Microsemi Corporation Overview
Company Headquarters: Aliso Viejo, California
Founded: 1959
Workforce: ~1,400
Company Working: Microsemi Corporation, which is a fully-owned subsidiary of Microchip Technology Inc., provides a broad range of semiconductor and system solutions for various markets, including communications, defense and security, aerospace, and industrial sectors. Its product offerings encompass a wide range of solutions such as high-performance and radiation-resistant analog mixed-signal integrated circuits, FPGAs, SoCs, and ASICs, power management products, voice processing devices, RF solutions, timing and synchronization devices, precise time solutions, enterprise storage and communication solutions, security technologies, scalable anti-tamper products, Ethernet solutions, power-over-Ethernet ICs and midspans, and discrete components. Additionally, the company offers custom design capabilities and services to its customers. It's important to note that the company has set a world standard for time with its precise time solutions. Microsemi Corporation acquired Actel Corporation in 2010. Actel was a semiconductor company that specialized in field-programmable gate array (FPGA) integrated circuits. The acquisition allowed Microsemi to expand its offerings in the aerospace and defense, communications, and industrial markets, as well as increase its presence in the FPGA market.
Strategy
Microsemi Corporation focuses on optimizing the cost of its FPGA products to make them more competitive in the market. This helps in reducing the manufacturing cost of the FPGAs, finding ways to reduce the power consumption of the FPGAs, or exploring new manufacturing processes to reduce the cost of production. By partnering with other companies, Microsemi Corporation aims to share expertise, reduce costs, and accelerate time-to-market for new products.
