- Analog Devices
Infobox_Company
company_name = Analog Devices
company_
company_type = Public (nyse|ADI)
foundation =Cambridge, Massachusetts (1965) | location =
key_people =Jerald G Fishman ,
CEO & President,
Ray Stata ,
Chairman of the Board
industry =Semiconductors
products =Semiconductors
revenue = $2.57 billion USD (2006)
num_employees = 8,800 (2005)
homepage = [http://www.analog.com/ www.analog.com]Analog Devices (nyse|ADI) is an American multinational producer of
semiconductor devices. Analog specializes in ADC, DAC,MEMS , and DSP chips for consumer and industrial goods. Analog is presently designing circuits in the65 nanometer to3 µm process feature sizes range.Analog Devices, Inc. currently employs 8,800 employees worldwide. Revenues in fiscal year 2005 totalled $2.4 billion, and the cumulative sales total is $2.6 billion.
History
Analog Devices is one of the longest-standing semiconductor companies in the world. The company was founded by
Ray Stata and Matthew Lorber in 1965. Stata maintains an active role in the company to this day. On March 11, 1969, aninitial public offering was held, and Analog Devices became a publicly traded company. The company was listed on the New York Stock Exchange in 1979. In August 1990 Analog Devices bought Precision Monolithics Inc.Currently, Jerald G. Fishman is the CEO and President, and Stata is the Chairman of the Board.
The company headquarters is in
Norwood, Massachusetts . There are large fabrication plants in the US and the mainEurope an facility is located atLimerick in theRepublic of Ireland . They also have large testing facilities in thePhilippines .Other international ADI development centers are located in
Edinburgh, Scotland ;Melbourne, Australia ;Munich, Germany ;Valencia, Spain ;Israel ;Beijing, China ;Shanghai, China ;Tokyo, Japan ;Taipei, Taiwan ;Bangalore, India ;Hyderabad, India ; and other locations across the globe.Products
Analog Devices produces a wide array of semiconductor devices, in the following categories:
*Amplifier s
*Comparator s
*Voltage reference s
*Analog to digital converter s
*Digital to analog converter s
* Embedded Processing
**SHARC
**TigerSHARC
**Blackfin
*Digital Signal Processing
*MEMS
*Sensor s
*RF
*Power management
* Audio/Video
*Fiber optic Recent news
*During
E³ 2006, it was revealed to the press that Nintendo collaborated with Analog Devices in developing the controller for its new consoleWii , incorporating the Analog Devices [http://www.analog.com/en/prod/0,2877,ADXL330,00.html ADXL330] 3-axis linear acceleration sensor [http://www.analog.com/en/press/0,2890,3__99573,00.html] .*Analog Devices recently collaborated with Source Audio LLC [http://www.sourceaudio.net] to create the DSP and motion sensor for the motion-controlled
Hot Hand guitar effects unit [http://www.analog.com/en/content/0,2886,765%255F804%255F97497,00.html] .External links
* [http://www.analog.com Corporate Website]
* [http://finance.yahoo.com/q/bc?s=ADI ADI Stock Price]
* [http://www.analog.com/analogdialogue "Analog Dialogue"]
* [http://www.analog.com/en/corporate/historical-timeline/content/index.html Interactive Corporate Timeline]
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