21 Facts About Harris Semiconductor

In 2016, Harris Semiconductor was named one of the top hundred federal contractors by Defense News.

Harris Semiconductor spent the next 60 years developing lithographic processes and printing presses before acquiring typesetting company Intertype Corporation.

In 1957, Harris Semiconductor acquired Gates Radio, a producer of broadcast transmitters and associated electronics gear, but kept the Gates brand name alive by putting the Gates sticker on the back of numerous transmitters that were labeled Harris Semiconductor on the front panels.

Harris Semiconductor headquarters was moved from Cleveland to Melbourne in 1978.

In 1969, Harris Semiconductor Corporation acquired RF Communications and Farinon Electric Corporation, furthering its microwave assets.

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In 1974, Harris Semiconductor acquired Datacraft Corporation, which led to the formation of the Harris Semiconductor Computer Systems Division.

In 1988, Harris acquired GE's semiconductor business, which at this time, incorporated the Intersil and RCA semiconductor businesses.

In 1996, Harris Semiconductor Corporation formed a joint venture with Shenzhen Telecom Company to produce and sell Harris Semiconductor' digital microwave radios and integrate them with other systems.

Harris Semiconductor retained production of the Radiation Hardened versions of these products.

In 1999, Harris spun off their remaining semiconductor business as an independent company, under the Intersil name.

Harris Semiconductor Corporation developed a Hand Held Computer for use during the address canvassing portion of the 2010 United States Census.

In January 2011, Harris Semiconductor re-opened its Calgary, Alberta avionics operation, Harris Semiconductor Canada Inc.

In December 2012, Harris Semiconductor Corporation sold its broadcast equipment operations to the Gores Group which operated as Harris Semiconductor Broadcast and is GatesAir.

Harris Semiconductor received $225M for the transaction, exactly half of what it paid seven years earlier for Leitch Technology, its final acquisition for the Broadcast division.

In July 2015, Harris Semiconductor Corporation sold its healthcare division, Harris Semiconductor Healthcare Solutions, to NantHealth.

In January 2017, Harris Semiconductor sold off its government IT services division to Veritas Capital for $690 million.

In October 2018 Harris Semiconductor announced an all-stock "merger of equals" with New York-based L3 Technologies, to be closed in mid-2019.

Federal regulations had required that Harris Semiconductor divest its night vision business as L3 already had its own night vision business and merger between the two companies would effectively eliminate competition in the industry.

Harris Semiconductor Corporation produced multiple cell-site simulator products, such as the StingRay and Hailstorm phone trackers ; These masquerade as legitimate cellphone towers duping mobile devices to connect to them instead of real cellular networks, so all wireless voice and data traffic originating in a given area are intercepted by the systems, enabling Stingray operators to conduct mass surveillance and triangulate the position of mobile devices.

Harris Semiconductor have been criticized by civil rights advocates for requiring local municipalities, police and state governments to enter into non-disclosure agreements and to conceal usage of these platforms from citizens and the courts.

ACLU then sent a letter to FCC stating, in their view, Harris Semiconductor misled FCC Office of Engineering and Technology staff during the regulatory review process by falsely claiming the systems were only used in emergency situations and not criminal investigations.