Editing Monolithic Memories (section)

{{Short description|American semiconductor company (1969–1987)}}
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MMI PAL 16R6 in 20-pin DIP. The original "printed-circuit" logo appears here; it was later replaced by a simpler design.]]

'''Monolithic Memories, Inc.''' ('''MMI''') was an American semiconductor company which produced [[bipolar junction transistor|bipolar]] PROMs, [[programmable logic device]]s, and logic circuits (including [[7400 series|7400 series TTL]]).

A team of MMI engineers, under the direction of Ze'ev Drori and  headed by [[John Birkner]] and H. T. Chua, invented the class of devices known as [[programmable array logic]] (PAL).

MMI was founded in 1969 by former [[Fairchild Semiconductor]] engineer [[Ze'ev Drori]], later the President and CEO of [[Tesla Motors]]. In 1987, under the stewardship of President [[Irwin Federman]], it was merged with [[Advanced Micro Devices]] in a $422 million stock swap<ref>[https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1987-05-04-fi-4817-story.html Los Angeles Times: "Synergy of Contrasting Personalities Behind Chip Merger" by DONNA K. H. WALTERS] May 04, 1987</ref> to become the world's largest integrated circuit manufacturer.<ref name=LATimesMonlithic>[https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1987-05-01-fi-1886-story.html Los Angeles Times: "Monolithic Will Combine With Advanced Micro: $422-Million Stock Swap Will Create World's Biggest Integrated Circuit Maker" by NANCY RIVERA BROOKS] May 01, 1987</ref> AMD later spun off their programmable logic division as Vantis,<ref>{{Cite web|date=1998-07-10|title=AMD May Spin Off Network-Chip Unit|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1998-jul-10-fi-2324-story.html|access-date=2021-02-17|website=Los Angeles Times|language=en-US}}</ref> which was then acquired by [[Lattice Semiconductor]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Lattice Semiconductor acquires Vantis Corporation from AMD|url=http://www.m2.com/m2/web/story.php/1999852568440080DDE88025683C002B4CDC|access-date=2021-02-17|website=www.m2.com}}</ref>