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MOSAID

MOSAID is a semiconductor technology company incorporated in Ottawa, Canada. It was founded in 1975 as a DRAM design company, and later branched out into other areas including EDA software, semiconductor reverse engineering, test equipment manufacturing and intellectual property licensing. MOSAID went public in 1994 with a listing on the Toronto Stock…

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Years as a Publicly Traded Company (1994-2011)

Newbridge NetworksASICJEDEC(DDR)DRDRAM
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Early Years before IPO (1975-1994)

Microsystems InternationalISSCCRCAPaul RichmanNMOS
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A Privately Held Company Once Again (2011-present)

ElpidaSSDRPX
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OttawaCanadaDRAMIntellectual propertyToronto Stock Exchange
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Founded
1975
Industry
Semiconductor
Headquarters
Ottawa, Canada
Fate
Taken private by Sterling Partners in 2011, renamed Conversant Intellectual Property Management in 2013, changed its name back to MOSAID in 2021
Founder
Dick Foss, Bob Harland
Key people
Boris Teksler, President & CEO Jamie McDole, General Counsel Pam Yeh, Chief Financial Officer

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Early Years before IPO (1975-1994)

Years as a Publicly Traded Company (1994-2011)

A Privately Held Company Once Again (2011-present)

  • Elpida Elpida Memory
  • SSD Solid-state drive
  • RPX RPX Corporation

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MOSAID

Nodes48
Edges47
Triples82
Avg. degree1.96
Density0.041667
Components1

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MOSAID

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related to Years as a Publicly Traded Company (1994-2011) · 34
MOSAID → Accelerix, Although SLDRAM, As, ASIC, ATM, CAM, Chrysalis-ITS, Consortium, DDR, Direct RAMBUS DRAM, Double Date Rate, DRAM, DRAM-based, DRAM-logic, DRDRAM, Following, Gbit Ethernet, HDRAM, IPO, JEDEC
related to A Privately Held Company Once Again (2011-present) · 17
MOSAID → Conversant Intellectual Property Management, Core Wireless, Dublin, Elpida, HLNAND, In, IPValue, Ireland, Japanese DRAM, Korean SSD, Longitude Licensing, Novachips, One, RPX, Sterling Partners, The, Vector Capital
related to Early Years before IPO (1975-1994) · 14
MOSAID → DRAM, ISSCC, Microsystems International, MIL's, MOSAID's, On, Paul Richman, RCA, Richard Foss, Robert Harland, Soon, Standard Microsystems, The, Their
Fate · 1
MOSAID → Taken private by Sterling Partners in 2011, renamed Conversant Intellectual Property Management in 2013, changed its name back to MOSAID in 2021
Founded · 1
MOSAID → 1975
Founder · 1
MOSAID → Dick Foss, Bob Harland
Headquarters · 1
MOSAID → Ottawa, Canada
Industry · 1
MOSAID → Semiconductor
Key people · 1
MOSAID → Boris Teksler, President & CEO Jamie McDole, General Counsel Pam Yeh, Chief Financial Officer
Net income · 1
MOSAID → CA$7,002,000 (2001)

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company dram licensing patent semiconductor business memory intellectual property acquired reverse engineering test industry design sterling partners management 2013 sdram

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MOSAIDFateTaken private by Sterling Partners in 2011, renamed Conversant Intellectual Property Management in 2013, changed its name back to MOSAID in 20211.00infobox
MOSAIDFounded19751.00infobox
MOSAIDFounderDick Foss, Bob Harland1.00infobox
MOSAIDHeadquartersOttawa, Canada1.00infobox
MOSAIDIndustrySemiconductor1.00infobox
MOSAIDKey peopleBoris Teksler, President & CEO Jamie McDole, General Counsel Pam Yeh, Chief Financial Officer1.00infobox
MOSAIDNet incomeCA$7,002,000 (2001)1.00infobox
MOSAIDNumber of employees233 (2001)1.00infobox
MOSAIDProductsSemiconductor design services, Semiconductor Components, Reverse Engineering services, Test Systems, Patent Licensing1.00infobox
MOSAIDRevenueCA$82,926,000 (2001)1.00infobox
MOSAIDTypePrivate Company1.00infobox
MOSAIDWebsitewww.mosaid.com1.00infobox
MOSAIDis asemiconductor technology company incorporated in Ottawa0.90text

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