Linear Technology
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Linear Technology was a semiconductor company renowned for designing high-performance analog integrated circuits used in industrial, automotive, communications, and consumer applications.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Linear Technology canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9452451 — 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: Linear Technology Context triple: [Analog Devices, acquired, Linear Technology]
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A.
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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B.
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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C.
Microsemi
Microsemi was a semiconductor company known for providing high-reliability, defense, aerospace, and communications solutions before being acquired by Microchip Technology.
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D.
Analog Devices
Analog Devices is a leading American semiconductor company known for designing and manufacturing analog, mixed-signal, and digital signal processing integrated circuits used in a wide range of electronic equipment.
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E.
Intersil
Intersil is an American semiconductor company known for designing and manufacturing analog, mixed-signal, and power management integrated circuits for a wide range of electronic applications.
- 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: Linear Technology Target entity description: Linear Technology was a semiconductor company renowned for designing high-performance analog integrated circuits used in industrial, automotive, communications, and consumer applications.
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A.
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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B.
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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C.
Microsemi
Microsemi was a semiconductor company known for providing high-reliability, defense, aerospace, and communications solutions before being acquired by Microchip Technology.
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D.
Analog Devices
Analog Devices is a leading American semiconductor company known for designing and manufacturing analog, mixed-signal, and digital signal processing integrated circuits used in a wide range of electronic equipment.
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E.
Intersil
Intersil is an American semiconductor company known for designing and manufacturing analog, mixed-signal, and power management integrated circuits for a wide range of electronic applications.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | semiconductor company ⓘ |
| acquiredBy | Analog Devices ⓘ |
| acquisitionAnnounced | 2016 ⓘ |
| acquisitionDate | 2017 ⓘ |
| acquisitionValue | 14800000000 USD ⓘ |
| applicationArea |
automotive applications
ⓘ
communications applications ⓘ consumer electronics applications ⓘ industrial applications ⓘ |
| businessModel | fabless and captive manufacturing mix ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
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| countryOfHeadquarters |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| customerSegment |
automotive manufacturers
ⓘ
communications equipment manufacturers ⓘ consumer electronics manufacturers ⓘ industrial customers ⓘ |
| dissolution | 2017 ⓘ |
| foundedBy |
Robert C. Dobkin
ⓘ
Robert H. Swanson ⓘ
linked to:
Robert Swanson
|
| headquartersLocation |
Milpitas, California
ⓘ
linked to:
Milpitas, California, United States
Silicon Valley ⓘ |
| inception | 1981 ⓘ |
| industry |
analog integrated circuits
ⓘ
semiconductors ⓘ |
| knownFor |
high reliability analog components
ⓘ
low-noise analog circuits ⓘ power-efficient power management ICs ⓘ |
| LTspiceFunction | SPICE-based circuit simulation ⓘ |
| marketPosition | leading supplier of high-performance analog ICs ⓘ |
| notableBrand | LTspice ⓘ |
| productType |
RF and wireless ICs
ⓘ
amplifiers ⓘ battery management ICs ⓘ data converters ⓘ high-performance analog integrated circuits ⓘ interface ICs ⓘ power management ICs ⓘ power-over-Ethernet controllers ⓘ |
| regionServed | worldwide ⓘ |
| softwareProduct | LTspice ⓘ |
| specialization |
high-performance analog IC design
ⓘ
power management solutions ⓘ signal conditioning ⓘ |
| status | acquired ⓘ |
| stockExchangeListing | NASDAQ ⓘ |
| successorOrganization | Analog Devices ⓘ |
| tickerSymbol | LLTC ⓘ |
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: Linear Technology Description of subject: Linear Technology was a semiconductor company renowned for designing high-performance analog integrated circuits used in industrial, automotive, communications, and consumer applications.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.