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ISSI - Integrated Silicon Solution, Inc.
Integrated
Silicon Solution, Inc. (ISSI) is a semiconductor company based in
Silicon Valley, California. The company designs and markets
high-performance integrated circuits for digital consumer electronics,
networking, mobile communications, and automotive markets.
ISSI
was founded in 1988 and went public in 1995. The company has
manufacturing facilities in Taiwan and China, and also has a design
center in the United States. ISSI's products are used in a wide range
of applications, including data storage, telecommunications, and home
entertainment.
ISSI's products include a wide range of memory
and storage solutions, including DRAM, SRAM, Flash memory, and other
memory-related products. The company also designs and markets analog
and mixed-signal products, such as power management ICs and LED
drivers.
ISSI has a diverse customer base, with customers in
the automotive, consumer electronics, networking, and
telecommunications markets. The company's largest customers include
Huawei Technologies, Hewlett-Packard, and Cisco Systems.
In
March 2015, Cypress Semiconductor Corporation announced that it had
agreed to acquire ISSI for approximately $731 million. However, the
deal was called off in February 2016 after the Committee on Foreign
Investment in the United States (CFIUS) raised national security
concerns over the proposed acquisition by Cypress Semiconductor, which
is based in San Jose, California.
Despite this setback, ISSI
continues to operate and provide high-performance integrated circuits
for various markets. The company is listed on the NASDAQ stock
exchange under the ticker symbol "
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