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ESS Technology company history timeline

1984

The company was incorporated in California in 1984.

The firm employs more than 500 people worldwide. It was founded by Fred Chan and Forrest Mozer in 1984.

1992

In 1992, the company realized net revenues of $23.7 million and net income of $4.8 million.

1994

The company purchased 16 acres of land in Fremont, California, upon which to build its new corporate facilities and ended the year with revenue reported at $105.7 million, a 216 percent jump over 1994 revenues, and net income of $29.9 million.

1995

In March 1995, the company was served with a patent infringement claim by Yamaha Corporation, in which the latter claimed the company's ESFM products infringed upon patents held by Yamaha.

In the first, with Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Ltd., the company secured access to additional manufacturing capacity and certain proprietary technology. Therefore, in November 1995, the company entered into agreements with two wafer foundries.

The number of employees grew from 158 to 253 and revenues hit $226.5 million at the end of the year, a 114 percent increase over the 1995 numbers, with a net income of $21.6 million.

1997

In April 1997, the company's board of directors authorized the repurchase of up to two million shares of the company's stock and two additional buildings were constructed at the Fremont site to house additional engineering capacity.

2014

The success of SABRE DACs led to the creation of the SABRE HiFi line in 2014.

2016

2016 a new generation of Audiophile products where introduced as the SABRE PRO line.

2018

SABRE USB – In 2018 ESS took the lead for single-chip solutions for audiophile-quality USB headphones and adaptors.

2021

The 2021 DOE Office of Electricity Energy Storage Program Annual Peer Review assembled researchers from across the DOE landscape to summarize the state of the art in energy storage research, development, and application.

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1984
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