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The result was keep as per WP:N. SeanMD80^{talk | contribs} 19:19, 16 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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Unsourced, promotional, would require a complete rewrite  Chzz  ►  18:07, 14 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

• Note: This debate has been included in the list of Business-related deletion discussions. -- TexasAndroid (talk) 20:52, 14 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]
• Note: This debate has been included in the list of Computing-related deletion discussions. -- TexasAndroid (talk) 20:52, 14 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep VLSI is a major company in the history of the electronics industry. 70.29.212.226 (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 07:17, 15 June 2009 (UTC).[reply]
• Keep VLSI Technology is a notable company. I contest the nominators assertion that a "complete rewrite" is required to "bring" the article to meet the standards. The article makes some bold claims about the company, which I assume is what led the nominator to believe the article to be promotional. I believe that there is a high probability that some of the claims are accurate, given VLSI Technology's role in the industry (VLSI ASIC technology was used in the mid-1990s for high performance applications).
• Keep - As mentioned previously, VLSI Technology is a notable company. A Google News and Book search for "VLSI Technology, Inc." (to avoid instances of VLSI technology) returns over 700 news articles, including press releases, from 1980 to 2008 and over 700 mentions in books. Given the number of potential sources, the argument that the article is promotional, unreferenced and would require a complete rewrite to remedy is no excuse for the deletion of an article about a notable subject. Additionally, I must question whether the article is promotional. Yes, there are some bold claims, but if I am not mistaken, VLSI Technology's ASIC technology was used in high performance applications such as microprocessor interfaces and workstation graphics accelerators during the 1990s. Can any company just fabricate such ASICs? I think not. The "promotional" claims might be true in the end. If not, then they should be removed. Its quite simple. There is no need to delete the article. Rilak (talk) 14:01, 15 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

• Keep - VLSI Technology was a notable company. I don't know if back issues of Electrical Engineering Times are available, but they would be a good source. Journals related to integrated circuit design automation might also be a good source. --Jc3s5h (talk) 16:19, 15 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Comment: Yes VLSI is a notable company but the article reads like an advertisement. Maybe it should be wiped out to one paragraph and people will improve it. Daniel.Cardenas (talk) 16:25, 15 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

• Keep. The company is notable. Sources are needed and promotion should be avoided, but deletion is a last resort and has been proposed far too readily here.. Fences&Windows 23:09, 15 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.