AMD

Advanced Micro Devices

 * AMD on Wikipedia

Alchemy

 * Alchemy Semiconductor was acquired by AMD in 2002,
 * which in Summer 2006 sold the Alchemy processor line to Raza Microelectronics, Inc.


 * In December 2007, Raza Microelectronics changed its name to RMI, Inc.
 * In June 2009, NetLogic Microsystems acquired RMI,
 * which in turn was acquired by Broadcom in September 2011

Processors
The Alchemy SOC family is based on the Alchemy-proprietary MIPS32-compatible 'Au1' core.

Models produced are the Au1000, Au1100, Au1500, Au1550, Au1200 and Au1300 series,
 * with the Au1000, Au1500, Au1550 targeted at network appliances
 * and Au1100, Au1200 and Au1300 intented for multimedia devices.

Linux is supported on all Alchemy evaluation boards (DB1xxx series), and some third party boards,
 * with some peripherals (USB OTG/device controller, video decoder, camera interface) still missing drivers.