Grace's Guide To British Industrial History

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Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 162,257 pages of information and 244,498 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.

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Associated Semiconductor Manufacturers

From Graces Guide

1962 Formation of Associated Semiconductor Manufacturers by Mullard (the valve making arm of Philips) and GEC to combine the semiconductor (ie transistor) development and production facilities of the 2 companies; Mullard owned two-thirds of the company[1]

1967 The company was quite late in entering the market for micro-circuits. Announced development of EECL integrated circuits under the Mullard brand which would be made by Westinghouse Corporation in USA. ASM had factory at Southampton making DTL and TTL circuits[2]

1969 GEC pulled out of the company[3]

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Sources of Information

  1. The Times (London, England), Tuesday, May 01, 1962
  2. The Times, Oct 13, 1967
  3. The Times, Oct 29, 1969