as nasdaq lltc nasdaq 100 component s & p 500 component founded 1981 1 founder robert h. swanson jr. robert c. dobkin headquarters milpitas california usa number of locations 12 10 u.s. design centers munich and singapore key people lothar maier ceo robert h. swanson jr. chairman robert c. dobkin cto products over 7500 products 2 revenue us 1 475 million 2015 3 us 1 388 million 2014 3 operating income us 682 million 2015 3 us 639 million 2014 3 net income us 520 million 2015 3 us 459 million 2014 3 total assets us 1 884 million 2015 4 us 1 655 million 2014 3 total equity us 1 577 million 2015 4 us 1 331 million 2014 3 number of employees 4 865 june 2015 1 website http www.linear.com linear technology corporation designs manufactures and markets a broad line of standard high performance analog integrated circuits . applications for the company s products include telecommunications cellular telephones networking products notebook and desktop computers video multimedia industrial instrumentation automotive electronics factory automation process control military and space systems . the company was founded in 1981 by robert h. swanson jr. and robert c. dobkin . 1 in august 2010 forbes called the company one of the tech industry s most profitable companies . 2 in july 2016 analog devices agreed to buy linear technology for 14.8 billion dollar . 5 contents 1 products 2 locations 3 references 4 external links products edit as of august 2010 the company makes over 7500 products 2 which they organize into seven product categories data conversion analog to digital converters digital to analog converters signal conditioning operational amplifiers comparators voltage references power management switching regulators linear regulators battery management led drivers interface rs232 rs485 radio frequency mixers quadrature modulators oscillators and space and military ics . 1 the company maintains ltspice a freely downloadable version of spice that includes schematic capture . locations edit corporate headquarters are in milpitas california . 6 in the united states the company has design centers in phoenix arizona ; grass valley california ; santa barbara california ; colorado springs colorado ; north chelmsford massachusetts ; manchester new hampshire ; cary north carolina ; plano texas ; and burlington vermont . it also has centers in munich and singapore . 7 the company s wafer fabrication facilities are located in camas washington and milpitas . 1 references edit a b c d e linear technology corporation ca form 10 k . internet faq consortium . august 19 2010 . retrieved 2010 08 25 . a b c brian caulfield august 20 2010 . long live analog . forbes . retrieved 2010 08 25 . a b c d e f g h linear technology corp ca 2015 annual report form 10 k xbrl . united states securities and exchange commission . august 19 2015 . a b linear technology corp ca 2016 q2 quarterly report form 10 q xbrl . united states securities and exchange commission . feb 11 2016 . analog devices to acquire linear technology for 14.8 billion the wall street journal july 26 2016 linear technology corporation . hoover s. retrieved 2010 08 25 . home company careers design centers . linear technology . retrieved 2010 08 25 . external links edit companies portal linear technology official site including ltspice v t e companies of the nasdaq 100 index 21st century fox activision blizzard adobe systems akamai technologies alexion pharmaceuticals alphabet amazon.com american airlines group amgen analog devices apple applied materials autodesk automatic data processing baidu bed bath & beyond biogen biomarin pharmaceutical broadcom limited ca technologies celgene cerner charter communications check point cisco systems citrix systems cognizant comcast costco csx ctrip.com international discovery communications dish network dollar tree ebay electronic arts endo international expedia express scripts facebook fastenal fiserv gilead sciences henry schein illumina incyte intel intuit intuitive surgical jd.com kraft heinz lam research liberty braves liberty global liberty interactive liberty media linear technology marriott international mattel maxim integrated products micron technology microsoft mondelez international monster beverage mylan netapp netflix norwegian cruise line holdings nvidia nxp semiconductors o reilly automotive paccar paychex paypal qualcomm regeneron ross stores sandisk sba communications seagate technology sirius xm holdings skyworks solutions starbucks stericycle symantec t mobile us tesla motors texas instruments the priceline group tractor supply company tripadvisor ulta salon cosmetics & fragrance verisk analytics vertex pharmaceuticals viacom vodafone walgreens boots alliance western digital whole foods market xilinx yahoo retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title linear technology & oldid 731821836 categories companies in the nasdaq 100 indextechnology companies based in the san francisco bay areacompanies based in milpitas californiaelectronics companies established in 1981technology companies established in 1981companies listed on nasdaq navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages deutschfran aisportugu s edit links this page was last modified on 27 july 2016 at 18 53 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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