Ramtron, headquartered in Colorado Springs, Colorado, is a leading global supplier of non-volatile ferroelectric semiconductors. Ramtron products include serial and parallel ferroelectric random access memory (F-RAM) and processor companion products that integrate a variety of commonly used discrete analog and mixed-signal functions into processor-based systems. Ramtron is a fabless semiconductor company that maintains strategic partnerships with leading memory manufacturers in the United States and Asia.
Ramtron was founded in 1984 as a company that researched and developed ferroelectric technology for semiconductor memory.
Ramtron's first licensee, ROHM Electronics, began production in 1998, and Ramtron ceased all industrial manufacturing of equipment and began operating as a fabless semiconductor company. Ramtron has grown with various partners and continues to conduct cutting-edge F-RAM research and development activities using its own equipment. The company sells unique, high-performance products to electronic OEMs worldwide and maintains licensing and manufacturing partnerships with leading semiconductor manufacturers. Ramtron's commercial F-RAM products are all manufactured by strategic foundries in the United States and Japan, and plans to expand the source of production supply for our products.
In 2012, Ramtron was acquired by Cypress Semiconductor in a cash transaction of $3.1 per share.