ADI

Overview

ADI, also known as Analog Devices, is a world leader in the design, manufacturing and marketing of high-performance analog, mixed-signal and digital signal processing (DSP) integrated circuits (ICs), covering almost all types of electronic appliances. equipment. Since its establishment in 1965, it has been focused on actively solving engineering challenges related to signal processing in electronic devices. More than 100,000 customers around the world use our signal processing products, which play a very important role in converting, regulating, and processing physical phenomena, such as temperature, pressure, sound, light, speed, and motion into electrical signals for use in various electronic devices. The company focuses on important strategic markets where our signal processing technology is often a key factor in helping customers differentiate their products, such as the industrial, automotive, communications and consumer electronics markets. Produces a variety of innovative products - including data converters, amplifiers and linear products, radio frequency (RF) ICs, power management products, sensors based on microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) technology, other types of sensors, and signal processing products, including DSP and others Processors - all designed to meet the needs of our customers.

Analog Devices is a Fortune 500 American multinational semiconductor device manufacturer. Analog Devices specializes in manufacturing ADC, DAC, MEMS and DSP chips for consumer and industrial products. They are currently designing circuits in sizes ranging from 65 nanometers to 3 microns.

development path

Analog Devices is one of the world's oldest semiconductor companies.

The company was founded in 1965 by Ray Stata and Matthew Lorber, with Stata still serving as the company's chairman today. Jerald G. Fishman is currently the CEO and president, and Stata is the chairman. In 2006, Analog Devices revealed to the press that it was working with Nintendo to develop a controller for Nintendo's new game console Wii, which incorporated Analog Devices' ADXL330 3-axis linear accelerometer. Analog Devices has partnered with Source Audio LLC to manufacture the DSP and motion sensors for the HotHand, a motion-controlled guitar effects device.

In January 2008, ON Semiconductor completed the acquisition of the Voltage Regulation and Thermal Management (Voltage Regulation and Thermal Management) department of Analog Devices Semiconductor Technology Co., Ltd. for $184M. In July 2008, Analog Devices Semiconductor Technology Co., Ltd. announced that it would withdraw from the sound card market. The statement pointed out that since the space in the personal computer sound effects market is getting smaller and smaller, profits will decrease accordingly, and the company will focus on other markets. In addition, drivers for previous products will be continuously updated.

On July 28, 2015, Analog Devices Semiconductor Technology Co., Ltd. exchanged 1 share of Linear Technology stock for US$46 per share in cash and 0.2321 Analog Devices shares, for a total of US$60 per share, and spent US$14.8 billion to acquire Linear Technology Linear Technology.

product

Analog Devices manufactures a variety of semiconductor devices, classified into the following categories:

Amplifier Linear Products Analog-to-Digital Converters Audio and Video Products Clocks and Timers Digital-to-Analog Converters (DACs) High-Speed ​​Logic Products Industrial Ethernet Interfaces and Isolation Power Supply Monitors Controllers and protection

Optical Communications and Optical Sensing Power Management Processors and DSPs RF and Microwave MEMS Switches and Multiplexers Optical Fiber

In terms of software, there is the SoundMAX audio driver, which is used to match the company's AD series audio chips. SoundMAX is a technical specification that includes a series of technologies that can reduce CPU usage and increase the presence of sound effects. Some users even modify the SoundMAX driver to apply it to non-ADI products.