The story
eASIC Corporation was founded in 1999 in San Jose, California, and incorporated in Delaware by Zvi Or-Bach, the founder of Chip Express (renamed to ChipX). eASIC was a privately held company, headquartered in Santa Clara, California with engineering and R&D teams in Romania, Russia and Malaysia, until they were acquired by Intel, which was announced on July 12, 2018.
From Wikipedia’s article on EASIC, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.4
