Analog Devices
Makes chips that turn things from the real world, like sound and temperature, into data.
📖 Its story
In 1965, two engineers who studied at MIT, Ray Stata and Matthew Lorber, started a small electronics company. They specialized in 'analog' chips, which work like translators between the real world and computers. That way, a machine can 'sense' light, sound or movement.
💵 How it makes money
It sells its chips to makers of cars, factory equipment, medical equipment and communication devices.
🤯 Fun fact
It grew by buying other chip companies: Linear Technology in 2017 and Maxim Integrated in 2021.
👍 The good part
Its chips are in thousands of different products, so it doesn't depend on just one customer.
⚠️ The risk
When factories and car makers sell less, its chip sales go down too.
🧠 Did you get it?
What do Analog Devices chips do?
🗂️ Quick facts
- Founded in: 1965
- Founded by: Ray Stata and Matthew Lorber
- Home: Wilmington, Massachusetts
🔎 How to find it on the stock market
- Search the internet for ADI stock.
- You can also find it in your parents' investing app with the letters ADI.
- Check how much one share costs and whether today it's green (went up) or red (went down).
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