55 Old Bedford Road
Lincoln, MA 01773
USA
tel: +1-781-861-2650
fax: +1-781-861-2664

Asia:

Ang Mo Kio
Industrial Park 2
Singapore 205628
Singapore
tel: +65-4821411
fax: +65-4820240

Japan:

Nissek
Takanawa Bld. 4F
2-18-10 Takanawa
Minato-Ku
Tokyo 108
Japan
tel: +81-3-3280-4121
fax: +81-3-3280-4131

www.st.com/stonline/	USA
www.st.com/stonline/products/	Products
www.st.com/stonline/books/	Books
www.st.com/mcu/	MCU's

Analog IC, Datacom IC, Discrete Component, EPROM, FIFO, Flash EPROM, High Speed Static RAM, High power, Low Power Schottky, MCU, MOS Memory, MPU, Monolithic Switching Regulators CMOS Logic, Multimedia IC, RF Microwave, Serial and Parallel EEPROM, Smart Card IC, Surface Mount IC, Telecom IC, Transputer, VGA Chip, Zero Power and Timekeeper

w3.sunplus.com/	in English
w3.sunplus.com/chinese/	in Chinese

local	ASIC designers
www.boin-gmbh.com/linkpage/indicm.htm	BOIN's Semiconductor Linkpage
www.datasheetlocator.com/	Datasheet Locator by NetComponents
sdw.bgs.nu/	Semiconductor datasheets on the Web
www.edtmag.com/	Electronic Distribution Today
www.eenet.com/semi/man.htm	EENet Semiconductor Manuf's WWW sites
www.semiresources.com/	List of many semiconductor manufacturers' home pages
www.stengel.net/ic.htm	Another list (from 1998)

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www.sun.com/	general
www.sun.com/processors/documentation.html	data sheets
www.sparc.com/

www.synergysemi.com/
www.synergysemi.com/select/select.html	Data sheets