Allegro MicroSystems Opens Pennsylvania Development Center; Continued Commitment to Engineering Excellence.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers WORCESTER, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 11, 2003 Allegro (operating system) Allegro - The code name for the major Mac OS release due in mid-1998. http://devworld.apple.com/mkt/informed/appledirections/mar97/roadmap.html. MicroSystems, Inc., a leading manufacturer of semiconductor products, today announced the opening of a 15,000 square foot design center in Warminster, PA. Allegro's new Pennsylvania Development Center is an extension to the corporate engineering team with the primary purpose of design and development of next generation semiconductor integrated circuits Integrated circuits Miniature electronic circuits produced within and upon a single semiconductor crystal, usually silicon. Integrated circuits range in complexity from simple logic circuits and amplifiers, about 1/20 in. (1. and processes. This year Allegro Microsystems, Inc. sold a 250,000 square foot wafer fabrication Wafer Fabrication is a procedure composed of many repeated sequential processes to produce complete electrical or photonic circuits. Examples include production of radio frequency (RF) amplifiers, LEDs, optical computer components, and CPUs for computers. facility located in Willow Grove Willow Grove may refer to:
"This marked the end of a 16-year operating history for Allegro in the Willow Grove facility, but as one era ends another begins with the opening of this development center," stated Dennis Fitzgerald, President and Chief Operating Officer Chief Operating Officer (COO) The officer of a firm responsible for day-to-day management, usually the president or an executive vice-president. of Allegro MicroSystems. "Our remote locations are critical to our product development success, as they help to ensure worldwide access to technical talent." Allegro currently has three remote sites that work seamlessly with the current engineering group. The new development center has a full working lab for design, development and the pre-production of new integrated circuits. About Allegro Allegro MicroSystems, Inc. is a global supplier of advanced mixed-signal power semiconductors and Hall-effect sensors
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