13 Facts About Intersil

Intersil is an American semiconductor company headquartered in Milpitas, California.

The previous Intersil was formed in August 1999 through the acquisition of the semiconductor business of Harris Corporation.

Intersil is a power management IC business, with specialized capability in power management and precision analog technology for applications in industrial, infrastructure, mobile, automotive and aerospace.

Original Intersil, Inc was founded in 1967 by the Swiss physicist Jean Hoerni to develop digital watch Integrated Circuits.

Later-on, Intersil had a development contract with the Japanese company Daini Seikosha and became supplier of low-voltage CMOS watch ICs for Seiko.

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When microprocessors emerged to the market in the 1970s, Intersil participated with its 12-bit IM6100, which was the first microprocessor produced in CMOS technology and emulated the PDP-8 instruction set.

In 1988, Intersil was taken over by Harris Semiconductor, which had offered the IM6100 as second source.

In 1999 Harris spun off its entire semiconductor division and Intersil Corporation was created with the largest IPO in American semiconductor industry history.

The second Intersil Corporation is a different company from the original Intersil, Inc.

Intersil is the manufacturer of the RCA 1802 microprocessor, a CPU traditionally used in space applications.

Intersil completed a series of acquisitions, two of which are still part of the portfolio, Zilker Labs digital power devices and Techwell automotive and security and surveillance products.

Intersil was able to return to profitability in 2013 and in early 2014 re-launched as a power management company, with products to improve power efficiency, extend battery life and reduce size.

Intersil develops and markets power management and analog technology for applications in the industrial, infrastructure, mobile, automotive and aerospace markets.