in norwood massachusetts type public traded as nasdaq adi nasdaq 100 component s & p 500 component industry semiconductors founded cambridge massachusetts united states 1965 founders ray stata matthew lorber headquarters norwood massachusetts united states key people vincent roche ceo & president raymond stata chairman of the board products semiconductors revenue us 2 864.773 million 2014 1 us 2 633.689 million 2013 1 operating income us 752.484 million 2014 1 us 753.075 million 2013 1 net income us 629.320 million 2014 1 us 673.487 million 2012 1 total assets us 6 859.690 million 2014 1 us 6 381.750 million 2013 1 total equity us 4 757.897 million 2014 1 us 4 739.576 million 2013 1 number of employees 9 600 2014 website www.analog.com analog devices inc. also known as adi or analog is an american multinational semiconductor company specializing in data conversion and signal processing technology headquartered in norwood massachusetts . 2 3 in 2012 analog devices led the worldwide data converter market with a 48.5 % share according to analyst firm databeans . 4 the company manufactures analog mixed signal and digital signal processing dsp integrated circuits ics used in electronic equipment . 5 6 these technologies are used to convert condition and process real world phenomena such as light sound temperature motion and pressure into electrical signals . 7 analog devices has approximately 100 000 customers 8 in the following industries communications computer industrial instrumentation military aerospace automotive and consumer electronics applications . 3 contents 1 history 2 locations 3 employees 3.1 historical 4 products and technologies 4.1 historical 5 markets 5.1 healthcare 5.2 automotive 5.3 industrial 5.4 consumer 6 competitors 7 analog dialogue 8 communities 8.1 community 8.2 resources 9 acquisitions 10 references 11 external links history edit the company was founded by two mit graduates ray stata and matthew lorber in 1965 . 9 the same year the company released its first product the model 101 op amp 10 which was a hockey puck sized module used in test and measurement equipment . 11 in 1967 the company published the first issue of its technical magazine analog dialogue . 12 in 1969 analog devices filed an initial public offering 13 and became a publicly traded company . ten years later the company was listed on the new york stock exchange . 14 in 1973 the company was the first to launch laser trim wafers and the first cmos digital to analog converter . 10 by 1996 the company reported over 1 billion in company revenue . 15 that same year jerald fishman was named president and ceo a position he held until his death in 2013 see below . 16 17 in 2000 adi s sales grew by over 75 % to 2.578 billion and the company acquired five companies including bco technologies plc a manufacturer of thick film semiconductors for 150 million . 15 18 in january 2008 on semiconductor completed the acquisition of the cpu voltage and pc thermal monitoring business from adi . for 184 million . by 2004 adi had a customer base of 60 000 and its portfolio included over 10 000 products . 15 in july 2016 analog and linear technology agreed that analog would acquire linear in an approximately 14.8 billion cash and stock deal . 19 20 locations edit analog devices is headquartered in norwood massachusetts with regional headquarters located in shanghai china ; munich germany ; limerick ireland ; and tokyo japan . 21 analog devices has fabrication plants located in the united states and in the republic of ireland . the company s testing facility is located in the philippines . design centers are located in australia canada china england germany india israel japan scotland spain and taiwan . 21 employees edit ray stata and jerry fishman raymond stata is a founder of analog devices and was responsible for the business strategy and product roadmap . 6 22 after founding the company in 1965 stata served as the company s chairman of the board of directors since 1973 executive officer since 1996 ceo from 1973 to 1996 and president from 1971 to 1991 . 23 in addition stata is also a trustee of the massachusetts institute of technology 23 his alma mater 22 and was awarded the ieee founders medal in 2003 . 6 stata received the ee times lifetime achievement award in 2008 . 24 stata served as the chairman of the semiconductor industry association for the year 2011 . 25 vincent roche became president and ceo of analog devices in may 2013 . he first joined the company in 1988 as a marketing director in limerick ireland . 26 27 barrie gilbert was named the first technology fellow of analog devices in 1979 . 28 29 in addition gilbert is an ieee life fellow 30 and holds over 65 patents . 28 gilbert is best known for the gilbert cell an electronic multiplying mixer . 30 at analog devices gilbert started the company s northwest labs design center in oregon and continued to work on rf products crafted with high speed nonlinear circuit techniques . 31 paul brokaw is an expert on integrated circuit design who has spent most of his career at analog devices where he holds the position of analog fellow . 32 brokaw is the inventor of many analog ic circuits including the brokaw bandgap reference and holds over 100 patents . 33 he is also an ieee life fellow . 34 robert adams is technical fellow 35 and manager of audio development at analog devices inc. 35 36 adams holds many patents related to the audio and electronic field . 37 he is a member of the ieee and a fellow in the audio engineering society . 38 adams received a finalist ranking for the edn innovation and innovator of the year award in 1995 . 37 historical edit jerald g. fishman was the ceo and president of analog devices from 1996 until his death in march 2013 . 39 in 2004 fishman was named ceo of the year by electronic business . he was a 35 year veteran of analog devices and also served on the board of directors of analog devices cognex corporation and xilinx . products and technologies edit analog devices products include analog signal processing and digital signal processing technologies . 