Maxim Integrated Products, Inc. · Sunnyvale, CA United States ·(NASDAQ (GS): MXIM)

Maxim's maxim? Invent! Maxim Integrated Products makes more than 5,700 kinds of analog and mixed-signal integrated circuits (ICs), including more than 4,500 of its own invention. Maxim's chips -- which include amplifiers, data converters, and timing and switching ICs -- translate physical data such as temperature, pressure, and sound into digital signals for electronic processing. The company's products are used by thousands of electronics manufacturers in products including computers and peripherals, industrial controls, telecommunications and networking equipment, military systems, medical devices, instrumentation, and video displays. Four-fifths of sales are from outside the US. To read the full description, subscribe now.