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PA Semi

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PA Semi is a fabless semiconductor company founded in Santa Clara, California in 2003 by Dan Dobberpuhl who was the lead designer for the DEC Alpha and StrongARM processors. The company previously worked on processors like Itanium, Opteron and UltraSPARC.

Apple Inc acquired P.A. Semi for $278 million in April 2008.

Milestones

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  PA Semi added Dan Dobberpuhl as Founder.
  Posted 5/21/08 at 1:51pm
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  PA Semi received $36M in Series B funding. (5/1/09)
  Posted 5/21/08 at 1:57pm via redherring.com
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  PA Semi received $50M in Series C funding. (4/1/06)
  Posted 5/21/08 at 1:51pm via co.uk
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  PA Semi was acquired by Apple for $278M. (4/23/08)
  Posted 5/21/08 at 1:58pm via forbes.com

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Sources

1. Apple Buys Chip Designer (forbes.com) [edit]
2. PA Semi heads to 16 cores on back of $50m boost (theregister.co.uk) [edit]
3. P.A. Semi Makes Its Debut (redherring.com) [edit]