1999 headquarters milpitas california united states key people necip sayiner ceo products semiconductors revenue us 562.6 million 2014 1 net income us 54.8 million 2014 1 number of employees 1031 1 website www.intersil.com intersil corporation is an american global company formed in august 1999 2 through the acquisition of the semiconductor business of harris corporation . 3 intersil is a power management ic company specializing in the development of power management and precision analog technology for applications in industrial infrastructure mobile automotive and aerospace . contents 1 company history 2 products 3 see also 4 references 5 external links company history edit the original intersil inc. was founded in 1967 by jean hoerni to develop digital watch processors . they were originally funded by ssih a swiss watch co. http www.computerhistory.org semiconductor companies.html . 4 when microprocessors emerged to the market in the 1970s intersil participated with its 12 bit im6100 which was the first microprocessor produced in cmos technology and emulated the pdp 8 instruction set . in 1988 intersil was taken over by harris semiconductor which had offered the im6100 as second source . harris combined these activities with the semiconductor divisions of radiation incorporated general electric and rca they had taken over before . in 1999 harris spun off its entire semiconductor division and intersil corporation was created 5 with the largest ipo in american semiconductor industry history . 6 intersil corporation is a different company to intersil inc. next to digital circuits like microprocessors and memories like the 1k bit cmos ram im6508 and cmos eproms im6604 im6654 intersil designed famous analogue ics like the icm8038 waveform generator . a creation of intersil as harris semiconductor is the prism line of wi fi hardware that group of products was sold to globespanvirata in 2003 and is currently maintained by conexant . intersil is the present manufacturer of the rca cdp 1802 microprocessor aka rca cosmac 7 a cpu traditionally much used in space applications . in the 2000s intersil established market leadership in vcore power management for pcs switching and buck boost regulators for industrial and consumer power systems and radiation hardened analog and power ics for military and commercial applications . the company under ceo dave bell 8 then began the expansion of a catalog analog business . the company also completed a series of acquisitions two of which are still part of the portfolio today zilker labs 9 digital power solutions and techwell 10 automotive and security and surveillance solutions . 11 in 2012 with revenue in decline the company s board of directors removed dave bell 12 and began a search for a new ceo . in march 2013 the board appointed necip sayiner 13 the architect of silicon labs turnaround as ceo . sayiner concentrated the company s efforts on power management and select target markets focusing on what he believed were the company s core strengths . the company was able to return to profitability 14 in 2013 and in early 2014 re launched as a power management company basing the majority of the r & d efforts on solutions targeted to improve power efficiency extend battery life and reduce solution footprint . in september 2016 it was announced that renesas was to acquire intersil for 3.2 b 15 products edit intersil develops and markets power management and precision analog technology for many of the most rigorous applications in the industrial infrastructure mobile automotive and aerospace markets . the company supplies a range 16 of power ic solutions including battery management computing power display power regulators and controllers and power modules ; as well as precision analog components such as amplifiers and buffers proximity and light sensors data converters timing products optoelectronics and interface products . see also edit analog semiconductors intersil 6100 rtx2010 references edit a b c annual report 2014 http harris.com view pressrelease.asp pr id 625 http harris.com view pressrelease.asp pr id 483 intersil corporation http harris.com view pressrelease.asp pr id 483 intersil 10 chinese http www.cpushack.com 2010 09 04 from video games to deep space the rca 1802 cosmac http www.marketwatch.com story intersil ceo beyer resigns david bell named as new ceo dateid 39491.6787733681 921564050 http powerelectronics.com content intersil acquires zilker labs http www.electronicsweekly.com news business intersil ceo holds steady on analogue strategy 2008 10 http www.bloomberg.com apps news pid newsarchive & sid ay ogrxa2ufm http intersil.presscentre.com press releases intersil announces resignation of dave bell as president ceo 9ef . aspx http intersil.presscentre.com press releases intersil announces resignation of dave bell as president ceo 9ef . aspx http intersil.presscentre.com imagelibrary downloadmedia.ashx mediadetailsid 121 & sizeid 1 http www.eweek.com mobile chip maker renesas buying intersil in automotive push.html http www.intersil.com en site map.html external links edit official website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title intersil & oldid 741261988 categories companies based in milpitas californiatechnology companies established in 1999electronics companies of the united statessemiconductor companiespalm bay floridabuildings and structures in milpitas californiasuperfund sites in californiacompanies listed on nasdaqhidden categories articles with chinese language external links navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages deutschfran ais edit links this page was last modified on 26 september 2016 at 11 34 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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