Numonyx
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{{Infobox company
| name = Numonyx
| logo =
| type = Joint venture
| fate = Acquired by Micron Technology
| foundation = {{Start date|2008|03|31}}
| defunct = {{End date|2010|02|09}}
| location_city = Rolle
| location_country = Switzerland
| key_people = [http://www.numonyx.com/en-US/About/LeadershipTeam/Pages/BrianHarrison.aspx Brian Harrison], CEO
[http://www.numonyx.com/en-US/About/LeadershipTeam/Pages/MarioLicciardello.aspx Mario Licciardello], COO
| num_employees = 6000-8000
| industry = Semiconductors
| revenue = {{profit}} USD- million (2008)
| parent = Micron Technology
| homepage = [http://www.numonyx.com/ www.Numonyx.com]
}}
Numonyx was a semiconductor company making flash memories, which was founded on March 31, 2008, by Intel Corporation, STMicroelectronics and Francisco Partners. It was acquired by Micron Technology on February 9, 2010, for US$1.27 billion.{{Cite web|url=https://www.forbes.com/2010/02/10/micron-numonyx-intel-markets-equities-acquisition.html?boxes=financechannelforbes|title = Micron Shares Short Out}}{{Cite web|title=Micron Announces Agreement to Acquire Numonyx {{!}} Micron Technology|url=https://investors.micron.com/news-releases/news-release-details/micron-announces-agreement-acquire-numonyx|access-date=2021-03-22|website=investors.micron.com|language=en}}{{Cite web|last=Lemon|first=Sumner|date=2010-02-09|title=Micron acquires flash memory maker Numonyx|url=https://www.computerworld.com/article/2520831/micron-acquires-flash-memory-maker-numonyx.html|access-date=2021-03-22|website=Computerworld|language=en}}
Numonyx was created from the key assets of businesses that in 2006, generated approximately $3.6 billion in combined annual revenue. The company supplies non-volatile memory for a variety of consumer and industrial devices including cellular phones, MP3 players, digital cameras, computers and other high-tech equipment.
Officers
Numonyx was managed by Brian Harrison, CEO of Numonyx and former vice president and general manager of Intel's Flash Memory Group, Mario Licciardello, COO of Numonyx and former corporate vice president and general manager of STMicroelectronics’ Flash Memories Group. Edward Doller, former CTO of Intel's memory group, was their Chief Technology Officer.
Locations
Numonyx was headquartered in Rolle, Switzerland, and had sales, manufacturing and R&D facilities in the United States, Israel, Singapore, China and Italy.{{Cite web |date=2010-02-10 |title=Micron to acquire Numonyx in $1.27B deal |url=https://www.edn.com/micron-to-acquire-numonyx-in-1-27b-deal/ |access-date=2024-01-29 |website=edn.com}}
Products
Numonyx produced NOR and NAND flash memory, like the 2008 introduced M29EW NOR Flash memory chip, as well as phase-change memory brought over from Intel and STMicroelectronics memory businesses.{{cite web|access-date=2024-01-23 |date=2008-10-28 |title=Numonyx Looks to Deliver 65-nm NOR Memory Chips in 2009 |publisher=eweek.com |url=https://www.eweek.com/storage/numonyx-looks-to-deliver-65-nm-nor-memory-chips-in-2009/}}{{cite web|access-date=2024-01-23 |date=2008-03-31 |title=Intel closes deal to create new flash memory vendor |publisher=computerworld.com |url=https://www.computerworld.com/article/2536229/intel-closes-deal-to-create-new-flash-memory-vendor.html}} While the company initially stopped selling 5-V flash memory, which at the time was often used in the automotive industry, the M29F 5-V line was announced in early 2009.{{cite web|access-date=2024-01-23 |date=2009-03-20 |title=Numonyx to re-enter 5-V automotive flash memory market |publisher=eetimes.com |url=https://www.eetimes.com/numonyx-to-re-enter-5-v-automotive-flash-memory-market-2/}} In 2009, Numonyx had a NOR flash memory market share of 34.6 %, making them the largest vendor in the segment.{{cite web|access-date=2024-01-23 |date=2009-09-15 |title=Numonyx regains top spot in NOR flash |publisher=eetimes.com |url=https://www.zdnet.com/home-and-office/networking/micron-to-acquire-flash-memory-maker-numonyx/}}
References
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External links
- [http://www.numonyx.com/ Main Corporate] - former company website (redirects to Micron Technology, Inc.)
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20150610203519/http://investors.micron.com/releasedetail.cfm?releaseid=443974 Numonyx Acquisition Information] - Micron Technology, Inc.
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Category:Defunct semiconductor companies
Category:Electronics companies established in 2008
Category:Semiconductor companies of Switzerland
Category:2010 mergers and acquisitions
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