At 12:27 AM 10/13/01 -0700, you wrote:
1946 George A. Philbrick Researches Inc. (GAP/R)
founded
by George Arthur Philbrick, electronic analog computer
pioneer. The company produced many innovating electronic
analog computer designs. During the 50's and early 60's
they had the opamp market pretty much all sewn up.
1966 Merged into Teledyne Philbrick Nexus,
Which became Teledyne Philbrick,
Which became Teledyne Components,
1993 Became TelCom Semiconductor.
2000 was acquired by MicroChip
--Chuck