Microchip

Microchip Technology Inc. (Nasdaq Stock Exchange: MCHP) became a global market leader in array controller products, POE switches and precision timing systems after acquiring Adaptec and Microsemi. The company is headquartered in Chandler (Arizona, USA). The manufacturer offers a comprehensive suite of semiconductor and system solutions used in the communications and security markets. Microchip's portfolio includes products for power management, time synchronization and precision timing solutions, setting the global time standard. In addition to selling IT systems, the company also manufactures high-performance mixed-signal integrated circuits, FPGAs, SoCs and ASICs. The company serves more than 120,000 customers in the industrial, automotive, consumer, aerospace and defense, telecommunications and IT markets.

In 2020, Microchip acquired Tekron International, a manufacturer of precision GPS real-time timing technologies and solutions and a producer of atomic clocks for smart grids and other industrial applications. Tekron's offerings complement and provide a full selection of GNSS time servers for timing systems used in utilities.

Stovaris specializes in the sale of 5 product groups from the Microchip portfolio:

• Ethernet networking solutions, mainly POE switches and Power-over-Ethernet network interfaces. Microchip is an innovator and current leader in PoE technology, and is a major contributor to the IEEE 802.3af, 802.3at and 802.3bt standards. The manufacturer offers a comprehensive portfolio consisting of these systems PoE midspans/injectors and switches.
• array controllers, HBA cards, SATA/SAS interfaces - formerly the Adaptec brand, which has been innovating solutions for data processing systems for many years. Adaptec Smart Storage RAID adapters, meet the demanding storage requirements used in cloud and data centers, meet the challenges of high performance and reliability, simplify and automate the deployment of critical resources. With an interesting portfolio of storage system solutions and design support, we can build a future-proof, based on our cards. scalable and modern data center.
• voice processing equipment, RF solutions, enterprise storage and communication solutions, security technologies, and scalable anti-tamper products.
• time servers sold under the Microsemi SyncServer brand - deployed in more than 90 countries, which accounts for the versatility and quality of these devices. Time synchronization is essential in a networked world. Precise and highly accurate time is essential for data centers, full communications (wired and wireless), exchanges of all types, industrial and power grids and virtually all important communications infrastructures.
• IoT devices - microchip is facilitating the growth of the Internet of Things with one of the most complete ecosystems in the industry. It provides solutions for creating smart, connected and secure IoT systems and with our off-the-shelf tools and partnerships with major cloud computing companies (AliOS, AWS, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud), we have a comprehensive platform to support the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT).

Microchip has been investing in education for more than 23 years - the company has its own virtual university, where special educational events are offered throughout the year. All courses are offered online for free, and new courses are added monthly. Microchip's academic program demonstrates the vendor's ongoing commitment to also offer benefits to researchers and teachers around the world. The university's efforts have led to the launch of a cutting-edge IoMT physical therapy device with features that strongly enhance the practice of remote physical therapy, while providing PhDs with full data insights to optimize quality of care.

Related specialties:

• Network switches
• Time servers
• Server components
• Storage and archiving
• IT networks