Mostek

E732928

semiconductor company

Mostek was an American semiconductor company known for its influential role in early microprocessor, memory, and bus interface technologies during the 1970s and 1980s.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
MEMC	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	semiconductor company ⓘ
acquiredBy	United Technologies Corporation NERFINISHED ⓘ
acquiredInYear	1979 ⓘ
activeInDecade	1970s ⓘ 1980s ⓘ
ceasedToExistAsIndependentCompany	1980s ⓘ
competedWith	Intel NERFINISHED ⓘ Micron Technology NERFINISHED ⓘ Motorola NERFINISHED ⓘ NEC NERFINISHED ⓘ Texas Instruments NERFINISHED ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
developed	MK3880 Z80-compatible microprocessor ⓘ MK4027 4K DRAM NERFINISHED ⓘ MK4096 4K DRAM NERFINISHED ⓘ MK4116 16K DRAM NERFINISHED ⓘ MK4332 32K DRAM NERFINISHED ⓘ MK5065 microprocessor support chip ⓘ
foundedBy	L. J. Sevin NERFINISHED ⓘ Louis Parrillo NERFINISHED ⓘ Richard L. Petritz NERFINISHED ⓘ William B. Sevin NERFINISHED ⓘ
foundedInYear	1969 ⓘ
headquartersLocation	Carrollton, Texas NERFINISHED ⓘ Dallas–Fort Worth area NERFINISHED ⓘ
industry	semiconductor industry ⓘ
knownFor	MK4027 DRAM NERFINISHED ⓘ MK4096 DRAM NERFINISHED ⓘ bus interface technologies ⓘ clock generator and peripheral chips ⓘ dynamic random-access memory chips ⓘ early microprocessor support chips ⓘ
laterAcquiredBy	STMicroelectronics predecessor ⓘ Thomson-CSF NERFINISHED ⓘ
majorCustomer	Digital Equipment Corporation NERFINISHED ⓘ Hewlett-Packard NERFINISHED ⓘ Texas Instruments NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableImpact	helped establish DRAM as dominant semiconductor memory technology ⓘ influenced JEDEC DRAM standards through address multiplexing ⓘ
productType	DRAM ⓘ ROM ⓘ SRAM NERFINISHED ⓘ clock generators ⓘ interface controllers ⓘ microprocessor support chips ⓘ
status	defunct ⓘ
technologyInnovation	address multiplexing for DRAM ⓘ improved yield techniques for DRAM manufacturing ⓘ single 5-volt power supply DRAM design ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

ANSI/IEEE 1014 VMEbus → developedBy → Mostek ⓘ

Acorn Archimedes in 1987 → memoryController → Mostek ⓘ

subject surface form: Acorn Archimedes

this entity surface form: MEMC