Xicor
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Xicor was a semiconductor company best known for designing and manufacturing non-volatile memory and analog integrated circuits.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Xicor canonical | 3 |
| Spansion | 1 |
| Xicor equity | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T638480 — 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: Xicor Context triple: [Fairchild Semiconductor, hasSpinOff, Xicor]
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A.
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.
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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.
ON Semiconductor
ON Semiconductor is a leading global supplier of power and analog semiconductor solutions used in automotive, industrial, and other high-performance electronic applications.
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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.
Signetics
Signetics was an early integrated circuit and semiconductor manufacturer that became known for pioneering memory and logic chips before being acquired by Philips.
- 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: Xicor Target entity description: Xicor was a semiconductor company best known for designing and manufacturing non-volatile memory and analog integrated circuits.
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A.
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.
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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.
ON Semiconductor
ON Semiconductor is a leading global supplier of power and analog semiconductor solutions used in automotive, industrial, and other high-performance electronic applications.
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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.
Signetics
Signetics was an early integrated circuit and semiconductor manufacturer that became known for pioneering memory and logic chips before being acquired by Philips.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | semiconductor company ⓘ |
| acquiredBy | Intersil ⓘ |
| acquisitionDate | 2004 ⓘ |
| businessModel | fabless semiconductor design and manufacturing partnerships ⓘ |
| coreCompetency |
analog and mixed-signal IC design
ⓘ
non-volatile memory design ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| defunctAfterAcquisitionBy | Intersil ⓘ |
| foundedInPeriod | 1970s ⓘ |
| hasCustomerType |
electronics designers
ⓘ
original equipment manufacturers ⓘ |
| hasProductCategory |
interface ICs
ⓘ
memory ICs ⓘ power management ICs ⓘ system management ICs ⓘ |
| hasSuccessor |
Intersil non-volatile memory product line
ⓘ
linked to:
Intersil
|
| hasTechnology |
CMOS
ⓘ
EEPROM technology ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation |
Milpitas, California
ⓘ
linked to:
Milpitas, California, United States
|
| industry | semiconductors ⓘ |
| knownFor |
designing non-volatile memory devices
ⓘ
manufacturing analog integrated circuits ⓘ |
| locatedInAdministrativeTerritorialEntity |
California
ⓘ
linked to:
California, United States
United States ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| mergedInto | Intersil ⓘ |
| notableProductFeature |
electrically erasable programmable memory
ⓘ
on-chip non-volatile storage for configuration ⓘ |
| operatedInMarket | global semiconductor market ⓘ |
| productType |
EEPROM
ⓘ
digital potentiometers ⓘ non-volatile RAM ⓘ real-time clock ICs ⓘ system management ICs ⓘ voltage supervisors ⓘ |
| servedIndustry |
automotive electronics
ⓘ
communications ⓘ computing ⓘ consumer electronics ⓘ industrial electronics ⓘ |
| specializedIn |
analog integrated circuits
ⓘ
non-volatile memory ⓘ |
| status | defunct ⓘ |
| stockExchangeListing | NASDAQ ⓘ |
| tickerSymbol | XICO ⓘ |
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: Xicor Description of subject: Xicor was a semiconductor company best known for designing and manufacturing non-volatile memory and analog integrated circuits.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Xicor