| Company type | Public company |
|---|---|
| Industry | Semiconductors |
| Founded | 1987 |
| Fate | acquired |
| Headquarters | Colorado Springs, United States |
| Products | memory chips |
| Parent | Cypress Semiconductor |
Simtek Corporation, headquartered in Colorado Springs, CO, was an early leader in the development of SONOS memory technology which it used in its nvSRAM product line which featured a SONOS Flash memory coupled with an SRAM shadow memory to achieve both speed and non-volatility. The company was acquired by Cypress Semiconductor in September 2008. Simtek was a fabless company that relied on wafer foundry manufacturing support from Chartered Semiconductor, DongBu HiTek, and Cypress.