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Applied Micro Circuits Corporation (also known as AppliedMicro, AMCC or APM) was a fabless semiconductor company designing network and embedded Power ISA (including a Power ISA license), and server processor ARM (including an ARMv8-A license), optical transport and storage products.3 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

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Overview

1979Founded1

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  • TickerAMCC on NASDAQ1
  • IndustrySemiconductors & Related Devices1
  • HeadquartersSunnyvale1
  • Incorporated inDE4
  • Business address4555 Great America Pkwy #601, Santa Clara, Ca 950544
  • Filer categoryAccelerated filer4

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Applied Micro Circuits Corporation (also known as AppliedMicro, AMCC or APM) was a fabless semiconductor company designing network and embedded Power ISA (including a Power ISA license), and server processor ARM (including an ARMv8-A license), optical transport and storage products.3

What it owns

What Applied Micro Circuits Corporation reports owning in its annual reports to the SEC: buildings, land and equipment, real estate and locations, investments, intangible assets and inventory, at the end of its latest fiscal year and a year before.

Property and equipment

ItemLatestA year beforeChange
Property and equipment, before depreciation$78.3M6 Mar 31, 2016$80.1M6 Mar 31, 2015−2.3%
Accumulated depreciation$65.0M6 Mar 31, 2016$63.3M6 Mar 31, 2015+2.6%
Property and equipment, net$13.3M6 Mar 31, 2016$16.7M6 Mar 31, 2015−20.6%

Investments

ItemLatestA year beforeChange
Cash and cash equivalents$25.1M6 Mar 31, 2016$36.5M6 Mar 31, 2015−31.3%
Debt securities available for sale$58.8M6 Mar 31, 2016$12.0M7 Mar 31, 2015+388.2%

Intangibles and goodwill

ItemLatestA year beforeChange
Goodwill$11.4M6 Mar 31, 2016$11.4M6 Mar 31, 20150%
Intangible assets, net (excluding goodwill)$07 Mar 31, 2015$105.0K7 Mar 31, 2014−100.0%
Finite-lived intangibles, gross$493.6M7 Mar 31, 2015$493.6M7 Mar 31, 20140%
Accumulated amortization$493.6M7 Mar 31, 2015$493.5M7 Mar 31, 20140%

Inventory

ItemLatestA year beforeChange
Inventory, total$16.1M6 Mar 31, 2016$23.5M6 Mar 31, 2015−31.3%
Raw materials$2.1M6 Mar 31, 2016$2.8M6 Mar 31, 2015−26.1%
Work in process$5.9M6 Mar 31, 2016$5.4M6 Mar 31, 2015+8.9%
Finished goods$8.2M6 Mar 31, 2016$15.3M6 Mar 31, 2015−46.4%

The story

In 2004, AMCC bought assets, IP and engineers concerning the PowerPC 400 microprocessors from IBM for $227 million and began marketing the processors under its own name. The deal also included access to IBM's SoC design methodology and advanced CMOS process technology.

In 2009, AppliedMicro changed its branding from AMCC to AppliedMicro, but still retain the name "Applied Micro Circuits Corporation" officially.

In 2011, AppliedMicro was integral in (co-)developing ARM's first 64 bit-wide AArch64 ISA-extension and became the first company to implement the resulting ARMv8-A architecture with its X-Gene Platform. In November 2012 at ARM TechCon, AppliedMicro demonstrated advanced web search capabilities and the ability to handle big data workloads in an Apache Hadoop software environment with the X-Gene Platform using FPGA emulation. A silicon implementation of X-Gene was first exhibited publicly in June 2013.

In April 2016, information about the forthcoming X-Gene 3 server chips was made available. The release schedule was for the second half of 2017. The company projected an improved performance, over the X-Gene 2, that with allow it to better compete with servers using the x86-64 architecture.

In November 2016, MACOM Technology Solutions announced that it would purchase AppliedMicro. The acquisition was completed on January 26, 2017. MACOM then sold the processor division to the private equity firm The Carlyle Group during October 2017.

From Wikipedia’s article on Applied Micro Circuits Corporation, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.5

Leadership

Who has led Applied Micro Circuits Corporation, and when. Pick a name to see everywhere that person has worked.

