Maxim Profile

Maxim makes highly integrated analog and mixed-signal semiconductors. For fiscal 2011, Maxim reported revenue of approximately $2.5 billion.

29 major product categories
Leader in process technologies—160 semiconductor processes
250 package types
Over 500 ASICs developed in collaboration with customers

$2.5 billion (approx.) revenue in FY2011

$571 million revenue in Q3 FY2012

$3.67 billion in assets in Q3 FY2012

$935 million in cash in Q3 FY2012

23.8% of sales reinvested in R&D

A Fortune 1000 company

Listed on the NASDAQ 100, Russell 1000, and MSCI USA indices.

1983	Founded by Jack Gifford and IC industry experts
1985	MAX600, first proprietary product to win industry award, starts 27 years of technical innovation
1987	Company turns its first profit and remains profitable every year from then on
1989	First acquisition adds technical expertise and the company's first wafer fab
1993	Annual sales revenue passes $100M
2000	Highly integrated systems on chips (SoCs) begin to displace single-function ICs
2005	Company becomes a Fortune 1000 company
2007 to 2010	Six acquisitions augment technical expertise and expand product offerings
2007 to 2010	Wafer fab capacity expands by 60%
2007 to 2010	180nm process developed
2007 to 2010	Company cements reputation for innovation with award-winning products
2008	Chief Technical Office established, patents rise by 50% in next two years
2010	Annual revenue reaches $2.2B
2010	Company ships first analog product on 300mm wafer
2010	NEDA names Maxim Supplier of the Year
2011	Revenue grows 24% over prior year, setting a new company record

1994	Tektronix's Semiconductor Division in Beaverton, Oregon—brings a wafer fab and high-speed processes
2001	Dallas Semiconductor—adds valuable expertise in digital design and an additional fab
2008	Vitesse Storage—contributes SATA and SAS expander, enclosure-management, and baseboard-management products
2009	Innova Card—augments Maxim's secure transaction product portfolio
2009	Zilog Secure Trans—complements ultra-low-power IR microcontroller family with wireless microcontrollers, strengthens Maxim's position in the POS and ATM markets
2009	Mobilygen—adds H.264 video compression technology to Maxim's portfolio
2010	Teridian—establishes leadership in energy measurement and communications electronics for the smart-meter market
2010	Phyworks—complements Maxim's optical transceiver portfolio, opens new opportunities for high-speed signal integrity products
2011	Calvatec—brings Maxim breakthrough IP as well as industry-leading design methods and production flows
2011	SensorDynamics—develops proprietary sensor and microelectromechanical (MEMS) solutions and enables us to fuse many types of sensors with our analog technology.

24 sales offices

40 technology design centers

11 wafer fabs and test facilities