The company's purpose is to conduct research and development related to the design, production, and sale of semiconductor components, with business operations in the canton of Schaffhausen. The company is the legal owner of economic rights to intellectual property related to semiconductor components and technologies, as well as the associated revenue development and accounting. The company may enter into any business and conclude contracts that are suitable to promote the purpose of the company or are directly or indirectly related to it. The company may establish branches and subsidiaries in Switzerland and abroad and hold participations in other companies. The company may acquire, hold, encumber with limited real rights, manage, and dispose of real estate in Switzerland (for exclusively commercial use) and abroad. The company may grant loans or other financing to its direct or indirect parent companies, as well as their direct or indirect subsidiaries or third parties, and provide security of any kind for liabilities of such other companies, including by way of pledges on or fiduciary transfers of the company's assets, guarantees, and personal securities of any kind, whether for consideration or not.