Company Pedigree
| Ascendant Companies | Descendent Companies | ||
| Company | Comments | Company | Comments |
| Sylvania | In 1959, General Telephone acquired Sylvania Electric | ||
| General Telephone | The merged companies became GTE, General Telephone and Electric. | ||
Company Overview
Under the GTE brand, GTE produced analog and mixed signal IC’s and microprocessor clones. After the 1959 merger GTE continued to use the Sylvania brand for transistors and IC’s.
Chip Identification
GTE Chips
Second sourced MOS 6502 microprocessors