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Definition: ST


(1) For the fiber-optic connector, see ST connector.

(2) For the Atari computer, see Atari ST.

(3) (STMicroelectronics, Geneva, Switzerland) The largest semiconductor company in Europe. Founded in 1987 as SGS-THOMSON, ST was a merger of Thomson Semiconducteurs (France) and SGS Microelettronica (Italy). ST (also STM and STMicro) is an IDM that designs and makes a wide variety of chips, including processors, memories, A/D converters, motor drivers, GPUs, MEMS devices and discrete components. Over the years, ST acquired a half dozen semiconductor companies in the U.K., Canada and U.S. See semiconductor companies.