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ON Semiconductor

 
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ON Semiconductor
Type Public (NASDAQONNN)
Founded 1999
Headquarters Phoenix, Arizona, USA
Key people Keith Jackson, CEO
John Nelson, COO
Donald Colvin, CFO
Industry Semiconductors
Revenue $2,055 million USD (2008)
Employees 13,000 (approx)[1]
Website www.onsemi.com

ON Semiconductor (NASDAQONNN), is a Fortune 1000 supplier of semiconductor devices, including power management, logic, signal, discrete, and custom devices. ON Semiconductor is headquartered in Phoenix, Arizona, USA. The company has operations in the Americas, Europe, Asia, and Japan.

The company originated as Motorola, Inc.'s Semiconductor Components Group, and continues to manufacture Motorola's discrete, standard analog and standard logic devices. It was recapitalized and established as an independent company on August 4, 1999. Immediately prior to the recapitalization, it was a wholly owned subsidiary of Motorola.

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Acquisitions

In April 2000, ON Semiconductor completed the acquisition of Cherry Semiconductor.

In January 2008, ON Semiconductor completed the acquisition of the CPU Voltage and PC Thermal Monitoring Business from Analog Devices, Inc., for $184M.

In March 2008, ON Semiconductor completed the acquisition of AMI Semiconductor for $915M.[1]

In October 2008, ON Semiconductor completed the acquisition of Catalyst Semiconductor for $115M.[2]

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References

  1. ^ "ON Semiconductor Investor relations". http://www.onsemi.com/PowerSolutions/content.do?id=1116. Retrieved 15 December 2009. 



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