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Alchemy was founded in Austin, Texas, in 1999 with an investment Cadence Design Systems, Inc. The original Alchemy development team consisted of former [[DEC]] {{decc|Alpha}} and {{decc|StrongARM}} engineers. In May 2000, Alchemy Semiconductor became a solely independent company through funding from US Venture Partners (USVP), Austin Ventures, and Telos Ventures. | Alchemy was founded in Austin, Texas, in 1999 with an investment Cadence Design Systems, Inc. The original Alchemy development team consisted of former [[DEC]] {{decc|Alpha}} and {{decc|StrongARM}} engineers. In May 2000, Alchemy Semiconductor became a solely independent company through funding from US Venture Partners (USVP), Austin Ventures, and Telos Ventures. | ||
| − | In January 29, [[2002]] AMD announced its plans to acquire Alchemy in order to compete against [[Intel]]'s {{intel|XScale}}. | + | In January 29, [[2002]] AMD announced its plans to acquire Alchemy in order to compete against [[Intel]]'s {{intel|XScale}}. By June of [[2006]], Alchemy assets were transferred to [[Raza Micro]]. |
== Processor families == | == Processor families == | ||
Revision as of 11:48, 28 May 2018
| Alchemy Semiconductor | |
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| Type | Private |
| Founded | 1999 Austin, Texas |
| Founder | Greg Hoeppner Phil Pompa Rich Witek Jim Montanaro Richard Reis Ray Stephany |
| Fate | Acquired by AMD |
| Defunct | 2002 |
| Headquarters | Austin, Texas |
Alchemy Semiconductor was an American fabless semiconductor company that specialized in developing low-power MIPS microprocessor designs.
Alchemy was founded in Austin, Texas, in 1999 with an investment Cadence Design Systems, Inc. The original Alchemy development team consisted of former DEC Alpha and StrongARM engineers. In May 2000, Alchemy Semiconductor became a solely independent company through funding from US Venture Partners (USVP), Austin Ventures, and Telos Ventures.
In January 29, 2002 AMD announced its plans to acquire Alchemy in order to compete against Intel's XScale. By June of 2006, Alchemy assets were transferred to Raza Micro.
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Facts about "Alchemy Semiconductor"
| company type | private + |
| defunct | 2002 + |
| fate | Acquired by AMD + |
| founded | 1999 + |
| founded location | Austin, Texas + |
| founder | Greg Hoeppner +, Phil Pompa +, Rich Witek +, Jim Montanaro +, Richard Reis + and Ray Stephany + |
| full page name | alchemy + |
| headquarters | Austin, Texas + |
| instance of | semiconductor company + |
| name | Alchemy Semiconductor + |