National Semiconductor

From Freepedia

National Semiconductor (abbreviation NS or NSC) is one of the largest semiconductor manufacturers, now based in Santa Clara, California. In its heyday, the Jargon file reports, it was popular (and unpopular) enough to acquire the derogatory nickname "Nominal Semidestructor".

Its products include:

• analog circuits
  • operational amplifiers
  • buffers
  • comparators
  • display circuits
  • regulators
  • voltage references
• audio circuits
• computer peripherals
• microprocessors
  • x86 Geode microprocessors
• microcontrollers
• network products

External links

• National Semiconductor
• Scott Fishers 1979 picture of National Semiconductors, "Datachecker computer" used for supermarket scanning systems in the USA. Competition was IBM and NCR

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