History
RMI was founded in 2002 by Atiq Raza, who had previously founded NexGen, which was acquired by AMD in 1996. Atiq Raza was AMD's President and Chief Operating Officer in the late 1990s after the NexGen acquisition. Behrooz Abdi became president and CEO of RMI in November 2007. RMI changed its name from Raza Microelectronics, Inc. to RMI Corporation in December 2007. RMI is not affiliated with Foundries Holdings, LLC, formerly known as Raza Foundries, Inc. RMI internally developed three main product lines (XLR/XLS and Orion) and purchased a fourth from AMD in 2006 (Alchemy). In 2008, RMI merged with NetLogic Microsystems, which was acquired by Broadcom in 2012.
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