40 these technologies include data converters amplifiers radio frequency rf technologies embedded processors or digital signal processing dsp ics power management and interface products . 40 data converters include analog to digital converters adcs and digital to analog converters dacs 40 that convert electrical signal representations of real world analog phenomena such as light sound waveforms temperature motion and pressure into digital signals or data and back again . 41 analog devices adc and dac ics are used in medical systems scientific instrumentation wireless and wired communications radar industrial process control audio and video equipment and other digital processing based systems where an accurate signal conversion is critical . data converters account for more than 50 % of adi s revenue . 42 adi s companion amplifier ics provide accurate high speed and precise signals for driving data converters and are key for applications such as digital audio current sensing and precision instrumentation . 43 the company s data converter chips are used by national instruments in high precision measurement instrumentation systems . 44 its data converters and amplifiers are also used by scientists and researchers in project icecube an underground telescope that uses digital optical modules doms to detect subatomic particles in the south pole . 45 46 power management products for customers in the industrial wireless infrastructure and digital camera markets . these products support signal chain design requirements such as dynamic range transient performance and reliability . 47 interface products include a broad range of interface ic products offered by the company in product categories such as can controller area network 48 digital isolators 49 level translators lvds mobile i o expander and keyboard controller usb and rs 232 50 amplifiers includes precision and operation amplifiers 51 instrumentation 52 53 current sense differential amplifiers 54 55 audio amplifiers video amplifiers buffers filters variable gain amplifiers comparators voltage other specialty amplifiers and products for special linear functions . analog devices radio frequency integrated circuits rfics 56 57 address the rf signal chain and simplify rf system development . 58 the company s rf portfolio includes trupwr tm 59 rms power detectors and logarithmic amplifiers ; pll and dds synthesizers ; rf prescalers ; variable gain amplifiers ; 60 61 62 adc drivers gain blocks lnas and other rf amplifiers . 63 processors and dsp are programmable signal processing integrated circuits that execute specialized software programs or algorithms associated with processing digitized real time data . analog devices processors and dsps are the blackfin 64 sharc 65 sigmadsp 66 tigersharc adsp 21xx and precision analog microcontrollers . these make up the company s embedded processing and dsp portfolio that are multi dsp signal processing 67 historical edit analog devices had a line of micro electromechanical systems mems microphones until it sold that business to invensense in 2013 . 68 analog devices mems microphones were found in smart phones tablet pcs security systems and medical applications . 69 70 adi s mems accelerometers were designed into game pad controllers by microsoft logitech and pellican . 71 markets edit healthcare edit analog devices sells linear mixed signal mems and digital signal processing technologies for medical imaging patient monitoring medical instrumentation and home healthcare . 72 the company s precision signal processing components and blackfin digital signal processors are included in karmelsonix s wholter an overnight pulmonary monitor and the wheezometer a personal asthmatic assessment device . 73 accelerometers produced by analog devices are included in zoll medical s pocketcpr which measures the depth of chest compressions and provides audible and visual feedback to a rescuer to allow adjustment to proper depth and to the correct rate of compression . 73 automotive edit analog devices develops components for safety systems such as stability control systems and driver assistance systems infotainment and interior applications . 74 powertrain systems in hybrid and electric vehicles use high precision data conversion products in battery monitoring and control systems . industrial edit analog devices industrial market 75 includes process control systems that help drive productivity energy efficiency and reliability . 76 77 consumer edit analog devices has technology for consumer electronics which includes signal processing circuits for image processing auto focus and image stabilization for digital still cameras and camcorders audio and video processors for home theater systems 78 dvd recorders and high definition televisions and advanced touch screen controllers for portable media devices . 77 competitors edit in 2009 databeans published its report on the top semiconductor analog suppliers . analog devices was named number two with other suppliers including texas instruments national semiconductor acquired by texas instruments in 2011 79 maxim integrated products linear technology . 80 other competitors include infineon technologies stmicroelectronics and intersil corporation . 80 in 2011 analog devices was the third ranked analog semiconductor supplier . 81 analog dialogue edit in 1967 analog devices first published analog dialogue . 82 dan sheingold took the position of editor two years later which he held for over four decades . 83 84 the current editor is scott wayne . 84 it is currently the longest running in house publication in the electronics industry . 85 analog dialogue is a forum for the exchange of circuits systems and software for real world signal processing and is the technical magazine published by analog devices . 85 it discusses products applications technology and techniques for analog digital and mixed signal processing . analog dialogue is published monthly on the web . the featured technical articles are also compiled in quarterly print editions . communities edit community edit in 2009 analog devices announced engineerzone an online technical support community . 86 engineerzone was launched so the design engineering community customers prospects partners