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{{title|Alchemy Semiconductor}}
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'''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]] {{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 February [[2002]] [[AMD]] acquired Alchemy for approximately $50 million in cash in order to compete with [[Intel]]'s ARM-based {{intel|XScale}} processors. By June of [[2006]], the Alchemy assets were transferred to [[Raza Microelectronics]], later renamed RMI Corporation. In October 2009 RMI merged with [[NetLogic Microsystems]], who was acquired by [[Broadcom]] in 2012.

== Processor families ==
* {{alchemy|Alchemy}}

== Microarchitectures ==
* {{alchemy|Au1|l=arch}}

== Bibliography ==
* [[:File:Au1000 Internet Edge Processor presentation.ppt|Au1000 Internet Edge Processor presentation]]
* [http://web.archive.org/web/20020601140646/http://www.amd.com/us-en/Corporate/VirtualPressRoom/0,,51_104_543~14491,00.html "AMD Acquisition of Alchemy Semiconductor Expands Market Focus"] (Press release). AMD.com. February 6, 2002. Archived June 2002.
* [http://web.archive.org/web/20020601112739/http://www.amd.com/us-en/Corporate/VirtualPressRoom/0,,51_104_543~14941,00.html "AMD Announces Completion of Alchemy Acquisition"] (Press release). AMD.com. February 19, 2002. Archived June 2002.
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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 +
website	http://www.alchemysemi.com +
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