ose nod industry semiconductors founded 1983 ; 33 years ago 1983 headquarters trondheim oslo norway key people ceo svenn tore larsen chairman tore engebretsen products wireless semiconductor components integrated circuits revenue 131.8 million usd 2012 1 number of employees 185 2012 website nordicsemi.com nordic semiconductor ose nod formerly nordic vlsi is a fabless semiconductor company . the company specializes in ultra low power performance wireless system on a chip soc and connectivity devices for the 2.4 ghz ism band with power consumption and cost being the main focus areas . typical end user applications are consumer electronics wireless mobile phone accessories appcessories wireless gamepad mouse and keyboard intelligent sports equipment wireless medical remote control wireless voice audio applications e.g. voice over ip security and toys . nordic semiconductor has been iso 9001 certified by det norske veritas dnv since 1996 and the certificate was upgraded to iso 9001 2000 in 2001 . in 1996 nordic semiconductor was listed on the oslo stock exchange s sme list . contents 1 history 2 products 3 see also 3.1 locations 4 references 5 external links history edit nordic semiconductor was initially founded as nordic vlsi nvlsi in trondheim norway in 1983 . the company was formed by four post graduates from the norwegian university of science and technology . initially the company focused on the design of mixed signal application specific integrated circuits asics within the nordic region . in 1996 the firm went public on the norwegian stock exchange where it still trades as of 2016 update . in 1998 nvlsi released their first wireless standard products in the 433 mhz ism band . in 2003 nvlsi was renamed nordic semiconductor often known as nordic semi to reflect the company s full focus on ultra low power wireless devices . the same year saw the release of nordic semiconductor s first wireless devices at 2.4 ghz . since 2003 nordic semiconductor has maintained a clear focus on wireless products for the 2.4 ghz band and has seen its devices used in a wide range of branded consumer electronic products . nordic semiconductor maintains an especially dominant position in the wireless sports & fitness and wireless desktop peripheral markets . nordic semiconductor have products that support 3 main connectivity topologies bluetooth low energy ant and 2.4 ghz proprietary protocols . 2012 saw the release of nordic semi s 3rd generation of ultra low power wireless products . this family of products is named the nrf51 series and they incorporate the arm cortex m series microcontrollers at their core . products edit nordic semiconductor designs and produces soc and connectivity solutions primarily for the ism bands at 2.4 ghz and 868 915 mhz bands . current products include socs incorporating the arm cortex m0 microcontroller core . see also edit nrf51 series arm cortex m bluetooth low energy ant locations edit nordic semiconductor is headquartered in trondheim norway where the company s r & d team is also located . regional offices are located in oslo sunnyvale boston chicago hong kong seoul tokyo and taipei . references edit https www.nordicsemi.com content download 21127 339490 version 2 file annual report 2012 nordic p3 eng.pdf external links edit official website merritt rick july 3 2012 . a view from norway on the internet of things . ee times . archived from the original on july 8 2012 . retrieved july 8 2012 . kamkar samy january 13 2015 . keysweeper a keystroke logger that targets microsoft keyboards using a nordic semi chip . retrieved january 15 2015 . retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title nordic semiconductor & oldid 739597489 categories companies based in trondheimelectronics companies of norwayfabless semiconductor companiescompanies established in 19831983 establishments in norwaycompanies listed on the oslo stock exchangehidden categories articles containing potentially dated statements from 2016all articles containing potentially dated statementsofficial website different in wikidata and wikipedia 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 deutschnorsk bokm lnorsk nynorsk edit links this page was last modified on 15 september 2016 at 17 30 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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