Catalyst Semiconductor, Inc. designs, develops, and markets a variety of programmable integrated circuits products. The Company offers page communication, computing, industrial automation, consumer, and automotive products.
Headquartered in Santa Clara, California, Catalyst Semiconductor designs and markets analog, mixed signal and non volatile memory products, including Digitally Programmable Potentiometers (DPP), white and color LED drivers, DC/DC converters, LDO regulators, voltage supervisors, bus expanders, serial and parallel EEPROMs, Flash and NVRAM. Many of Catalyst’s products incorporate the Company’s Quantum Charge Programmable technology, to deliver Adaptive Analog products, which offer a new level of customer flexibility, lower power and smaller die size. Catalyst products are used in telecommunications, computer, automotive, industrial and consumer markets. Typical applications include LCD displays, automotive lighting, optical networks, printers, modems, wireless LANs, network cards, DIMM modules, cellular telephones, navigation systems, set top boxes and Internet routers.
July 17, 2008: ON Semiconductor Corporation (Nasdaq: ONNN) and Catalyst Semiconductor, Inc. (Nasdaq: CATS) announced the acquisition of Catalyst Semiconductor by ON Semiconductor. ON Semiconductor is now a technologically broader and operationally stronger company and we remain committed to providing outstanding customer service, advanced technology solutions, industry leading supply chain management, and world class quality and manufacturing.