▁voice ▁over ▁IP ), ▁security ▁and ▁to ys . ▁ ▁Nord ic ▁Sem icon duct or ▁has ▁been ▁ISO ▁ 9 0 0 1 ▁cert ified ▁by ▁Det ▁N ors ke ▁Ver itas ▁( DN V ) ▁since ▁ 1 9 9 6 , ▁and ▁the ▁certificate ▁was ▁upgrad ed ▁to ▁ISO ▁ 9 0 0 1 - 2 0 0 0 ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 1 . ▁In ▁ 1 9 9 6 , ▁Nord ic ▁Sem icon duct or ▁was ▁listed ▁on ▁the ▁Os lo ▁Stock ▁Exchange ' s ▁S ME ▁list . ▁ ▁History ▁ ▁Nord ic ▁Sem icon duct or ▁was ▁initially ▁founded ▁as ▁Nord ic ▁V L SI ▁( N V L SI ) ▁in ▁Tr ond heim , ▁Norway ▁in ▁ 1 9 8 3 . ▁The ▁company ▁was ▁formed ▁by ▁four ▁post - grad u ates ▁from ▁the ▁Norwegian ▁University ▁of ▁Science ▁and ▁Technology . ▁Initial ly ▁the ▁company ▁focused ▁on ▁the ▁design ▁of ▁mixed - signal ▁application - specific ▁integrated ▁circ uits ▁( AS IC s ) ▁within ▁the ▁Nord ic ▁region . ▁In ▁ 1 9 9 6 , ▁the ▁firm ▁went ▁public ▁on ▁the ▁Norwegian ▁stock ▁exchange , ▁where ▁it ▁still ▁tr ades ▁. ▁In ▁ 1 9 9 8 , ▁N V L SI ▁released ▁their ▁first ▁wireless ▁standard ▁products ▁in ▁the ▁ 4 3 3   M Hz ▁IS M ▁band . ▁In ▁ 2 0 0 3 ▁N V L SI ▁was ▁renamed ▁Nord ic ▁Sem icon duct or