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'''Signetics''' was an American electronics manufacturer specifically established to make [[integrated circuitscircuit]]s.<ref name="SVHA">{{cite web|publisher=Silicon Valley Historical Association|title=NXP Semiconductors: Company History|url=http://www.siliconvalleyhistorical.org/home/nxp_semiconductors|accessdate=2013-02-08}}</ref> Founded in 1961, they went on to develop a number of early microprocessors and support chips, as well as the widely used [[555 timer IC|555 timer chip]]. They were bought by [[Philips]] in 1975 and incorporated in [[NXP Semiconductors|Philips Semiconductors (now NXP)]].<ref name="SVHA"/>