11 Facts About Zilog

Zilog, Inc is an American manufacturer of microprocessors and 8-bit and 16-bit microcontrollers.

Zilog made 16- and 32-bit processors, but these did not see widespread use.

Zilog was started in California in 1974 by Federico Faggin and Ralph Ungermann, who both left Intel after working on the 4004 and 8080 microprocessors and custom chips.

Zilog went public in 1991, but was acquired in 1998 by Texas Pacific Group for $527 million.

In 1999, Zilog acquired Production Languages Corporation for an unspecified amount less than $10 million.

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In February 2007, Zilog hired Darin Billerbeck to replace Jim Thorburn as president and CEO.

In January 2008, Zilog declined an unsolicited proposal made by Universal Electronics Inc to acquire the company.

Since early 2010, Zilog has refocused on the industrial and consumer markets for motion detection, motor control, RF wireless and embedded security applications, and is currently producing a number of reference designs that integrate its 8- and 16-bit microcontrollers with IXYS power management products.

In February 2012, Zilog announced the release of its Z8051 family of microcontrollers and tool sets to fill a vacancy in the developer market for 8051 cores that was created when chip-maker NXP Semiconductors exited the 8051 market.

Zilog formed a Systems Division, which designed the Zilog System 8000, a Z8000- or Z80000-based multiuser computer system running a Unix derivative called ZEUS .

Zilog attempted to enter the 32-bit microcontroller market in February 2006 with the demonstration of ARM9-based Point-Of-Sale microcontroller product line.