Motorola





Motorola started as Galvin Manufacturing Corporation in 1928. The name of
the company was changed to Motorola in 1947, but the word had been used as a
trademark since the 1930s.

Many of the company's products have been radio-related, starting with a
battery eliminator for radios, through defense electronics and mobile phone
manufacturing. The company is also strong in semiconductor technology,
including chips used in computers. Motorola has been the main supplier for
the microprocessor used in Apple Power Macintosh personal computers. This
chip, the PowerPC, was developed with IBM.

Origins

Founder Paul Galvin came up with th name Motorola when his company started
manufacturing radios for cars. The popular radio company at the time was
called Victrola.