Company type | Private (acquired by Broadcom) |
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Industry | semiconductor |
Fate | Acquired by Broadcom |
Headquarters | Cambridge, United Kingdom |
Key people | Robert Swann (Co-Founder)
Steve Barlow (Co-Founder) Jalal Bagherli (CEO) |
Number of employees | 15 (2001)[1] |
Alphamosaic Ltd was a fabless semiconductor company specialising in low power mobile multimedia processors, based on their VideoCore architecture.[2]
Alphamosaic was founded in Cambridge, UK by Robert Swann[3] and Steve Barlow in October 2000, as a spin out from Cambridge Consultants supported by venture capital from Prelude Trust,[4] ACT and TTP Ventures.
In September 2004, Alphamosaic was acquired by Broadcom for $123 million,[5] forming its Mobile Multimedia group on the Cambridge Science Park site.