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| Company type | Subsidiary |
|---|---|
| Industry | Fabless semiconductor company |
| Founded | 2003 |
| Founder | Daniel W. Dobberpuhl |
| Fate | Acquired by Apple in 2008. |
| Headquarters | , |
| Products | PWRficient processor |
Number of employees | 150 person engineering team |
| Parent | Apple Inc. |
P. A. Semi (originally Palo Alto Semiconductor[1]) was an American fabless semiconductor company founded in Santa Clara, California in 2003 by Daniel W. Dobberpuhl,[2][3] who was previously the lead designer for the DEC Alpha 21064 and StrongARM processors. The company employed a 150-person engineering team which included people who had previously worked on processors like Itanium, Opteron and UltraSPARC.[4] Apple Inc acquired P.A. Semi for $278 million in April 2008.[5]
P.A. Semi developed the PWRficient PA6T-1682M CPU, which was used in the AmigaOne X1000.
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