Spansion
| Industry | Semiconductors |
|---|---|
| Founded | 2003 |
| Defunct | March 12, 2015 |
| Fate | Purchased by Cypress Semiconductor |
| Successor | Cypress Semiconductor, later acquired by Infineon |
| Headquarters | Sunnyvale, California, United States |
Key people | John Kispert (CEO and Member of Spansion's Board of Directors) |
| Products | Flash memory-based embedded systems |
| Revenue | ~$1.3 billion USD (Annual 2013) |
Number of employees | ~3,700 (2014) |
| Website | www |
Spansion Inc. was an American-based company that designed, developed, and manufactured flash memory, microcontrollers, mixed-signal and analog products, and system-on-chip (SoC) solutions. The company had more than 3,700 employees in 2014 and was headquartered in Sunnyvale, California. It was founded as the joint-venture FASL between AMD and Fujitsu, which eventually was spun out into the independent company Spansion afterwards.
In August 2013, Spansion closed the acquisition of the Microcontroller and Analog Business of Fujitsu Semiconductor Limited.
Spansion had more than 10,000 customers worldwide. Its products were used in the following markets: automotive electronics, home appliances, peripheral computing equipment, consumer equipment, industrial, and networking.