SILICON GENERAL INC

Silicon General was a major supplier of linear integrated circuits, changed its name to Symmetricom in November 1993 and continued to be a leader in network synchronization and timing. In 1999, Symmetricom and its subsidiary Linfinity Microelectronics, merged with Microsemi, a semiconductor manufacturer specializing in system-engineered integrated circuits. Microsemi Corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary of Microchip Technology Inc., offers a comprehensive portfolio of semiconductor and system solutions for communications, defense & security, aerospace and industrial markets. Products include high-performance and radiation-hardened analog mixed-signal integrated circuits, FPGAs, SoCs and ASICs; power management products; timing and synchronization devices and precise time solutions, setting the world's standard for time; voice processing devices; RF solutions; discrete components; enterprise storage and communication solutions, security technologies and scalable anti-tamper products; Ethernet solutions; Power-over-Ethernet ICs and midspans; as well as custom design capabilities and services.