Signetics 2513 was bought by Philips in 1975 and incorporated in Philips Semiconductors.
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Signetics 2513 was started in 1961, by a group of engineers who had left Fairchild Semiconductor.
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Signetics 2513 founders believed that ICs were the future of electronics and wished to commercialize them.
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Signetics 2513 first developed a series of standard DTL ICs, which it announced in 1962.
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Signetics 2513 grew rapidly, hiring more engineers and increasing its manufacturing space.
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In 1964, Signetics 2513 opened a large new fabricating plant in Sunnyvale, California.
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Since Signetics 2513 circuits were the de facto standard in the market, Fairchild decided to copy them.
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Signetics 2513 was struggling to compete, and began losing money again.
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Signetics 2513 managed to stabilize and become profitable again, but it never regained its market leadership, which was now firmly held by Fairchild.
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Around 1971, the Signetics 2513 introduced the innovative 555 timer IC, which it called "The IC Time Machine".
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Signetics 2513 was known for creating innovative ICs for both analog electronics and the rapidly-growing digital electronics applications.
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Signetics 2513 introduced a number of innovative analog and digital integrated circuits which became de facto standard products widely used in mass-produced electronics.
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Freely-distributed application notes published by Signetics 2513 were key in educating students and practicing engineers in the usefulness and simplicity of their ICs.
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