Conexant Systems
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Conexant Systems was a semiconductor company known for producing communications and audio chips, particularly for modems, broadband, and multimedia applications.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Conexant Systems canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7722778 — 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: Conexant Systems Context triple: [Rockwell Semiconductor Systems, successor, Conexant Systems]
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A.
Broadcom
Broadcom is a major global semiconductor and infrastructure software company known for its broad portfolio of chips and enterprise solutions used in networking, storage, broadband, and wireless communications.
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B.
Agere Systems
Agere Systems was a semiconductor company specializing in communications and networking integrated circuits, formed as a spin-off from Lucent Technologies.
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C.
Marvell Technology
Marvell Technology is a semiconductor company known for designing and developing data infrastructure and storage solutions for enterprise, cloud, automotive, and carrier markets.
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D.
Intersil
Intersil is an American semiconductor company known for designing and manufacturing analog, mixed-signal, and power management integrated circuits for a wide range of electronic applications.
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E.
Xicor
Xicor was a semiconductor company best known for designing and manufacturing non-volatile memory and analog integrated circuits.
- 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: Conexant Systems Target entity description: Conexant Systems was a semiconductor company known for producing communications and audio chips, particularly for modems, broadband, and multimedia applications.
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A.
Broadcom
Broadcom is a major global semiconductor and infrastructure software company known for its broad portfolio of chips and enterprise solutions used in networking, storage, broadband, and wireless communications.
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B.
Agere Systems
Agere Systems was a semiconductor company specializing in communications and networking integrated circuits, formed as a spin-off from Lucent Technologies.
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C.
Marvell Technology
Marvell Technology is a semiconductor company known for designing and developing data infrastructure and storage solutions for enterprise, cloud, automotive, and carrier markets.
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D.
Intersil
Intersil is an American semiconductor company known for designing and manufacturing analog, mixed-signal, and power management integrated circuits for a wide range of electronic applications.
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E.
Xicor
Xicor was a semiconductor company best known for designing and manufacturing non-volatile memory and analog integrated circuits.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fabless semiconductor company
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semiconductor company ⓘ |
| acquiredBy | Synaptics NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| acquisitionYear | 2017 ⓘ |
| businessModel | fabless design and marketing of ICs ⓘ |
| competitor |
Broadcom
NERFINISHED
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STMicroelectronics NERFINISHED ⓘ Texas Instruments NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| focusMarket |
broadband customer premises equipment
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consumer multimedia devices ⓘ personal computers ⓘ set‑top boxes ⓘ |
| founded | 1999 ⓘ |
| hasPredecessor | Rockwell International semiconductor division NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation |
Irvine, California
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Newport Beach, California NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| industry |
audio ICs
ⓘ
communications ICs ⓘ semiconductors ⓘ |
| keyApplicationDomain |
PC modems
ⓘ
home broadband gateways ⓘ laptop audio subsystems ⓘ |
| keyApplicationDomain | digital set‑top boxes ⓘ |
| knownFor |
audio chips
ⓘ
broadband access solutions ⓘ communications chips ⓘ modem solutions ⓘ multimedia applications ⓘ |
| notableBrand |
AccessRunner ADSL chipsets
NERFINISHED
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CX series audio codecs NERFINISHED ⓘ SmartHSF modem chips ⓘ |
| originatedAs | spin‑off from Rockwell International ⓘ |
| productType |
DSL chipsets
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PC audio chips ⓘ audio codecs ⓘ broadband chipsets ⓘ cable modem chipsets ⓘ fax modem chips ⓘ modem chipsets ⓘ multimedia processors ⓘ set‑top box ICs ⓘ voice processing chips ⓘ |
| regionServed | global ⓘ |
| status | defunct as an independent public company ⓘ |
| stockExchangeListing | NASDAQ NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| technologyArea |
analog and mixed‑signal ICs
ⓘ
digital signal processing ⓘ voice over IP ⓘ |
| tickerSymbol | CNXT NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
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: Conexant Systems Description of subject: Conexant Systems was a semiconductor company known for producing communications and audio chips, particularly for modems, broadband, and multimedia applications.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.