About the Company
Maxim Integrated is an American company that develops, designs, manufactures and sells semiconductor devices. The company was established in 1983 with its corporate headquarters in San Jose, California, United States. Maxim Integrated developed 24 second-source products in the first year of its business operations.
It went public in 1988 and its shares began trading on the NASDAQ Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol of MXIM. MXIM shares are also included as a component on the stock market indices of NASDAQ 100 as well as S&P 500.
Alongside its operations in the United States, it also operates internationally in several countries, namely Japan, China, Ireland, India, Germany, South Korea, Taiwan, Philippines and Thailand. The company’s product portfolio is divided into Power, Analog, Interface, MCUS – Microcontroller, Embedded Security, Sensors, Communications and iButton and 1-Wire.
It offers battery management, charge pumps, LED drivers, transceivers, secure microcontrollers, healthcare sensors, and power modules, among numerous other products. MXIM also develops integrated circuits (ICs) for consumer, automotive, communications, industrial, and computing markets. MXIM entered into an acquisition in 1994 and bought-off Tektronix. In 2004, it acquired Dallas Semiconductor in an all-stock transaction of $2.5 billion. In 2005, MXIM joined the list of Fortune 500 companies. Another merger followed in 2007 and the company purchased the Storage Products Division of Vitesse Semiconductor. Through this acquisition Maxim Integrated added Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) and Serial ATA (SATA) to its product portfolio. In 2008, it purchased Mobilygen and added its H.264 to its line of products. This trail of acquisitions continued in subsequent years and Maxim Integrated entered into a key merger in 2013 when it acquired Volterra Semiconductor Corp. for $450 million. Forbes recognised Maxim Integrated as one of the Top Multinational Performers in 2017. In 2018, MXIM bought-off Icron Technologies. That same year, MXIM joined the list of S&P 500 companies. As of 2021, Maxim’s latest acquisition took place in 2020 when it purchased Trinamic for an undisclosed sum.;
Organisation | Maxim Integrated Products Inc |
Industry | Semiconductors |
HeadQuarters | San Jose, CA |