GigaDevice
| Company type | Private |
|---|---|
| Industry | Semiconductors |
| Founded | 2005 |
| Headquarters | Beijing, China |
| Website | gigadevice |
GigaDevice Semiconductor is a Chinese NOR flash memory designer.[1][2] It also produces microcontrollers, some of them are based on ARM architecture (GD32 series), and other on RISC-V architecture (GD32V series)[3]. GD32 chips were introduced in 2015 and are compatible in pinout and periphery options to STM32 line of MCU[4].
Integrated Silicon Solution Inc. acquisition
The company participated as part of the Chinese buyer consortium Uphill Investment Co. that acquired Integrated Silicon Solution Inc., a semiconductor company that is among the major producers of NOR flash, in 2015 for US$731 million.[5] The buyer consortium beat out an offer by Cypress Semiconductor, a major competitor of GigaDevice in the NOR flash market.[6]
The buyer consortium of Uphill Investment Co. comprises eTown MemTek Ltd, Summitview Capital, Beijing Integrated Circuit Design and Test Fund, and Huaqing Jiye Investment Management Co., Ltd. GigaDevice along with Beijing ETOWN, an investment firm and economic development agency of the Beijing Municipal Government, were the equity holders of eTown MemTek Ltd.[7]
References
- ^ http://www.gigadevice.com/about/company-profile/
- ^ Yoshida, Junko (2012-09-19). "China Fabless: Why is GigaDevice chasing the no-growth$3 billion NOR flash market?". EETimes. Retrieved 25 November 2019.
- ^ Huang, Illumi (2019-08-26). "GigaDevice Intros General-Purpose RISC-V MCUs". EETimes. Retrieved 25 November 2019.
- ^ Aufranc, Jean-Luc (21 December 2015). "GigaDevice GD32 is a Faster, Software and Pin-to-pin STM32 Compatible Cortex M3 MCU". CNX Software. Retrieved 25 November 2019.
- ^ "ISSI Shareholders Approve Acquisition by Uphill Investment". Bloomberg. June 30, 2015.
- ^ "Schedule 14a". Securities and Exchange Commission.