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Intersil Americas Inc.
Company type
Subsidiary
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HeadquartersMilpitas, California,
United States
Key people
Necip Sayiner, EVP, President and CEO
ProductsSemiconductors
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ParentRenesas Electronics
Websitewww.intersil.com

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File:General Electric Intersil Logo, January 1986.svg
Logo used while operating under General Electric

Intersil is an American semiconductor company headquartered in Milpitas, California. It was formed in 1967 by Jean Hoerni, one of the original traitorous eight. The company initially worked primarily on analog electronics, but later moved into CMOS designs and produced some of the earliest electronic watches. They leveraged th produced a series of CMOS devices, including the Intersil 6100, a single-chip implementation of the PDP-8 computer.

Intersil was purchased by Harris Corporation in 1988, one of Intersil's major second source providers. The Intersil brand was later abandoned and became Harris Semiconductor. In August 1999, Harris sold off its semiconductor division to a newly-formed Intersil Corp. This was purchased by Renesas in February 2017.[2] Today, it concentrates on power management IC, with specialized capability in power management and precision analog technology for applications in industrial, infrastructure, mobile, automotive and aerospace.

Company history

The original Intersil, Inc. was founded in 1967 by the Swiss physicist Jean Hoerni to develop analog circuits based on bipolar and field effect transistors, including operational amplifiers.Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Footnotes/anchor_id_list' not found. This led to work on many small integrated circuit designs, including an analog comparator for NASA, and later a shutter-speed calculator for Canon Inc.Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Footnotes/anchor_id_list' not found. This led to considerable work with and for Analog Devices (AD), and eventually AD put one engineer in Intersil's offices as a liaison.Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Footnotes/anchor_id_list' not found.

Hoerni arranged a deal with Omega SA to develop a custom digital watch ICs.Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Footnotes/anchor_id_list' not found. To meet the power requirements of a battery-powered device, the company had to use CMOS technology, and were a pioneer in this field. This was carried out by a new division, Eurosil, partially funded by SSIH, a Swiss watchmaking industry group. Later, Intersil had a development contract with the Japanese company Daini Seikosha and became supplier of watch ICs for Seiko.[3]

When microprocessors emerged in the 1970s, Intersil participated with its 12-bit IM6100, which was the first microprocessor produced in CMOS technology. It emulated the PDP-8 instruction set. Intersil was also the manufacturer of the RCA (CDP)1802 microprocessor (also known as RCA COSMAC),[4] a CPU traditionally used in space applications.

In 1988, Intersil was taken over by Harris Semiconductor, which had offered the IM6100 as second source. Harris combined these activities with the semiconductor divisions of Radiation Incorporated, General Electric and RCA it had taken over before. In 1999 Harris spun off its entire semiconductor division and Intersil Corporation was created [5] with the largest IPO in American semiconductor industry history.[6] The second Intersil Corporation is a different company from the original Intersil, Inc.

Next to digital circuits like microprocessors and memories like the 1k-bit CMOS RAM IM6508 and CMOS EPROMS IM6604/IM6654 Intersil designed famous analogue ICs like the ICL8038 waveform generator. A creation of Intersil (as Harris Semiconductor) is the PRISM line of Wi-Fi hardware: that group of products was sold to GlobespanVirata in 2003, and maintained by Conexant.

In the 2000s, Intersil established market leadership in Vcore[<span title="Script error: No such module "decodeEncode".">clarification needed] power management for PCs, switching and buck boost regulators for industrial and consumer power systems, and radiation hardened analog and power ICs for military and commercial applications.

The company, under CEO Dave Bell,[7] then began the expansion of a catalog analog business. The company also completed a series of acquisitions, two of which are still part of the portfolio, Zilker Labs[8] digital power devices and Techwell[9] automotive and security and surveillance products.[10] In May 2002, Intersil Corp. acquired Elantec Semiconductor. In March 2004,  Intersil Corp. acquired analog chipmaker Xicor Inc. for about $529 million.

In 2012, with revenue in decline, the company's board of directors removed Dave Bell[11] and began a search for a new CEO. In March 2013, the board appointed Necip Sayiner,[11] the architect of Silicon Labs' turnaround, as CEO. Sayiner concentrated the company's efforts on power management and select target markets. The company was able to return to profitability[12] in 2013 and in early 2014 re-launched as a power management company, with products to improve power efficiency, extend battery life and reduce size.

Japanese semiconductor company Renesas acquired Intersil on February 24, 2017.[13]

Products

Intersil develops and markets power management and analog technology for applications in the industrial, infrastructure, mobile, automotive and aerospace markets.[14][15]

The company supplies power integrated circuits including battery management,[16] computing power, display power, regulators[17] and controllers and power modules; as well as analog components such as amplifiers[18] and buffers, proximity and light sensors,[19] data converters, timing products, optoelectronics and interface products.[20]

See also

References

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  3. ^ Lucien Trueb: Die Elektrifizierung der Armbanduhr. Ebner, Ulm 2011, Template:ISBN
  4. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."From Video Games to Deep Space – the RCA 1802 COSMAC | the CPU Shack Museum". 5 September 2010.
  5. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Press Releases".
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  7. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Witkowski, Wallace. "Intersil CEO Beyer resigns, David Bell named as new CEO". Marketwatch.
  8. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Intersil Acquires Zilker Labs". January 2009.
  9. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Intersil CEO holds steady on analogue strategy". 2008-10-08.
  10. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Bloomberg Politics - Bloomberg". Bloomberg News. 27 April 2024.
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  12. ^ http://intersil.presscentre.com/imagelibrary/downloadmedia.ashx?MediaDetailsID=121&SizeId=-1[permanent dead link]
  13. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Renesas and Intersil Announce Final Regulatory Approval for Renesas' Acquisition of Intersil". Press release. Renesas. February 22, 2017. Retrieved April 12, 2017.
  14. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."What Does Renesas' Intersil Deal Mean for the Evolution of MCUs?". allaboutcircuits.com. 2016-08-16. Retrieved 2024-01-23.
  15. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Intersil's Rad-Hard ULDO Regulator Targeted for Aerospace Power Designs". eepower.com. 2013-07-09. Retrieved 2024-01-23.
  16. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Three ICs Collaborate to Control Power for Intel's 6th Generation Processor". electronicdesign.com. 2015-10-06. Retrieved 2024-07-05.
  17. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Tiny LDO regulator provides stable power for GSM-based cell phone applications". edn.com. 2007-01-03. Retrieved 2024-07-05.
  18. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Intersil Debuts New ISL3985 Power Amplifier". eepower.com. 2002-08-11. Retrieved 2024-07-05.
  19. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Surface Laptop Go 2 picks up first firmware update, improving display accuracy". windowscentral.com. 2022-06-09. Retrieved 2024-07-05.
  20. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Renesas Electronics Corporation". 15 February 2024.

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