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Alliance Semiconductor
Alliance Semiconductor Corporation was an American semiconductor company active from 1985 to 2006 and originally based in San Jose, California. The company specialized in the design and manufacture of dynamic random-access memory (DRAM) and static random-access memory (SRAM). It also designed the silicon for graphics accelerator chips, among other fields. In 2006, the company dissolved, its intellectual property and other assets sold to various companies. History Foundation (1985–1989) Alliance Semiconductor Corporation was founded in Cupertino, California, by N. Damodar "Dan" Reddy and C. N. "Nick" Reddy in 1985. Both men were brothers who had emigrated to the United States from India in the 1960s to receive advanced electrical engineering degrees. N. Damodar Reddy, the elder of the two, had worked in the semiconductor industry designing a variety of circuits since 1969, working at firms such as Synertek, Fairchild Semiconductor, Fairchild, RCA, and Four-Phase ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cupertino, California
Cupertino ( ) is a city in Santa Clara County, California, United States, directly west of San Jose, California, San Jose on the western edge of the Santa Clara Valley with portions extending into the foothills of the Santa Cruz Mountains. The population was 60,381 as of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. The city is the home of Apple Inc., headquartered within the city at Apple Park. Named for a local creek by Spanish explorer Juan Bautista de Anza's cartographer bearing the name of Saint Joseph of Cupertino, Cupertino was officially incorporated in 1955, though it saw economic activity in the early 19th century. The area was originally an agricultural community producing prunes, apricots and Cherry, cherries, with a winery joining the ranks by the 19th century. Cupertino grew immensely during the 1950s due to the suburban housing boom experienced after the World War II, Second World War, concurring with the earliest roots of Silicon Valley developing near Cupertino. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
