Industry | Computer memory |
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Founded | 2006 |
Founder | Prof. Ehud Weinstein Ariel Maislos Dr. Ofir Shalvi |
Defunct | 2012 |
Fate | Acquired by Apple, Inc. |
Headquarters | , |
Products | Flash data storage devices |
Number of employees | 200 (2012) |
Website |
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Anobit Technologies, Ltd. ( Hebrew: אנוביט) was an Israeli fabless designer of flash memory controllers. [1] They were acquired by Apple in 2012 as they were the maker of a flash-memory drive component for the iPhone. [2]
The firm was founded in 2006 by Prof. Ehud Weinstein, Ariel Maislos, and Dr. Ofir Shalvi. It holds 65 patents (24 granted and 41 pending), [3] including Memory Signal Processing technology. [4] It was headquartered in Herzliya, with an American office in Marlborough, Massachusetts. Investors in the company included Boston-based Battery Ventures (Scott Tobin).
Anobit was acquired on January 6, 2012 by Apple Inc. for a reported $390 million. [5]