Microsystems International Ltd.
Title
Microsystems International Ltd.
Type
Company
Coverage
Kanata, ON
Montréal, QC
Begin Date
1969-01-01
End Date
1974-01-01
Location
Crystal Bay, Ottawa, ON (1969-1974)
Kanata, ON (1969-1974)
800 Dorchester [now René-Lévesque] Blvd. W., Montréal, QC (1969-1974)
Product Areas
Microchips
Computing
Activities
Manufacturing
Designing
Timeline
- 1969 – Founded in Crystal Bay and Kanata, ON as a spinoff from Northern Electric to develop and manufacture computer semiconductor circuits. (Wikipedia, “Microsystems International”)
- 1971 – Microsystems International Limited (MIL) pays a licensing fee to manufacture the Intel 1103 DRAM IC microchip. (Wikipedia, “Microsystems International”)
- 1973 – Active with offices at 800 Dorchester [now René-Lévesque] Blvd. W., Montréal, QC. (“microsystems international limited - Notice of Annual Meeting of Shareholders”)
- 1974 – Michael Cowpland and Terry Matthews leave Microsystems International to found their own microchip company, Mitel. (Wikipedia, “Microsystems International”)
- 1974 – MIL is purchased and folded into Bell-Northern Research, then the research arm of Northern Electric. Northern Electric previously owned 68.5% of the company’s shares. (Wikipedia, “Microsystems International”; Patterson, “Microsystems’ misadventures prove costly”)
- 1971 – Microsystems International Limited (MIL) pays a licensing fee to manufacture the Intel 1103 DRAM IC microchip. (Wikipedia, “Microsystems International”)
- 1973 – Active with offices at 800 Dorchester [now René-Lévesque] Blvd. W., Montréal, QC. (“microsystems international limited - Notice of Annual Meeting of Shareholders”)
- 1974 – Michael Cowpland and Terry Matthews leave Microsystems International to found their own microchip company, Mitel. (Wikipedia, “Microsystems International”)
- 1974 – MIL is purchased and folded into Bell-Northern Research, then the research arm of Northern Electric. Northern Electric previously owned 68.5% of the company’s shares. (Wikipedia, “Microsystems International”; Patterson, “Microsystems’ misadventures prove costly”)
Sources
“Microsystems International” Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsystems_International) [13-11-24]
“microsystems international limited – Notice of Annual Meeting of Shareholders” (1973) (Pamphlet) (https://archive.org/details/Micr0821_1973_0/mode/2up)
Patterson, Anthony J. “Microsystems’ misadventures prove costly” The Ottawa Citizen, October 21, 1974: 73
“microsystems international limited – Notice of Annual Meeting of Shareholders” (1973) (Pamphlet) (https://archive.org/details/Micr0821_1973_0/mode/2up)
Patterson, Anthony J. “Microsystems’ misadventures prove costly” The Ottawa Citizen, October 21, 1974: 73
Citation
“Microsystems International Ltd.,” Precision Instrument Culture in Canada, accessed November 18, 2024, http://omeka.uottawa.ca/instrument-precision/items/show/8272.
Item Relations
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