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  1. Corporate history

  2. References

Linkabit was a technology company founded in 1968 by Irwin M. Jacobs, Andrew Viterbi and Leonard Kleinrock. Linkabit and alumni have created a large number of technology companies, most notably, Qualcomm. Linkabit is currently a division of L-3 Communications.[1]

Corporate history

Linkabit Corporation was formed in mid-1968 in Los Angeles by Irwin M. Jacobs, Andrew Viterbi and Leonard Kleinrock. Kleinrock soon left.

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Linkabit was sold for $25 million to M/A-COM in 1979. The Linkabit operation continued under M/A-COM for the first part of the 1980s.[3] VideoCipher, an analog scrambling system for television, was developed by the Linkabit works at M/A-COM in 1983. The first IETF meeting in January, 1986, was hosted by M/A-COM at its San Diego Linkabit facilities.[4][5] However, Jacobs and Viterbi, who had stayed with M/A-COM following the sale, left in 1985, and by 1990 M/A-COM had sold off Linkabit piecemeal.[2]

More than 75 direct or indirect Linkabit spinoff companies have been identified — a rate twice that of Fairchild Semiconductor, the legendary progenitor of Silicon Valley.[6]

The best known Linkabit spinoff is Qualcomm, which was founded by Jacobs, Viterbi and five other Linkabit alumni in July 1985.[7]

All three Linkabit founders have received National Medals for lifetime achievements.

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References

1. ^ , L-3 Communications - Linkabit page.
2. ^ , Digitizing Communications - Linkabit page.
3. ^{{cite web |url=http://libraries.ucsd.edu/sdta/companies/m-a-com.html |title=M/A-COM Linkabit |publisher=The San Diego Technology Archive at UC San Diego |accessdate=July 30, 2018}}
4. ^ , List of IETF Meetings.
5. ^{{cite paper |url= |last=Gross |first=Philip |title=Proceedings of the 16-17 January 1986 DARPA Gateway Algorithms and Data Structure Task Force |date=January 1986 |publisher=MITRE Corporation |page=1 |quote=The fourth meeting of the DARPA Gateway Algorithms and Data Structures Task Force was held 16-17 January 1986 at M/A Com Government Systems in San Diego, California. |accessdate=July 30, 2018}}
6. ^ , San Diego Union Tribune - Linkabit genealogy.
7. ^ , Digitizing Communications - Linkabit page.
8. ^ , San Diego Telecom - National Medals for Linkabit founders.

6 : Technology companies established in 1968|Technology companies of the United States|Defunct companies based in the Greater Los Angeles Area|1968 establishments in California|Technology companies disestablished in 1979|1979 disestablishments in California

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