Conexant
Conexant provides semiconductor solutions for imaging, audio, embedded modem, and video surveillance applications. The company leverages its core expertise in analog and mixed-signal technologies, firmware and software development, and extensive applications knowledge to deliver products that contribute to its customers' success. Conexant is headquartered in Newport Beach, Calif., and has design centers in the U.S. and Asia, and sales offices worldwide.
Conexant's history started in 1971. This is a time when the Rockwell International Microelectronics Division was established. The establishment of the company was accompanied by rapid developments in computer products and macro processing technology. After several name changes over the years, Rockwell International Microelectronics Division ended up with the name Rockwell Semiconductor Systems in 1995. In January 1999 Conexant Systems, Inc. was launched as an independent entity after Rockwell International Corp. completed the spinoff of Rockwell Semiconductor Systems to shareholders.
As a unit of Rockwell International, the predecessor of Conexant Systems, Inc. has made semiconductors, or chips, since the 1960s. Although not its largest division, Rockwell Semiconductor Systems (RSS) was Rockwell International's fastest growing business in the 1990s, until demand for chips fell off in 1996 and the industry went through a period of excess supplies. In 1998 parent company Rockwell International decided to spin off RSS to its shareholders in a tax-free stock exchange in an effort to improve its profits and make its semiconductor business more competitive. The new company, Conexant Systems, Inc., began business in January 1999 with $1.2 billion in revenues and a workforce of about 6,300. Conexant quickly returned to profit-ability by focusing exclusively on developing semiconductors for the communications market.
Conexant is a semiconductor manufacturer and as many of semiconductor companies develops solutions for imaging, audio, embedded modem, and video surveillance applications. Embedded modem products encompass all major industry standards including V.92. Video solutions include video encoders and media bridges for surveillance security products with digital video recording, and video encoders for smart home and commercial security applications.
2017 : Conexant Systems, a leading provider of audio and voice technology solutions that enable a more natural user experience, announced that it has acquired Synaptics Incorporated (NASDAQ: SYNA). Conexant gain Synaptics' portfolio of silicon and software solutions for audio, voice and imaging applications.
Conexant Systems, LLC, is the industry's go-to source for hardware and software solutions that offer unrivaled performance for audio and voice applications. The company combines its significant IP portfolio in DSP, analog and mixed signal technology with embedded software to enrich and expand audio and voice capabilities of products across nearly every vertical. Conexant also is a leader in advanced imaging solutions designed to improve performance of image dependent electronic equipment, such as document and photo imaging controllers and digital video. Founded in 1999, Conexant is a privately-held fabless semiconductor and audio technology engineering company headquartered in Irvine, California with offices and design centers worldwide.