from the corresponding article in german . december 2012 click show for important translation instructions . view a machine translated version of the german article . google s machine translation is a useful starting point for translations but translators must revise errors as necessary and confirm that the translation is accurate rather than simply copy pasting machine translated text into the english wikipedia . do not translate text that appears unreliable or low quality . if possible verify the text with references provided in the foreign language article . after translating translated de zentrum mikroelektronik dresden must be added to the talk page to ensure copyright compliance . for more guidance see wikipedia translation . zentrum mikroelektronik dresden ag zmd ag is a fabless since march 2007 semiconductor manufacturer based in dresden . in the 1980s zmd was regarded as the heart of the gdr microelectronics research . zmd was founded in 1961 and produced the gdr s first 1 megabyte dram u61000 in 1988 . however serial production was not achieved by 1990 . zmd gmbh the predecessor of the current corporation was founded in 1993 and in december 2001 the company became an ag . since may 2009 zmd ag uses the logo zmdi ; the company name still is zentrum mikroelektronik dresden . today the company has about 320 employees of which around 150 are engineers working mainly in product development . zmdi innovations are used in automotive and industrial electronics medical technology and for infrared interfaces irda for example in mobile phones and laptops . the company has successfully specialized in the design production and marketing of heavy duty mixed analogue digital application specific circuits asics and application specific standard products assps with low energy consumption . as a result zmdi has accelerated the development of the most modern mixed signal systems on chip soc . the main focus of these developments is applications for the automobile sector zmdi has maintained a leading position in this area for several years now and aims to be market leader for automotive sensor systems on chip for x by wire applications . the company s headquarters are in dresden germany . zmdi runs sales operations in the u.s. with offices in milpitas california in stuttgart and dresden . it has design centers in the usa limerick ireland and also in dresden stuttgart and varna bulgaria . in december 2015 zmdi was acquired by idt . 1 silicon saxony edit zmdi is said to be the cradle of the saxon microelectronics industry and is a founder of the largest european semiconductors cluster silicon saxony which was founded in 2000 . zmdi s ceo and president is thilo von selchow . references edit 1 external links edit http www.zmdi.com coordinates 51 07 32 n 13 47 06 e 51.12556 n 13.78500 e 51.12556 ; 13.78500 retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title zmdi & oldid 709068928 categories fabless semiconductor companiesembedded systemsradio frequency identificationhidden categories articles to be expanded from december 2012all articles to be expandedarticles needing translation from german wikipediacoordinates not on wikidata 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 deutsch edit links this page was last modified on 9 march 2016 at 00 16 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view