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{{stub}}'''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. The company is based in Schaumburg, Illinois, a Chicago suburb.
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{{stub}}'''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. The company was based in Schaumburg, Illinois, a Chicago suburb.
  
 
Best known for manufacturing mobile phones, Motorola also produces microprocessors, including the [[68000]] ([[Sega Mega Drive]]) chip.
 
Best known for manufacturing mobile phones, Motorola also produces microprocessors, including the [[68000]] ([[Sega Mega Drive]]) chip.

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Motorola
Founded: 1928
Defunct: 2011
Headquarters:
1475 W. Shure Dr., Arlington Heights, Illinois, 60004, United States[1]
6401 William Cannon Drive West, MD: MB4001, Austin, Texas 78735-8598, United States[2]

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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. The company was based in Schaumburg, Illinois, a Chicago suburb.

Best known for manufacturing mobile phones, Motorola also produces microprocessors, including the 68000 (Sega Mega Drive) chip.

Motorola's microprocessor division is now known as Freescale Semiconductor.

Hardware produced

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