Through a combination of strategic acquisitions and organic product development, ON Semiconductor has continued to build an industry leading solutions portfolio for focus end-markets and expand our applications expertise to meet the needs of our customers and partners. In the new Throwback Thursday (#TBT) edition of our blog - we'll feature articles, ads and whatever else we find showcasing how far technology has come and the story of how we got to where ON Semiconductor is today.
Do you remember looking at graphics like this? The below editorial is from the September 5, 1978 issue of EDN featuring the one-chip S68047 Video Display Generator (VDG) which permitted the manufacturing of a low-cost, full-color video alphanumeric or graphics display interface for standard color televisions or monitors.
Applications range from education systems, video games and small low-cost business/homecomputers to process control monitors and medical diagnostic displays.
*ON Semiconductor acquired AMI Semiconductor in 2008