Agere Systems

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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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instanceOf public company
semiconductor company
acquiredBy LSI Logic
surface form: LSI Corporation
becameIndependentCompany 2002
country United States of America
surface form: United States
countryOfHeadquarters United States of America
surface form: United States
dateDissolved 2007
dateFounded 2000
dateOfAcquisition 2007
fate acquired by LSI Corporation
formationMethod corporate spin-off
hadManufacturingFacility Orlando
surface form: Orlando, Florida
hadPredecessor Bell Telephone Laboratories
surface form: Bell Labs Microelectronics Group

Lucent Technologies
surface form: Lucent Microelectronics
hadRAndDCenter Allentown, Pennsylvania, United States
surface form: Allentown, Pennsylvania

Reading, Pennsylvania
headquartersLocation Allentown, Pennsylvania, United States
surface form: Allentown, Pennsylvania

Lehigh Valley region
surface form: Lehigh Valley, Pennsylvania
industry communications integrated circuits
networking integrated circuits
semiconductors
keyProduct chipsets for enterprise networking
chipsets for storage systems
chipsets for telecommunications equipment
mobile phone ICs
mergerCompletionDate 2007-04-02
notableTechnology DSP-based communications processors
HDD read-channel and preamp chips
VoIP processing solutions
system-on-a-chip solutions for communications
origin spin-off from Lucent Technologies
originatedFrom Bell Labs research and development
parentCompanyBeforeSpinOff Lucent Technologies
servedMarket consumer electronics manufacturers
networking equipment manufacturers
storage system manufacturers
telecommunications equipment manufacturers
specialization access and transport ICs
communications ICs
hard disk drive controller chips
network processor ICs
networking ICs
storage ICs
voice over IP ICs
wireless ICs
spinOffFrom Lucent Technologies
status defunct
stockExchangeListing New York Stock Exchange
tickerSymbol AGR

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Lucent Technologies spunOffUnit Agere Systems