Anobit Technologies, Ltd. ( he, אנוביט) was an Israeli
fabless designer of
flash memory
Flash memory is an electronic non-volatile computer memory storage medium that can be electrically erased and reprogrammed. The two main types of flash memory, NOR flash and NAND flash, are named for the NOR and NAND logic gates. Both us ...
controllers. They were acquired by
Apple in 2012 as they were the maker of a flash-memory drive component for the
iPhone.
Background
The firm was founded in 2006 by Prof. Ehud Weinstein,
Ariel Maislos, and Dr. Ofir Shalvi. It has a portfolio of 65
patents (24 granted and 41 pending), including Memory Signal Processing technology. It was headquartered in
Herzliya, with an
American
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** Americans, citizens and nationals of the United States of America
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office in
Marlborough, Massachusetts
Marlborough is a city in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 41,793 at the 2020 census. Marlborough became a prosperous industrial town in the 19th century and made the transition to high technology industry in the ...
. Investors in the company included Boston-based
Battery Ventures (Scott Tobin).
Acquisition
Anobit was acquired on January 6, 2012 by
Apple Inc. for a reported $390 million.
See also
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Science and technology in Israel
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Economy of Israel
The economy of Israel is a developed free-market economy. The prosperity of Israel's advanced economy allows the country to have a sophisticated welfare state, a powerful modern military said to possess a nuclear-weapons capability, modern inf ...
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List of companies of Israel
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List of mergers and acquisitions by Apple
References
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Computer companies established in 2006
2006 establishments in Israel
Privately held companies of Israel
Computer memory companies
Fabless semiconductor companies
Apple Inc. acquisitions
Mergers and acquisitions of Israeli companies
Apple Inc. subsidiaries
2012 mergers and acquisitions