Chief executive

  1. Hooshmand Kambiz2006–2008
  2. Paramesh Gopi2009–2017

President

  1. Hooshmand Kambiz2006–2008
  2. Paramesh Gopi2009–2017

Chief financial officer

  1. Robert Gargus2006–2013
  2. Douglas T. Ahrens2013–2015
  3. Karen M. Rogge2015
  4. Martin S. McDermut2016–2017

Chief operating officer

  1. Paramesh Gopi2008–2009
19801990200020102020
Board members and other officers (27)

Products and brands

Processor products

The Processor Products group designed and marketed embedded microcontrollers as well as server processor, packet and storage processors. It included the network processors of former MMC Networks (acquired October 2000) with IBM PowerPC 4xx series microcontrollers (acquired April 2004).

Since acquiring the IBM PowerPC 400 family (marketed under the 405 and 440 series product names), AppliedMicro further developed the 460 series, which integrates the 440 CPU and multicore Power architecture devices.

In January 2008, the AppliedMicro PowerPC 405EX was awarded Product of the Year 2007, by Electronic Product magazine.

In October 2011, AppliedMicro announced its X-Gene Platform, an ARM 64-bit solution aimed at cloud and enterprise servers.

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Connectivity products group

The Connectivity Products group of AppliedMicro designs, manufacturers and markets physical layer devices, framers/mappers and switch fabric devices.

From Wikipedia’s article on Applied Micro Circuits Corporation, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.5

Acquisitions

Throughout the years, AppliedMicro has acquired smaller companies to enter new markets.

From Wikipedia’s article on Applied Micro Circuits Corporation, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.5

Timeline

  1. Jan 26, 2017Dissolved Dissolved1
  2. May 19, 2009New chief executive Paramesh Gopi becomes CEO8
  3. May 2, 2006New chief executive Hooshmand Kambiz becomes CEO9
  4. 1979Founded Founded1

SEC filer profile

How Applied Micro Circuits Corporation is registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission, from its EDGAR record and the cover page of its latest annual report.

  • Name on EDGARAPPLIED MICRO CIRCUITS CORP2
  • CIK0000711065
  • Employer ID (EIN)94-25865912
  • Filer statusAccelerated filer2
  • Incorporated inDelaware2
  • Fiscal year endsMarch 312
  • Industry code (SIC)3674 Semiconductors & Related Devices2
  • Business address4555 Great America Pkwy #601, Santa Clara, CA 950542
  • Phone40854286002
  • Shares outstanding86,453,313 as of Oct 28, 201641
  • Public float$330.7M as of Sep 30, 20156
  • On EDGAR sinceOct 10, 19972
  • Filings1,169 in all: 4 (516), 8-K (167), SC 13G/A (86), 10-Q (57), 3 (34), SC 13G (29), S-8 (25), S-8 POS (25)2
    All 55 form types

    DEF 14A (21), 4/A (20), 5 (19), 10-K (17), 425 (17), DEFA14A (15), UPLOAD (11), 8-K/A (7), CORRESP (7), CT ORDER (6), S-1/A (6), SC TO-I/A (6), SC TO-C (5), 10-Q/A (4), ARS (4), PRE 14A (4), S-3 (4), SC 14D9/A (4), 424B3 (3), 424B4 (3), EFFECT (3), POS AM (3), S-3/A (3), SC TO-T/A (3), SD (3), 10-K/A (2), 10-K405 (2), 144 (2), 3/A (2), NT 10-Q (2), S-1 (2), S-4 (2), S-4/A (2), SC 13D (2), SC TO-I (2), 15-12G (1), 25-NSE (1), 5/A (1), 8-A12G (1), 8-A12G/A (1), NT 10-K (1), PRER14A (1), PRES14A (1), S-3MEF (1), SC 13D/A (1), SC 14D9 (1), SC TO-T (1)

  • Latest filingsAnnual report (10-K) May 20, 2016
    Quarterly report (10-Q) Nov 2, 2016
    Proxy statement (DEF 14A) Jun 21, 2016
    Latest 8-K (8-K) Jan 26, 2017

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