Anobit Technologies, Ltd. () was an Israeli fabless designer of flash memory controllers. It was acquired by Apple in 2012 as it was the maker of a flash-memory drive component for the iPhone.
Background 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), including Memory Signal Processing technology. It was headquartered in Herzliya, with an American office in Marlborough, Massachusetts. Investors in the company included Boston-based Battery Ventures (Scott Tobin).
Acquisition Anobit was acquired on January 6, 2012, by Apple for a reported $390 million.
See also
Science and technology in Israel Economy of Israel List of companies of Israel List of mergers and acquisitions by Apple
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