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Spansion Inc. is an American-based company that designs, develops and manufactures flash memory microcontrollers, mixed-signal and analog products, as well as system-on-chip (SoC) solutions.〔Reuters. “(Spansion Inc. ).” July 26, 2010.〕〔By Mark LaPedus, EE Times. “(Spansion ships “green memory line” ).” April 20, 2009.〕 The company had more than 3,700 employees in 2014 and is headquartered in Sunnyvale, California. Spansion is a former joint-venture between AMD and Fujitsu.〔Spencer Chin, EE Times. "(Spansion IPO Filings Signals Spinoff from AMD )." April 13, 2005.〕 In August 2013, Spansion closed the acquisition of the Microcontroller and Analog Business of Fujitsu Semiconductor Limited.〔http://www.electronicsweekly.com/news/business/spansion-completes-fujitsu-deal-expands-nand-business-2013-08/〕 Spansion has more than 10,000 customers worldwide. Its products are used in the following markets: automotive electronics, home appliance, peripheral computing equipment, consumer equipment, industrial and networking.〔 ==History== Spansion was founded in 1993 as a joint venture between AMD and Japan's Fujitsu Ltd. Spansion was formerly known as FASL LLC.〔Bloomberg BusinessWeek. “(Spansion Inc-Class A ).” July 6, 2010.〕 Once AMD took control of the company in 2003, it was renamed Spansion LLC in June 2004〔 and officially spun off as an independent maker of flash memory chips in December 2005.〔Michael Feldman, HPCwire. “(Spansion Brings NOR Flash to HPC ).” April 20, 2009.〕〔Chris O’Brien, San Jose Mercury News. “(The Death and Rebirth of Spansion ).” July 10, 2010.〕 After joining the company in 2009, CEO, John Kispert, brought Spansion out of bankruptcy with over $1 billion in sales and 10,000 customers worldwide. In 2013, Spansion purchased Fujitsu’s microcontroller and analog business for $175 million, expanding Spansion’s work force by more than 1,000 worldwide. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Spansion」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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