Applied Micro Circuits Corporation
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Applied Micro Circuits Corporation was a semiconductor company known for designing and manufacturing high-performance embedded processors and related integrated circuits used in networking, storage, and communications equipment.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Applied Micro Circuits Corporation canonical | 4 |
| Applied Micro Circuits | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9026902 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Applied Micro Circuits Corporation Context triple: [Sam440ep-flex, cpuVendor, Applied Micro Circuits Corporation]
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A.
Microsystems Technology Laboratories
Microsystems Technology Laboratories is a leading MIT research facility focused on micro- and nano-scale engineering, including microelectronics, MEMS, and related technologies.
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B.
National Semiconductor
National Semiconductor was a major American semiconductor company known for its analog and mixed-signal integrated circuits, later acquired by Texas Instruments.
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C.
Rockwell Semiconductor Systems
Rockwell Semiconductor Systems was a division of Rockwell International that designed and manufactured semiconductor components, particularly known for its communications and modem chipsets in the 1990s.
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D.
Fairchild Semiconductor
Fairchild Semiconductor was a pioneering American semiconductor company that played a central role in the development of Silicon Valley and the modern integrated circuit industry.
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E.
Xicor
Xicor was a semiconductor company best known for designing and manufacturing non-volatile memory and analog integrated circuits.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Applied Micro Circuits Corporation Target entity description: Applied Micro Circuits Corporation was a semiconductor company known for designing and manufacturing high-performance embedded processors and related integrated circuits used in networking, storage, and communications equipment.
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A.
Microsystems Technology Laboratories
Microsystems Technology Laboratories is a leading MIT research facility focused on micro- and nano-scale engineering, including microelectronics, MEMS, and related technologies.
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B.
National Semiconductor
National Semiconductor was a major American semiconductor company known for its analog and mixed-signal integrated circuits, later acquired by Texas Instruments.
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C.
Rockwell Semiconductor Systems
Rockwell Semiconductor Systems was a division of Rockwell International that designed and manufactured semiconductor components, particularly known for its communications and modem chipsets in the 1990s.
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D.
Fairchild Semiconductor
Fairchild Semiconductor was a pioneering American semiconductor company that played a central role in the development of Silicon Valley and the modern integrated circuit industry.
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E.
Xicor
Xicor was a semiconductor company best known for designing and manufacturing non-volatile memory and analog integrated circuits.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fabless semiconductor company
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semiconductor company ⓘ |
| acquiredBy | MACOM Technology Solutions ⓘ |
| acquisitionDate | 2017 ⓘ |
| businessModel |
chip design
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outsourced semiconductor manufacturing ⓘ |
| coreCompetency |
SoC integration
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embedded CPU design ⓘ high-speed networking interfaces ⓘ |
| country |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
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| formerName |
Applied Micro Circuits
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linked to:
Applied Micro Circuits Corporation
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| foundedBy | David Rickey ⓘ |
| hasAbbreviation | AMCC ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation |
Santa Clara, California
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linked to:
Santa Clara
Sunnyvale, California ⓘ
linked to:
Sunnyvale, California, United States
|
| industry |
communications equipment components
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embedded processors ⓘ networking equipment components ⓘ semiconductors ⓘ storage equipment components ⓘ |
| knownFor |
high-performance embedded processors
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networking and communications ICs ⓘ |
| market |
communications infrastructure
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embedded networking ⓘ embedded storage ⓘ |
| product |
ARM-based processors
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PHY devices ⓘ PowerPC-based processors ⓘ embedded processors ⓘ integrated circuits ⓘ network processors ⓘ storage controllers ⓘ system-on-chip devices ⓘ |
| servedIndustry |
data center
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enterprise networking ⓘ storage systems ⓘ telecommunications ⓘ |
| status | defunct as an independent company ⓘ |
| technology |
ARM architecture
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linked to:
ARM
PowerPC architecture ⓘ
linked to:
PowerPC
high-speed serial interfaces ⓘ |
| tradedAs |
NASDAQ:AMCC
ⓘ
linked to:
AMCC
|
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Applied Micro Circuits Corporation Description of subject: Applied Micro Circuits Corporation was a semiconductor company known for designing and manufacturing high-performance embedded processors and related integrated circuits used in networking, storage, and communications equipment.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Applied Micro Circuits Corporation